Newbie question -
Ok, so I mounted the radio shack ball mount on a custome stainless steel mount that I made to attach it to the back of my bed. I ran the rg cable back to the mount. Now there are two wires comming out, one in a plastic cheild type thing, the other, exposed copper braided wire. Both have spade ends on them. I hooke them up in several differant mannors, and I still get a high swr. I ran a grounding wire from the battery back to the mount, and before I proceed. How should I wire this up so that it is correct. The only place there seems to be to make an electrical connection is on the bottom of this threaded rod like thing, where there is a threaded hole for a screw, and thats where I connected the plastic shielded wire, but where do I connect the braided and ground wire? Im, having swr up in the red, please help!
Ok, so I mounted the radio shack ball mount on a custome stainless steel mount that I made to attach it to the back of my bed. I ran the rg cable back to the mount. Now there are two wires comming out, one in a plastic cheild type thing, the other, exposed copper braided wire. Both have spade ends on them. I hooke them up in several differant mannors, and I still get a high swr. I ran a grounding wire from the battery back to the mount, and before I proceed. How should I wire this up so that it is correct. The only place there seems to be to make an electrical connection is on the bottom of this threaded rod like thing, where there is a threaded hole for a screw, and thats where I connected the plastic shielded wire, but where do I connect the braided and ground wire? Im, having swr up in the red, please help!