Trying a new antenna

From my experience the mechanical meter on the cobra 29's ,148, and Uniden 78's have been pretty accurate when checking swr but the meter on the 29 lx and BC 980 are not so accurate. If you are showing a 1.2 and even if it were off by .5 thats still a 1.7 that is fine.

 

Stock 29 , 4 watt carrier 16 watt pep, with swr of 1.7 = 6% power loss resulting in 3.76 watt carrier and 15.04 watt pep, not worth worrying about, but obviously radios with higher power it does become more significant and more critical.

 

If his swr is off then we pretty much know resonance is off to..That means wasted power and range loss..Ridgeline suggested for him to find someone with an analyzer to tighten that up..Plus he has ant on aide of the cab,sucks dog poo there..

 

A cb shop should be able to help..If your radio is stock "leave it alone" till you understand more about the hobby..A nice site to start with is k0bg.com

 

Well then you need to find someone in the hobby or find a shop in your travels..

 

Its not a big deal but more to it than just setting swr...Im maken it sound more of a big deal than it is but im just a lil anal sence i learned a few things..