how to swr a cb

[charvell]

make sure there is no moisture under the mag mount. Also if you have a connector in the coax wrap some insulating tape around it so that its shorting on the body work. if you got a pre swr aerial you should not have any trouble. my swr is 1.1 and that is with a heavy duty mag mount and pre swr whip

[mark g8awo]

The biggest problem with HF it does not suit Mag mounts.....Get a proper mount and make sure you do as much bonding to deck as you can....VHF gets away with through capacitance but HF is a different matter

[gwh200]

make sure there is no moisture under the mag mount. Also if you have a connector in the coax wrap some insulating tape around it so that its shorting on the body work. if you got a pre swr aerial you should not have any trouble. my swr is 1.1 and that is with a heavy duty mag mount and pre swr whip

"theory boy" here,
when i tried to put my mag mount directly in the middleof the roof, it wouldnt work at all,it was the only bit of body work with polish left on it
but just at the edge of the sunroof ,where the paintwork had dulled,it worked fine. it said on the instructions that the whip aerial was already "factory preset" and required no swr ,meter setting?

could this be so?

i have an swr meter and patch cable,butwas tring to avoid disconnecting the lead as its a right bu55er to get back in

[plumb bob]

"theory boy" here,
when i tried to put my mag mount directly in the middleof the roof, it wouldnt work at all,it was the only bit of body work with polish left on it
but just at the edge of the sunroof ,where the paintwork had dulled,it worked fine. it said on the instructions that the whip aerial was already "factory preset" and required no swr ,meter setting?

could this be so?

i have an swr meter and patch cable,butwas tring to avoid disconnecting the lead as its a right bu55er to get back in

The manufactureres only bench tune the antenna's to the general frequency, with a particular ground plane, your car will not be the same size as their ground plane, and there are many more variables, I'll try to find you a link.

[plumb bob]

Found this link, it may help;


http://www.firestik.com/CatalogFrame.htm

Go to the bottom, and click "read our article"

[BUSHWHACKER]

Found this link, it may help;


http://www.firestik.com/CatalogFrame.htm

Go to the bottom, and click "read our article"

Hehehe!! Firesticks, I used to have a four foot firestick on a Mini back in the eighties, looked like a radio controlled car!

[plumb bob]

Hehehe!! Firesticks, I used to have a four foot firestick on a Mini back in the eighties, looked like a radio controlled car!

The Americans love 'em, can't see it myself, like having a broom handle on yer motor.

[BUSHWHACKER]

The Americans love 'em, can't see it myself, like having a broom handle on yer motor.

Yeah, not very subtle are they?