Hello all,
Since ill be making a cross country trip soon, and have always wanted to get into cb, i figured it would be no better time than now. Anyways i drive a Hummer H2 and went out and purchased a uniden bearcat 880 radio and a wilson 5000 magnet mount antenna.
Got it all hooked up, calibrated the radio on channel 20, checked the swr, per the on board swr meter on the radio and im getting 6.5 on channel 40, 8.5 on channel 19 and 12.5 on channel 1........
The antenna is located in the center of the roof and slightly forward towards the front of the truck. The coax is routed along the roof rack crossbars, along the driver roof rail, down into the front drivers door jam, into the fender and then into the engine compartment and then through the firewall into the back of the radio. I have tried to adjust the height of the antenna but that doesnt affect the swr at all. I am however able to pick up channel 7 wx.
What can i possibly do to lower these numbers?
Im very very green with cbs.
Thank you all in advance.
Wicked high swr?
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Blownh2, Feb 26, 2019.
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