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harmonics,, get a spectrum analyzer,,

i have a grant xl,,, it has a heat sink on back over the finals,, finals are the right ones,,, but tag was moved to bottom cover i guess,,,my fault with setup is talkback switch put through top cover,,,

texas star 3200

i remember years ago ops putting 10 turn on ssb clarifiers but also putting a diode in radio somewhere to make it widebanded,,,,

my ford ranger i just took the brake light loose and drilled a hole and installed a mno mount and used a old speedo cable to run coax thru cab roof and pillar to behind seat,,, and because there was a slight lean back i bent the whip some to stand up,,,

as the joke in the tampa bay area heard when a radio goes south,, ya got a short in it,,,,,

1970s california channel 19 east/west 17 north south 19 west of missippi 10 east of,,,, been a long ago....

mfj loose screws/bolts solder joints need reflowed they say it is because mr jue uses mississipi state college kids,,,,

i always wanted a am/fm/sw for my car but just never throwed the bucks,,,

back in the day i had a kraco in dash cb/am/fm/cassette sold pickup it went with it,,, about 1980

power mike is frowned upon use on this radio,, but by the notes i have white is pin one sheild is pin 7 black is pin 8 red is pin 2 yellow and blue not connected,,, and if i rmemeber right piin 5 is 8 volts hot,,, hope i got this down right it was from long ago,,,,

harmonics will make meter gve false readings,, if swr is good with amp off and then it should be all right,,, amps tend to make harmonics and then swr meter doesnt know what to read,,

where at here in florida ya be? i be in strawberry fields

i have one,,, with the hyrange vfo ,,, nine pin plug in back for vfo,,, mine is wired with a switch to turn the transmit on the vfo on and off,,, one way to tell the iv has the plug socket is the mike plug is 4 pin and not 5 pin din,,,

i have one,,, if controls are scratchy need cleaning,,, when radio is open you will see a switch on the left, that is the option for ten meters and 11 meters if that switch is not making good contact it may be do what you discribe,, about all to found on the net is fcc ban list,