MARYLAND TACOMAS

A guy can hope. How does putting a 1st gen cap on a 2nd gen usually go? A lot of weather proofing?

 

Not a great idea but you could try it if you were bored enough

 

Duct tape solves everything.

 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...but I'll take your word for it.

 

Speaking of that. How do you like the soft top Hunter? It looks awesome!

 

Not yet.. if it decides to be a pain in the ass it may be the right solution though

Plugged the Meter in with the jumper cable it included, Measured on CH 1 with an SWR of 4, then went to CH 40 and it pegged the meter, tried adjusting the tuning screw and didn't get any change regardless of the position.

 

Alright... i didnt have any idea as to the order of the washers as my mount came in a bag and all the pictures i saw had different orders to the washers.. and my SWR is too high! i dont want to push it too much.. i was kinda nervous keying it with channel 40 pegging my meter,,,,,

 

Hey Mat go in and look at my photos I have a close up of my antenna on the mount see if that helps,but I havent tuned mine yet

 

hmm.... maybe the fact that my plastic washer is on the bottom could have something to do with it? looks like yours are all on top

 

Yea thats the way it said to do with intructions with my antenna mount I bought but didnt use

 

Rearrange and give it a try

 

yeah, ill give it a shot. and you said i dont need a ground strap? even with the powdercoat?

 

alright, ill get rid of the one ive got and try the new washer set up when im done with my schoowork

 

You might have to take off a little of the p.c.where the washers touch the mount cause if rg58u is like rg 58,rg 59and rg6 the sheilding in the cable is your ground and is grounded to the connector

 

alright, any ideas on how to scrape it if i have too? I would sandblast it but i dont have the setup anymore

 

wire brush on a drill

 

those two items i have, thanks for the help guys, ill try all of that here in a bit and see what happens

 

If you havea dremel with wire brush Id try that only take off as much as u need

 

Your SWR isnt high if your meter isn't calibrated... did you flip the switch to put it in calibrate mode?

for the washers

 

Yea he had all the washers and insulator under the mount he should be good once he fixes them