swr trouble
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crazymikey555
swr trouble
i have my firestik 4 foot antenna well grounded and 18 foot coax and my swr is the same on all the channels is that bad please help me.
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Assuming your SWR is really high, I'd be looking at your ground point myself. Can you give us more info' about the total antenna system...not just the antenna and coax (i.e. mount, coax connection type at the mount, etc.)? Any pics? The (RF) grounding of the mount is typically the most common mistake made. Folks try and "not drill" holes and as the result often have insufficient RF grounds at the mount.
Just a couple thoughts.
Just a couple thoughts.
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Guest
Re: swr trouble
Who knows without the vital information like what his SWR's currently are it his hard to help him.....Who knows he may have Flat SWR's across the bandcrazymikey555 wrote:i have my firestik 4 foot antenna well grounded and 18 foot coax and my swr is the same on all the channels is that bad please help me.
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crazymikey555
It is grounded to the chasy i guess i got a swr if 1.5 is good but it is all equal i have the firestik mirror mounts for gm vechiles the grounds havea separate wire running it to the chassis but when i did that my swr went up a little before it was just below 1.5 but by doing that i cut out allot of noise.
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jessejamesdallas
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1.5 swr is fine, as long as your not running allot of power. Which I assume your not, or you wouldn't be using a Firestic antenna! 
Just wondering what your using to measure your swr? If your relying on what the radio's meter is showing, those are not that accurate. I would invest in a cheep swr meter, and see what it say's. Just remember you have to set the calibration first, on each channel you test....
Just wondering what your using to measure your swr? If your relying on what the radio's meter is showing, those are not that accurate. I would invest in a cheep swr meter, and see what it say's. Just remember you have to set the calibration first, on each channel you test....
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
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