cb radio install need some ideas

[pvtjorge]

Thanks, I have general ticket.
I still have 2m kenwood HT. I programmed it to monitor some local freq. but never got any action. I need to get a swr and pwr meter to check it's output. But it ought to receive like it is.

 

[midcounty]

It may not be real noticeable, the only way to really see how well "tuned" the antenna is is to use an SWR ( standing wave ratio) meter on it at the frequency ( channel) Your using... You want anything from 1.1 to 1 up to 1.5 to 1,,,otherwise the antenna isnt converting all the radio power, and it is just feeding the power back down to the radio electronics..

I checked it when I put the system together, and I think it was 1.3 or 1.4 pn the SWR. I was hoping the 6" spring would get it down around 1.1.

 

[deuceaid]

I checked it when I put the system together, and I think it was 1.3 or 1.4 pn the SWR. I was hoping the 6" spring would get it down around 1.1.

anything under 1.5 is fine. I have only seen 1.0 to 1 (not 1.1 to 1) once, and my Ham friend thought his meter was broken , but it just happened to be a perfectly matched antenna.