RFX75

An SWR of 1.7:1 represents a 6% loss. During a raining day, I bet that SWR is higher.

http://www.hamuniverse.com/swr.html

 

How are you checking the SWR''s ?
How much have you cut off the stinger on that 2K ?
Most Ive done required 2.5 - 3.25" to bring the swr down close to 1.5,then its two to three ¼" cuts down to 1.2 without grounding the mount with a strap.

 

What size fuse are you using for your cobra now?

 

CORRECT ......

Most radios are happy untill you get to 3:1

My squaiols run 1.8:1 at 144.200 mhz and my vertical runs 1.4:1 at 146.520 it is not worth the time to play with it

UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY BOARD

 

I cut off some more of the stinger, about 3/4" and have it slid all the way down in the 2k, at best I'm getting ( off my general lee ) 1.3 on the low side swinging about 1.8 and on the high side its 1.8 swinging to about 2.2ish at 60 watts so i guess its not to bad, it gets out, i just wanted to make sure i didn't blow finals lol

thanks for all the input as well.

On a side note, i went from the 10" arm to the 5" arm and that was a bad idea on mine lol, went up over 3 so i did the above and am happy with it now lol

 

testing swr is done with a dead key with mic gain in the zero position with an external meter. not with built in meter and not "swinging"

 

just stating what i got, and i wasn't using a internal meter.