10k

[Big Guns]

I have a new 9" shaft 10K mounted on a 2005 Grand Marquis and I cant get the swr's to read anything but infinity. Anybody have any suggestions?

[Falkon MX-5]

check the coax first. If your coax has a short, you'll read very high.

[521 Houston]

Where is it mounted? I played all kinds of hell with mine mounted on the trunk, and finally had to move it to the roof with a longer shaft on it to get the coil away from the metal. I think i'm running the 17 inch shaft on my crown vic and I have a 1.0 to 1.1 match across the band.

[Big Guns]

Mounted on the roof, the coax is brand new Belden rg8X from sparkys.

[521 Houston]

PM sent....

[Big Guns]

Thanks, I got it. and sent reply.

[521 Houston]

Predator 10K mounted on 1998 Crown Vic Police Interceptor-

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[Big Guns]

Good pics, but you are right, it is not very pleasant site. I will call John and see if he will just swap the bottom shafts for me. If he wont then I'll just get a longer one from clay.

[Falkon MX-5]

WACKER!

[Falkon MX-5]

how about that UHF antenna on there?

[521 Houston]

How about it? I work for DHS... it's so I can communicate with INS security...

[Falkon MX-5]

WACKER! Sorry, just messin.

[Big Guns]

whats with the wacker stuff? whats it mean.

[Falkon MX-5]

A wacker is a person who pretends to be a policeman by driving a white crown vic and putting ham radios in the car and a computer and if they're superwacker, they'll want a lightbar.

[jessejamesdallas]

I have a new 9" shaft 10K mounted on a 2005 Grand Marquis and I cant get the swr's to read anything but infinity. Anybody have any suggestions?

You say your meter is reading into "infinity"...What kind of meter is it?

Where you have the 10K mounted, with the 9" shaft, you should be able to at least get a swr of 1.2 to 1.3 if all your connections are right, and not grounding out.

With a taller shaft like maybe the 17", you should be able to get a 1.1 swr, But if your still seeing anything over a 2.0, either you have ground short somewhere, or possibly your stinger is too short or long.

[Rex_foxhound]

Hey 521, is it just me or is the stinger on your 10K bent? It may just be that picture or the angle the car is sitting...

[Big Guns]

Rex, I see you added a new weapon to your **Censored**, skywalker 4 pill, is it working out good for ya?

[troy]

I KNOW WELL YOUR HITTING THE HELL OUT OF TREE LIMBS WITH THAT PRED 10-K

[521 Houston]

Hey 521, is it just me or is the stinger on your 10K bent? It may just be that picture or the angle the car is sitting...

Good eye there.... yes, it's bent forward slightly. Reason being is that it already sits at a slightly backward angle, and running 70+ mph like I almost always do, the stinger is laid back from the wind force. With it slightly forward, the stinger stands more straight up at highway speeds.

I've considered drilling it out and using a stinger made from a 102" whip or even some stainless cold roll to stiffen it up and keep it vertical.

Guess I could always buy a ball mount for the puck, but this was just as easy and serves the purpose just fine. *shrug*

[jessejamesdallas]

Hey 521, is it just me or is the stinger on your 10K bent? It may just be that picture or the angle the car is sitting...

Good eye there.... yes, it's bent forward slightly. Reason being is that it already sits at a slightly backward angle, and running 70+ mph like I almost always do, the stinger is laid back from the wind force. With it slightly forward, the stinger stands more straight up at highway speeds.

I've considered drilling it out and using a stinger made from a 102" whip or even some stainless cold roll to stiffen it up and keep it vertical.

Guess I could always buy a ball mount for the puck, but this was just as easy and serves the purpose just fine. *shrug*

Well...You can drill out the top section of the 10K and use the whip off of a Monkey Made, that will work. (same thing as the top of a 102" whip)

Problem is, doing this, sence the stinger is going to be thicker, it will also end-up being somewhat shorter, after you re-tune the swr. And also may not tune as low as it did useing the Predator stinger.

I have tryed this...Did'nt work out too good for me.