Cobra 29ltd classic questions

I was recently given a cobra 29 from my father in law to replace my uniden 78. My question is... On my prostar its set up dual mount with stock wire. I put dual 1000 watt everyday 29.99 at a truckstop ant. My drivers side is about 1/2 inch short cause of the adapter.

My range is kinda sucky.. Bout 2 miles and my channel 40 swr on radio meter is right at the crack in the top red line with the arrow at the end of the worf cal. My channel 1 although.. Is only up to the "c" in "cal". Is this cause by mis lenght.. Or stock wire.. Or are both contributing factors?

 

10-4. I noticed my antenna wasn't quite secured. But even after I tightened that up.. My sw was still the same and range. Ill check my coax. If nothing else.. Ill have a cb shop do everything up right for me.. New coax. New antennas and a peak, tune and connex board too.

 

Okay.. That's what dad told me. Lots of dummies out there. Let me ask u know..which radio would u guys prefer to have if u were gonna modify it? The cobra 29 classic or the uniden pc 78?

 

Wounderful. When I first started truckin a few months ago.. I didn't notice there were two cb hook ups on my prostars mirrors.. And only one antenna.. So I burned something up on my 78.. But I'm actually at a truck stop in albuquerque,nm that has a cb shop.. So I'm tryin to get a deal worked up.. Where I trade my 29, then he fixes my uniden, peaks and tunes and gives me a rk56 mic.