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Wow, old thread! I get less than 1.5:1 swr with my whip now with the spring. Down to 1.3:1 in some places. Works AWESOME.

Got the problem solved. I got my SWR meter and had theconnections backward (what an idiot) With my 102" whip with a spring mounted to my bedside my SWR is under 1.3:1 on channel 1 and a little higher on 40. I also took everything apart and reconected it making sure I did everything right...

what do you mean terminated? How is it connected? Also, found that I get "noise" on all the channels. Enough to have the squelch high enough to not be able to ehar anyone. This didnt happen without the spring.

I got a meter and when I key the mike it peggs the meter. Guess its not so good. Heres my setup. On my bedside on the passenger side about 4" from the cab is a hole where the antenna is mounted. Here is how it is setup Antenna ^ Spring ^ Nyon "washer" ^ Truck sheetmetal ^...

You can calibbrate the SWR on this meter. Im looking at what the meter does when I tranmit. Maybe its not a SWR meter ?

Im reading SWR on channel 1 and 40 off of the CB itself. After some reading I found this isnt really the way to do it, so I have a SWR meter coming from ebay. So ill try then.

wouldnt a short cause pegged swr? not just plain high?

Totally new when it comes to CB's. I am running a Midland Model 1000 with a Radioshack 102" stainless whip. I have th ewhip mounted in the bedside without a spring. When transmitting thorughout all channels I get a SWR of 3. Which seems too high. While searching I cam eto the conclusion that...