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I went out and took some pics of the antenna location just now. I keep worrying about it coming off where it is at, but when I grab the base and lightly attempt to move it I can see the sheet metal flexing under jt so the magnet does have a strong grip. But look at the slight overhang it has in...

I forgot to mention, after the first 1/8 inch cut of the whip today, I did actually achieve a balance between channels 1 and 40. If it hadn’t been for the fact that I had already observed an even lower SWR with the antenna in the rearmost position, I might have concluded that that was the best I...

As long as it doesn’t come off the cab where it is at then I’m good for now. I’m close to 9’ clearance as is and going higher would cause some issues in some places. I just wish it had been able to go lower up more in the center area of the roof. I don’t understand why it needs to be in that...

Ok, I think I finally got it tuned about as well as I’m gonna get it without an antenna upgrade. I got the new whip I had ordered but I decided to try to tune the old one first. Figured I had nothing to lose by cutting on it before I start cutting the new one. Also, I found out how much of a...

Interesting. This is a Nissan Frontier, but a 2023. One would think that an antenna up on the very top with all that wide open roof for a ground plane would be ideal. I have another vehicle but I installed the coax cable in the truck underneath the carpet and through the console. It ain’t...

I recalibrated it every time I switched channels. That is the reading it gives after doing so.

Just checked it at work for the first time. I was in a parking lot with hardly any cars around and at least 50 feet away from buildings in front and to one side. The other side had a small tree about 50 feet away and behind me was open for at least 75 feet or so. That’s the best I can do for...

This radio doesn’t have an SWR meter in it. I also returned the other two Surecom meters and only have the Micronta now. I’ll check SWR again today and see what it shows on 1, 20, and 40, and report back. I had checked 20 before but didn’t write it down. It was always lower than on 1 and 40 with...

That’s about where it is now. A third or a quarter from the back. Basically center of the rear door. I did adjust the whip also. It can’t go any lower without cutting, and I can raise it only about half an inch which made it even worse when I tried. I’m thinking of ordering a new whip and...

The Micronta arrived today and I immediately used it to test my antenna SWR. The results were surprising and disappointing. It shows my SWR as far off as the last meter did, but exactly in the opposite direction. On channel 1 it was 1.6 to 1.9 and on channel 40 it was 2.5 to 3, depending on...

I ordered one. Here’s what I got. An old Radio Shack 21-523 still new in the box. No real need to describe its features cause I’m sure you guys know all about this model already, but I’m posting a few pics to show what condition it’s in. I’m kinda excited to get it and see what it does compared...

Cool! I managed to find two ebay listings for that meter brand new in the box. I’m getting one.

In my area I am hearing a group of people speaking spanish on channel 9 about every evening. They seem to just be acting idiotic. I don’t speak spanish but I can tell what they are saying is simply repeating the same phrase or few words over and over again at times, like the guy keys up and goes...

I know some of you all warned me about cheaper meters not being accurate. I think I’m seeing some of that now. Originally, I ordered a Surecom SW-114 meter and tuned my antenna with it. I do get good results for reception, and today I talked to a few people on the radio and they said it sounded...

It wasn’t kinked for long. I had just installed it last week and didn’t like how the coax was being bent to connect to the radio so I ordered that part and put it on. That’s why I don’t yet have the radio permanently fastened in place so I don’t bind the coax too badly until I get another elbow...

Thanks again. I just ordered the RFU-532.

Thanks for the links, that really helps. Is there any real difference between any of those? Two of them are about $8 and one is over $20. They all look the same. One says it can handle high power but it’s one of the lower priced ones.

Yeah it was tight, as tight as I could make it with bare hands only. And the radio is not mounted solid yet so when I picked it up I did hear reception come and go some. The connector was $6 on Amazon, so that’s it, that was the problem right there. I’m gonna return it and look for something...

I recently ordered and installed an L shaped coax adapter on the back of my radio due to the way the coax was being kinked as it entered into the radio in my truck’s dash. I was trying to alleviate the kink. The back of the radio has the cable pretty much jammed into the dash, and unless I want...

I can’t find it on the USA site. Also, it sure looks a lot like a Uniden 980SSB.