OK, Here's the situation. I have a ball hitch that I took the ball off of and wanted to mount a 102" whip on. I went to RatShack and bought a spring and Ball mount and put it on the hitch. Starting from the whip....
1. whip
2. spring
3. ball mount
4. rubber gasket
5. hitch
6. gasket
7. washer
8. nut
9. center connector is connected to the center stud via ring connector.
About 2" from Ball mount, I drilled a hole through the hitch for a screw which I connected the ground side of the coax. From there I connected another ground to the body but, my SWR is way out of whack. Here are my readings with a MFJ Analyzer....
144.50 Mhz-5.5@50Ohms
27.250 Mhz- 12.0@50Ohms
28.400 Mhz-14.0@100Ohms
I am trying to install this for my road trip this weekend. Any suggestions or observations would be appreciated. I do have a couple pics that I can send to your e-mail if needed.
1. whip
2. spring
3. ball mount
4. rubber gasket
5. hitch
6. gasket
7. washer
8. nut
9. center connector is connected to the center stud via ring connector.
About 2" from Ball mount, I drilled a hole through the hitch for a screw which I connected the ground side of the coax. From there I connected another ground to the body but, my SWR is way out of whack. Here are my readings with a MFJ Analyzer....
144.50 Mhz-5.5@50Ohms
27.250 Mhz- 12.0@50Ohms
28.400 Mhz-14.0@100Ohms
I am trying to install this for my road trip this weekend. Any suggestions or observations would be appreciated. I do have a couple pics that I can send to your e-mail if needed.