patriot pat-12 antenna problems

[Trainwreck]

i am pretty new at the base station side of radios,so when i decided to put up a base antenna i thought "no big deal anybody can do it" guess i lied to myself . the radio i use is a galaxy 66v the antenna is on three sections of galvanized steel (actually 4 sections, on is drove 4 ft in the ground) that are screwed together with ground stapping attached to each screw with a copper ground wire to a grounding rod in the ground. the problem is i can not get my swrs lower than a 3. and i do not want to burn anything up i just dont have any idea where to start to get my swrs lower, any ideas or advice would help alot. thank you for your help

 

[jon666]

i have one

i could never get the swrs down no matter what i did.
so i put it back it the box. in the closet it sits. been in there for 3 years

 

[North Texas Mudduck]

i would have bought a Antron 99 before i bought one of those

 

[hammer0630]

I also had a Patriot 12 antenna and had high swr's also and the tuning rings could not adjust it down to a workable reading. When I bought that antenna I was just getting back into CB's again and went by price over performance. I have since changed my antenna and no more Chinese coax and I have a completely different performing radio now. By getting rid of that antenna is the only way to fix it