Mark S. @ Fine Tune CB (Hardrive)

Where is da 955 now?!?

 

I got mine Thurs!

The rain made my swrs go from 1.3 to 3.0. I took apart the mount. There was water in the mount but not in the coax. Dried that out and sprayed with wd40. However, whenever I'm at the GF house, my swrs are high. She said the neighborhood has buried lines, and we are 2 miles from an airport. But all was fine until it started raining. Is there also a phenomenon of once you take the antenna system apart, then reassemble, there will be high swrs unless you do something special?

I'm getting ready to make a ground strap from coax. Where is the one place on this POS Cascadia you would put the ground strap?

 

Does your 955 come from MS?

Everytimes i dismantle my antenna system i always recheck my SWR actually this is something i verify regularly....better be safe than be sorry.

Sorry i can't be any help i am not familiar with cascadia, i always had Kw.

 

How about grounding the bracket to the door hinge

 

Yup!

 

I checked with a meter for continuity of the mount to the door, and it was present. The coax is good. The swr meter shows 1.5 across 1*20*40. The radio's meter shows 2.1. I know once I get back on the road the readings are going to drop. Something about this location.

 

continuity isn't good enough. zero ohms mount to door.
zero ohms door to cab. zero ohms cab to frame.
Metal panels glued together prevents rf ground.

 

Well the above link is almost what my radio is now doing.

The power is half now at best. When I got it the power band would peak near 80 under modulation now at full power I'm peaking at 40!

I don't know what to say. Having to return items and wait for them back as an otr driver is a pita as you all know. From the video above this must be a Stryker issue.

 

Mine also doesn't go much above 40 when modulating.

 

Mine fluctuates, seemingly with temperature. I wouldn't trust the built in meter much.