I cant tune my quad band antenna to work on 6/10 meters is there a starting point?
SOURCE: Saturn workman b-100
I just bought this antenna and i saw that swr was off the scale so i was thinking and thought of trying a ground on the bracket of the antenna and when i did that the swr's were totally flat. When i did that i called my buddy and told him to let me know what the signal was with this antenna and he said it was like 91/2 pounds for signal and that was with it in my bedroom. so i would just put a ground wire on the bracket andyou would be good.
SOURCE: receiving fine but transmitting bad??
First off, that radio will not transmit very well anyways. but for just off roading it should suffice. You really should adjust your antenna's both of you. First off this is almost definitely the problem if you can recieve but not send. Also if you use the radio without a properly adjusted antenna it will destroy the radio over time, sometimes instantly. pick up a cheap SWR meter and follow these steps: Plug the SWR meter into the radio, and the antenna. Start on channel 1, the meter should have a switch with 2 settings, one for adjustments and one for reading. Key up (hold down talk button on mic) with the switch in adjust mode and adjust the knob until it reaches the adjustment marker. flip the switch to reading and key up again. Your goal is to get this reading as close to 1.1 as possible, anything above a 2.0 will damage your radio. if the reading is within range repeat for channels 20 and 40. good luck!
SOURCE: ONLY 2 WATTS DEAD KEY AFTER BEING PEEKED/TUNED AND MOD KIT.
Has anything changed with your antenna or your power supply ? The only real way to get an accurate reading is to check it with a dummy load and form a base line from there.Good Luck
179 views
Usually answered in minutes!
×