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I was thinking of doing my swr meter next. I'll admit the astron meters were a challenge

I don't know if any one is intrested, or even cares. I know some discussion has been made about meter lights on some Astron models. Mine had no meter lights. With alittle patients and a few led's you can add lights to the meters. I know you can purchase lighted meters from Astron. But I...

Thank's for the quick response Rob. Sorry should have mentioned the radios, Galaxy DX959, Cobra 148 NW ST, Cobra 29, Uniden PC76XLW. I can do a little mods here and there. I'm no tech by any means. That is why I turn to thease forums, and reasearch as much on the net as possible. I was...

I've tryed three different working mic's. So that's not the problem, unless the 25's require a different 4 pin wiring setup. Which they may be, but I thought the 4 pin wiring was setup up the same as most of the other cobras. tryed my Astatic 636, Road King 56, and a bad new stock galaxy...

I have a 25 LTD classic with no tx. I have tryed three different working mic's with no difference. Here are the symptoms so to speak. Radio powered on I get recieve but is very very quite, both with internal and external speakers. with I tx nothing it stays on recieve. No led change or...

Thanks for the replies. I was just wanting to upgrade my coax. To something alittle better than the bottom of the barrel stuff I have in there now. Now I made a run of rg6 coax (75 ohm) I had extra from running my sat. dish in the house. The only difference I noticed was my swr was...

Im curious as to what the effect's would be using a single run for 18' of 75 ohm coax over 50 ohm coax in a mobile install. I run one 4' wilson superflex roof mounted on cab of silverado. 18' of RG58 coax Mated to a uniden pc76. I know 75 ohm is usaually for co-phased "trucker style"...

Thank's again to eveyone . Doc, I knew the function of those tuning rings to an extent. Thank u for giving me the in and out of it. So if im understanding all of this correctly. The coax is acting as a counterpoise or ground of sorts. Is this correct? If so, then would the coils in the...

Thanks Doc, Sorry for the confusion on the swr aspect. Im doing my posting here from this extremely small keyboard on my phone. But back to it. As far as the swr it is 1.2 on 1 and 40. And 1.0 on channel 20. As i'm getting back into this, i'm not sure exactly how write that in the proper...

Thanks for the welcome, and the reply Rob. As for the the hieght of the antenna. I do plan on getting it up to 25'-30' as soon as possible. I just wanted to chat it over with some of the nieghbors who have to look at it. Not that it isn't very visible right now, roof mounted on a metal vent...

Maybe it's been covered already, but i'll get striaght to it here. I've just returned to the hobby after some time away. My setup is as follow's. Proton p99 antenna 15' up to base (no ground radials). 50' Astatic RG8x with 7 turns stacked 5" diamter coils 1 ' under the antenna connection. this...