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So here is the backround..
Was having trouble getting SWR at a safe level. So I started checking for shorts and opens in the antenna system. Found one right away. showed 1000ohms between the antenna and antenna mount, but only when the radios power plug is plugged in. have tried a different coax and antenna with the same results.
Test with radio power plug not plugged in
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Test with the radio power plug plugged in
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So I did a little test in the house on it as follows:
In the vehicle the radio and antenna share the same ground/counterpoise so thats the reasoning behind the jumper between the - power for the radio and the shield on the coax. (I think)

It shows the same 1000ohms as while in the vehicle...
I have opened up the radio and cant see any signs of burnt or melted components.
So is my radio messed up ?? or is this normal??

<blockquote data-quote="Jeep_Geek" data-source="post: 261587" data-attributes="member: 17507"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused1:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused1:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused1:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused1:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused1:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused1:" />So here is the backround..Was having trouble getting SWR at a safe level. So I started checking for shorts and opens in the antenna system. Found one right away. showed 1000ohms between the antenna and antenna mount, but only when the radios power plug is plugged in. have tried a different coax and antenna with the same results.Test with radio power plug not plugged in<img src="http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/aaanerud/contnuty.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />...Test with the radio power plug plugged in<img src="http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/aaanerud/contnuty1.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />.So I did a little test in the house on it as follows:In the vehicle the radio and antenna share the same ground/counterpoise so thats the reasoning behind the jumper between the - power for the radio and the shield on the coax. (I think)<img src="http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/aaanerud/radiocheck.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />It shows the same 1000ohms as while in the vehicle...I have opened up the radio and cant see any signs of burnt or melted components.So is my radio messed up ?? or is this normal??<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused1:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused1:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused1:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused1:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused1:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused1:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeep_Geek, post: 261587, member: 17507"] :confused1::confused1: So here is the backround.. Was having trouble getting SWR at a safe level. So I started checking for shorts and opens in the antenna system. Found one right away. showed 1000ohms between the antenna and antenna mount, but only when the radios power plug is plugged in. have tried a different coax and antenna with the same results. Test with radio power plug not plugged in [IMG]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/aaanerud/contnuty.gif[/IMG] . . . Test with the radio power plug plugged in [IMG]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/aaanerud/contnuty1.gif[/IMG] . So I did a little test in the house on it as follows: In the vehicle the radio and antenna share the same ground/counterpoise so thats the reasoning behind the jumper between the - power for the radio and the shield on the coax. (I think) [IMG]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/aaanerud/radiocheck.gif[/IMG] It shows the same 1000ohms as while in the vehicle... I have opened up the radio and cant see any signs of burnt or melted components. So is my radio messed up ?? or is this normal??:confused1::confused1: [/QUOTE]

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