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  • can you tell me how you fix the antenna getting hot as i have 2 coming next week thanks jose


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    i bought 3 55 antennas
    they talk great recieve is great
    the only downfall is where the stinger goes into the top of shaft
    from the top of shaft down to where the coil is welded to the shaft gets hot
    when i say hot i mean i key up for about 15 seconds unkey jump up on the back of suburban and its almost to warm to the touch

    i also bought a predator 10k
    also recieve is great transmit is great
    also same test go around back feel of antenna from top to bottom and no heat
    so im thinking with a build up of heat its doing something to the antenna to maintain the rf heat being radiated
    tried all 3 of the 55s
    all still get really hot.

    anyway
    after doing some mods to a 55 antenna i corrected the problem and now no more heat[unquote
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