Vr6 adjustment? Cobra 29LX

Yes i just fine ridge..you...Maybe i worded it wrong cause im not mr know everything..So ill just say ground then..

 

That’s good you’re doing fine, just have to poke fun at it.

 

Unless you are using an external swr meter or an antenna analyzer, you are just chasing your tail. You can leave an external meter inline to see what the swr is doing, especially where you keep the truck parked. The thing that sounds bad to me is your ground strap. It's sounds like it around 5 feet long, which isn't good, since it can become part of the antenna system. Most ground straps should be 1 foot or shorter.

 

No thats wrong....All you have done is make antenna longer...Well the antenna will see it that way and give a wrong reading.....You need short wide straps connecting points to connect parts of trucks together to make it as one....Frame to cab..cab to door..door to ant mount..

 

Okay, using your external swr meter, does the swr drastically change when you are at the spot that you park your truck at? If not and you talk and receive okay, then you need to adjust the vr6 pot, which I would do anyway, since they are usually out of adjustment.

 

Well if your external swr meter reads an swr below 3.1 when the antenna warning light comes on, then vr6 is out of adjustment.