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Saffer · October 24th 10, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Fred McKenzie

In article ,
Saffer wrote:

Hi there Im new to amateur just got my licence and am having high swr
problems ive checked the coaxial cables for continuity and everything
seems to be right the antenna is a buddipole and everything has been
assembled correctally can anybody tell me what I might be doing wrong

Stephen-

How high is high? Most modern radios can tolerate SWR up to 3:1.

On a specific band, is SWR high across the entire band? I understand
the Buddipole is fairly critical, especially on the lower HF bands. It
may need to be adjusted for the part of the band where you want to
operate.

Fred
K4DII

Think I might have solved the problem I had bad station grounding and after attending to the grounding the swr came down heaps is it correct to say that the grounding of a transceiver affects swr. Stephen