just for the record

If reflect shouldt change with coax..How do i figure out which is the bad piece of coax..Cause old coax has the higher reflect # which is good and marks is from 1 -6 points in the diff lower...
Found a vid on you tube of some oriential guy from mfj doin coax test...Ill have to watch that when i get home...

I have a silly question now that i think of it....On the 259 ends there are two teeth we shall call them that are 180 deg apart..On the radio side they fit in to lock the coax in place sorta speak..On the stud i got from mark there is no place for them teeth to fit in and lock...Should i file down those teeth on stud side so i have a flat surface on coax and stud to connect?

 

On radio side its fine just the ant stud side has a flat surface....
just for fun i attached marks coax to my ant and mfj..Most of it is just hangin out the door..If i swing it some,meters go nuts...That tells me there is an issue with coax somewhere correct?

 

Im sure your gettin ticked off at me,heck im gettin ticked off at me..Im just not getting it..
here is marks cable just to show you..I do mine in a min and post..

 

I can tweek a lil more but it just started to rain..

 

Yeah its a crapcadia..Only issue i can think of is maybe some corrision somewhere or bonding is needed..I did bond from door to cab but thats all

 

Well hard to find a place that knlws their stuff abkut antennas...Most tune by swr and thats it...Hell i was in ky and showed a so called tech that there were more options on the 259 than he was useing..Pissed him off when i showed him up in front of another driver and tech's g/f...Make matters worse I STILL DONT KNOW SQUAT!!