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Recent content by barnettbill

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    Effect of Ice on SWR

    Being the curious type that I am I decided to see what effect ice buildup on an antenna would have on SWR. I had recently set up a Firestik Firefly with a stake mount on my truck. I run a Uniden 980. I recently set this up and had an SWR of 1.18 :1 on Ch 1 and a 1.2:1 on Ch 40. Today I noticed a...