All I Transmit Is A Squeal...

Obviously I've hung around you people to much. I looked at the title of this thread and thought "oh maaaaaan Ken is over sharing about him and Mrs Ken's happy time again".

 

lolololol

best scene ever. Ned Beatty was so convincing.

 

I would replace the coax as it is the cheapest part to replace. Most the time the factory coax goes bad fast due to them using the cheapest thing known to man.

I went to a shop to get my swr checked. They stuck a 5ft firestick on and got 6s or something like that. My Astatic Linerloaded 1000watt was getting 1.5 So sometimes Your truck just likes a different antenna. I dont know how to really explain this. But they put firesticks, sharpshooters, brownings and all kinds onto my mount. Before I told them the one I came with had a 1.5 all these have higher readings screw this I will stick with what I have. Although that 10k did really good. They want $240 for those :O I also own a grant xl I LOVE IT Try turning the mic gain down to only halfway up also

 

You sure you're not catching your finger in the mic button and it's just you squealing?


jez sayin.....................

 

I know someone has played with my XL before i got it. The mic gain knob is my talkback vol knob. The dim switch and the Hi low switch send me to "extra channels" Which I am NOT happy about and want it put back the way it belongs.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXskL1MG8fg

I think i found a keeper due to your video and my add lol

 

Squealing and high swr are more than likely 2 separate problems. Make sure all your connections are clean and tight. to start with.

The squeal is probably a bad mic cord probably need to re-solder the ground or audio wire. The high swr is a little tougher but here goes.

When you tune a antenna system you tune them 1 antenna at a time. A coax jumper (I use 9' rg142u) between the mount and the swr bridge. If your using a 4' firestick (becareful if you cut to much you can't put it back) I have cut as much as 2 feet of wire off them to get them to tune. Tune the antenna on the mount it is going to be used on. After tuning both antennas reconnect the factory phasing harness and recheck. Make sure all connections are clean tight and not showing corrosion. Be sure to look for the in-line connectors the factory phasing harness are tight and clean and free of corrosion.

The engine noise is or could be a bad or insufficient ground, and again clean and secure, make sure that your radio not only has the ground connected to the black power wire, but also to the mounting bolts of the case.

Should be enough to get you started...