Hi everyone. I'm working on setting up my base. Magnum 257hp 50ft of bury flex going into the attic with a falcon dipole in inverted v config. I've got the power supply, bird, and scope all setup and is looking good.
I've even got a arm boom stand and behringer condenser mic.
My question is about the antenna. I'm having trouble separating myth and fact. From the radio I have a 3 ft jumper into the bird and then the 50ft run goes up. I folded the leads back 6 in and swr is reading pretty good on cb band.
What I'm wondering is, the swr is high as hell on high, lowest bands. I know it's a broad freq stretch but is there any way I can get them lowered? I've read about baluns. Can I use the excess coax to make one? Got PLENTY left over. Also its bleeding into my tv something fierce. Please no snake oil. Only real life applications. Thanks in advance
Ps I chose inverted v bc it appears best compromise for mostly dx, omni directional, a lil local. I have plenty of room there it's just kind of hard to get up there.
I've even got a arm boom stand and behringer condenser mic.
My question is about the antenna. I'm having trouble separating myth and fact. From the radio I have a 3 ft jumper into the bird and then the 50ft run goes up. I folded the leads back 6 in and swr is reading pretty good on cb band.
What I'm wondering is, the swr is high as hell on high, lowest bands. I know it's a broad freq stretch but is there any way I can get them lowered? I've read about baluns. Can I use the excess coax to make one? Got PLENTY left over. Also its bleeding into my tv something fierce. Please no snake oil. Only real life applications. Thanks in advance
Ps I chose inverted v bc it appears best compromise for mostly dx, omni directional, a lil local. I have plenty of room there it's just kind of hard to get up there.