102" Cool W-hip

I ended up getting mine from a place called Viking CB in Fontana for $37. ‍♂️ I'll check out CB World though! Thanks!

 

Well, just had Ron Damron take a look at my setup. He got my SWRs back down below 1.5, but he didn't really "do" anything except take things apart and hook up his analyser. Somewhere in that process, it just started working again. Neither of us knows why.‍♂️

He's got my radio now to go put in a 2W toggle switch. Will mail it back to me in a few days.

With the 102" on there, I'm lower on 40 (1.35 vs 1.5) sitting still with the antenna angled forward. Going down the highway is yet to be seen.

 

Not sure what you mean by RF grounding. Ron said the mount provided the ground and that the coax at the antenna needs to be in good contact with the mount, which he said it was.

 

Oh, I've got two braided straps on the driver's door hinges. I guess you don't remember, but I had you take picture of yours because the body is fiberglass.

Don't have any others anywhere else. Would need pictures of those if you have the time and the inclination to do so. Noise hasn't been a problem for me though; my ClrSpkr does a good job. It was just my sudden high SWR, chronic desire for more range, and the fact that you're also using a 102" now instead of a skipshooter that got me wanting to grab one.

I needed to test that the problem wasn't in my antenna. I also was hoping that 18 more inches of antenna would noticably help my transmit range. Haven't been able to test that last bit yet since Ron has my radio and because for the short amount of time that I've had the 102", my SWR had been through the roof. It started with my skipshooter suddenly and I couldn't figure out why. Neither could Ron today; out of sheer luck it seems things went back to working like normal.