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    SWR Help Needed

    Can I cut different lengths of this aluminum wire to try starting with the a little longer than what the antenna is now and cut the wire down to see where the antenna may need to be? http://www.flickr.com/photos/62474222@N02/5743348875/in/photostream/lightbox/
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    SWR Help Needed

    Would tuning the antenna also be cutting 1/4" lengths?
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    SWR Help Needed

    So I cranked up the power to the max setting on channels 20 and 40 and noticed that I could get to the cal setting to tune on the SWR Meter, but when I switched to see the SWR reading I would get 3.+ Now is that because it's feeding it too much power now?
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    SWR Help Needed

    I'll give that a try. If that does not work, i'll get some video of the event and post it.
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    SWR Help Needed

    Thanks for the reply Rob. The setup is the Magnum 257 HP , Wilson Little Wil antenna. My first problem that I found after posting was that the antenna was not down in the base all the way. So the antenna down to the proper possession and found better SWR readings on CH 1. This time the SWR...
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    SWR Help Needed

    So I got my new radio Magnum 257 HP and tuned it to Ch 1 and set the calibration and the switched to SWR mode, A reading of 1.4-1.5 great, so then I went to channels 20 and 40 and noticed that when I switch the meter to calibration mode and then key up and try to calibrate. I get the SWR meter...
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