New General Lee

True SWR will not change

 

SWR wont change with just switching radios, but if you have a SWR of 2.0, I think I would try and change it to a lower reading...You'll need to adjust the antenna to do that...

 

What kind of antenna .....

 

Either move it to a different mounting location or try a different antenna...

Not knowing anything else about your set-up, I'm leaning toward just moving the antenna higher, and having it placed so it's not right up next to the Cab or Stacks, or anything else, will probably fix the problem.

 

you know channel jumper, I'm glad you have a phd in cb's but everytime I come to one of your posts I skip right over it. Because you get way too technical for the average cb operator out here, so if you condensed/simplified some of your replies it might make more sense to the simple minded average joe just asking a simple question. just my .005 worth on the subject.

I'm with jessie, need to move the antenna or try a different ant, might provide a few more details about the ant setup so we can help determine what the best route would be.

 

Or anyone else. And most of it is needless jibberish

 

I would definitely try the bird perch, most common thing to fix poor grounding on a volvo, put it where 1 of the upper mirror mount bolts are and that just might bring the swr down to a reasonable 1.2-1.5. you might also have to adj the whip up/down once you move it to the perch to get a lower swr.