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CB radio antenna ground

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by josh3972000, Apr 22, 2009.

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Apr 22, 2009 at 4:58 PM

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The antenna is a francis much like a firestik, why is it that with a ground wire ran to the frame the swr is off the chart, but when i remove the ground it meters at 2.0.

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I did essentially the same antenna mount as you but i didnt use a ground wire and mine was tuned to within 5%. but yeah that seems kind of weird!

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i'd say b/c the rails you are attached to have a path to the chasis ground through the bed. same thing happened w/ my antenna when i put it on my toolbox

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