Recent content by 2004crownvic

not really, it already looks it heavily lol. but ok I'm checking the diagram you have there. I really appreciate the help I'm receiving. Im leaning toward getting mount that you have to drill in, but i have to see. would a wilson 1000 be a nice upgrade? or just going to a 5000? I'm going...

ok well i did another thing and i ran ground wires from my trunk to a battery ground in the back. i put it back on the trunk lid. it still reads the same. So im assuming i made the grounds much better to have it trunk mounted for now? it reads still 2 on 1,40 and and a tick lower on 20...

Ok I tried it up there, it got a lil better. Around 2 swr on channels 1 and 40 channel 20 was 1.5- 17. Any other little tricks?

ok ill see what i can do after work tonight, thanks Robb

ok, if I'm able to get it on the roof, what do i do with my cable? its not long enough unless its going through the window lol. any suggestions there? I'm open to them :).

how can i do that with a magnet mount? my roof is rounded enough that it won't sit flat and where am i going to put the cable? it would have to run out side the car. its not long enough to run down the back of the car and into the trunk. I'm trying to think about what to do. Is there a better...

i watched the video and read the link. here are my results: SWR on channel 1 was 2.5 SWR on channel 40 was 1.9 Altho it did not say to check, i did check channel 20 and it was 1.4. So i have to raise the whip by 1/4 of a inch because 1 was greater than 40? I did go through all the...

Thats what i mean, after i get it and make sure its working properly. :)

I should have the antenna tomorrow, I guess I need to go on the highway to see if anyone can hear me.

thank you very much, it makes much more sense now. But my radio is not fried? thats the only thing I'm worried about. when i get the new whip i will report back.

im not even turning it on. now i bought the new whip, the right one. when i put it in and i switch to calibrate, then I have it the needle on the calibrate arrow on the gauge. I'm using the built in meter gauge. as I'm still holding it i switch to swr and then the needle should drop to 1-2? am...

I guess I'm a idiot :(, when I bought the guy said it was a good antenna replacement. I had no idea. And when I just put it in I just started using it. For 2 weeks it worked fine, everyone could hear me very well and I could hear within a few miles. My freind had come up and had a setup...

Yes I did, I have to wait 24hours since I'm a new member there for each post to be approved so I cake over here. This site looks a lot larger. Everyone has been nice to me. But the closest shop I found is exit 70 on i80. That's 212 miles from me. Are you closer lol?

It's a cell phone antenna? Like a mobile 3G one? I have never seen a antenna like that. Ok so that noise is normal then, well that's good to know. The noise canceling dose work. There is 2 positions on the switch. Which is better? Middle or upper? I thought maybe it was also canceling...

Sorry if image is big, it's a mobile upload.