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The Great SWR Meter Pass Around

Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by Speedytech7, Jan 17, 2016.

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  1. May 4, 2016 at 1:50 PM
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    Anyone in line next? Just ordered my new radio as my last one died. So I will need to be tuning again.
     
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  2. May 10, 2016 at 8:27 PM
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    Hey guys sadly I still have it. Wondering if y'all could help. I'm tuning it right now and on both channel 1 and 40 I get maxed out in the red when I flip the meter to swr. Any help?
     
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  3. May 10, 2016 at 8:39 PM
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    Bad ground plane? Have you made sure you have a good metal on metal connection to sheetmetal on the truck?
     
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  4. May 10, 2016 at 8:41 PM
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    Well I'm using shmellmopwho tailgate/ taillight mount. I scraped the top of the mount paint off. You think I should just scrap all the different connection points?
     
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  5. May 10, 2016 at 8:43 PM
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    Well you definitely need at least one bolt to contact bare metal on the bracket.
     
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  6. May 10, 2016 at 8:54 PM
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    Alright I'll take some sandpaper to it and test it out. Thanks man!
     
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  7. May 10, 2016 at 8:55 PM
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    No prob, good luck! :)
     
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  8. May 10, 2016 at 8:57 PM
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    Same happened to me. I gave up
     
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  9. May 10, 2016 at 8:57 PM
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    You need to scrape the bottom of the mount. That's your prob
     
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  10. May 10, 2016 at 9:00 PM
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    something needs to make contact for sure, be it the bolt or the underside of the mount but since Id imagine it is up against a painted body panel the underside won't do much good.
     
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  11. May 10, 2016 at 9:03 PM
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    I did t want the antenna sticking up too high
     
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  12. May 10, 2016 at 9:14 PM
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    Okay so I scraped all contact points on the mount, I did not scape anything on the truck it's self. I'm using the stock bolts and all. Does the way the washer stack make a difference?
     
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  13. May 10, 2016 at 9:15 PM
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    Yeah has to be mount then nylon washer then flat then lock washer
     
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  14. May 10, 2016 at 9:15 PM
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    Also make sure the nylon is in the hole
     
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  15. May 10, 2016 at 9:16 PM
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    Yes theres a certain order. Google firestik washer mount order and it should pop up
     
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  16. May 10, 2016 at 9:19 PM
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    Okay well I have the right washer order and scraped some paint off. Tried it again this time channel 1 gave me 2.5 and channel 40 gave me right where the infinity sign is. I think it's Becuase I'm right next to my house and when I was trouble shooting earlier I unscrewed the antenna thing out a bit.
    Okay so making progress, if anyone needs the swr let me know since I'll be done by the weekend
     
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  17. May 10, 2016 at 9:20 PM
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    I tryed mine in the garage lol
     
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  18. May 10, 2016 at 9:21 PM
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    You could also try making a better ground using ground strap.
    If you have any cable for a cable TV box you can strip it down and basically make a high quality ground strap for a few bucks
     
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  19. May 10, 2016 at 9:43 PM
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    Like with ring terminals and all? From base of antenna to bolt?
     
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  20. May 10, 2016 at 9:49 PM
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    Grind off a little paint where it mounts to the bed and use a ring terminal there
     
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