dag blame antenna....

[Madhadder1558]

ok, this thing is giving me a fit..again.
coming home today, my predator 10K, just quit working?
started getting very choppy recieve, then it dropped all signal.. checked jumpers, & the radios.. then I noticed ... You can actually hear the antenna's whip waving in the recieve..
some audio is there as long as truck is still, shake the truck.. it shakes the recieve & makes it choppy.....
is this another ground issue?

I mean I have more ground straps on my truck than horse power in it..




:Peace!:

[HI-TECH]

check your ends it sounds like there could be a short

[231]

Ditto that. I've had the same problem for the last 6 months...replaced and re-did all my connections, etc. Still happened. Found (1 at a time) a bad jumper coax, and the connection on the radio itself had a little corrosion in it that I didn't see. I replaced the connection and jumper, and all is good now.

It's frustrating sometimes...especially when everything checks out good and has been redone!

[Mr RadioActive]

100% sounds like coax or a mount. Not much to go bad on a whip! Inside the coil is little c clips, but my antenna flew off at 109 mph and never got damaged (long story!)

[BigBopper]

RA, you the MAN!!!

[Guest]

:Peace!: 109MPH!NOW YOUR DRIVING! :Peace!:

[231]

I guess we know now the REAL wind load rating of the 10k! (J/K)

[Guest]

:Peace!: I heard that!

[Phaze91460]

I never thought to ask that about an antenna! I just assumed that if my truck could do it the antenna should handle it.

[Rex_foxhound]

:8_too_funny: :8_ROFL:

[jessejamesdallas]

UNLESS...You have hit a low flying Red-Tailed Hawk, I don't think your problem is the antenna...Like said before...sounds like a bad jumper, or coax. Or could be your Pl259 connector on the back of your radio is loose. (I had this happen once)

I also found that "IF" you hit a low flying Red-Tailed Hawk, the 10K will not hold-up! Coils flatten-out, and get feathers stuck all over it. Also will snap off the antenna at the mount. By the way...the Hawk didn't come out much better! :shocked:

[Rex_foxhound]

:soaring20eagle: :atombomb:

[Phaze91460]

LOL, bet you had to find out the hard way !

[jcollins]

:8_ROFL: :8_too_funny: :9too_funny:

[Madhadder1558]

:8_too_funny: 109 mph.... :8_ROFL: red tail hawk....

Mercy,
my problem don't sound so bad now.. checked all the jumpers.. think its a ground issue with the mount.. picked it up and set it back down.. working fine now.:


never got a hawk with a predator 10K(yet) but got one with a grill of 85 mercury once.
messy.. lol

:Peace!:

[jessejamesdallas]

Damn Hawk destroyed that 10K. Had a friend of mine that I talk to every morning going to work, hit a black bird with his. It just bent the coil all-up, but what was funny to see, was the bird was stuck in the coil!

Was a site to see, watching him try to get the bird out of the coil. :88-yucky: But lucky for him, all he ended up having to do, was straighten out the coil...and find a car wash....