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How Long Is Your Shaft & How Much Whip Did Cut On Your 10k

DJboutit

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How long is the shaft on you 10k & how much of the whip did you have to cut off to tune it right.
 

i pulled up to a truck stop pulled out a 10k took his sparrow antenna off took hte 10k out the package
mounted the 10 on the left side dropped stinger down checked swr
pulled stinger up checked swr
pulled it out cut 3 inches off
rechecked pulled out stinger cut another 3inches
rechecked swr cut 2 inches
then cut 2 moe inches off
rechecked swr at 1.2 swr
pulled stinger out cut off 3/8 inch rechecked swr at 1.1

less than 15 minutes
might not be antenna design might be some real shotty mount setup
 

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