Where is everyone #5

Possibly grounded.
When you mounted the antenna, did you put in an insulator between it and ground?
The mount needs a ground, but not the antenna itself.

 

####, I think I'll run without a/c before trying to bypass pressure switches after reading that!

There seems to be a pretty clear consensus in regard to vegamite here, eh @blairandgretchen ? Lol

 

Make that same statement while running down here in Tx in the middle of summer.

 

Plastic isolator ring on coax mount - yes - but is it 9 or 18 feet on coax for a single antenna -? @High Stepper

 

I see plenty running with the windows down in the middle of summer heat wave.
Pretty easy to spot and when they are stopped look at their tires.... Slicks
Thats what a buck a mile produces...

 

Usually 18 foot but the length shouldn't affect the SWR that much. When you say cow town, are you talking about a predator 10k? If so the whip may need adjusting. The dual coil short whip is usually between. 48-52 inches total length for best performance. It works best on the upper mirror arm.

Also those radio swr meters can be inaccurate. An external should be used to verify.

 

Dang it Driver ... I got scared n droped the phone just from Readin what you Wrote ...

 

Thank you sir.

 

It doesn’t really matter what length coax you use. However, it has to be in 3’ increments! Total length.

 

That Shogun fella was kinda weird— weird in a good way, but weird all the same