Great article, just printed it and will read it later this evening, thanks!

"George Kinzer" wrote in message
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"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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I also purchased another SWR meter and it reads pretty much the same as
the
first one.


That's a good reason to believe your antenna is bad
try using a know 'good' antenna - borrow one for a minute and test again



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"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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It was fixed by a new cable between the SWR and radio. Now reads correctly
around 2 on channel 19. Thanks for all the hints and suggestions!



You should be able to get below "2" on channel 19 if your antenna is
properly grounded. What is your ratio on channels 1 and 40?

Chad

"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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It was fixed by a new cable between the SWR and radio. Now reads correctly
around 2 on channel 19. Thanks for all the hints and suggestions!

Hmm.. Sounds like you still have a way to go.
Is this an unusual antenna?
2-1 is still a bit high.

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Make sure you don't have anything under the base of the antenna. Some people
try to put a towel or something under it to protect the paint. It won't
work.

Chris
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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| I bought a magnetic antenna with about 12' of cable. The instructions on
the
| antenna say move to channel 1 and that you might move the antenna up/down
| 1/8" to achieve something near 1, but nothing.
|
| Is the radio crap? I have bid on another magnetic antenna on ebay to see
if
| something is wrong with the RS one.
|
| "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message
| ...
| Jim Douglas wrote:
|
| Got a SWR meter and trying to test the radio, do as instructions from
| web,
| set switch, adjust to cal mark, change switch etc, no matter what I do
| it's
| no where near 1:1 always over in the red still?? WTF? Could it be the
| radio,
| purchased off EBay and of course it was new!
|
|
| Hello Jim:
|
| What type antenna installation do you have? The more you describe it the
| more we can help.
|
| Jay in the Mojave
|
|