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I figured out that half my problem is rf screwing up my meters. I hooked a pretty expensive meter to the alternator and propped it up on the wiper blade. It would idle at 14.5 or so, and read 19 or 20 volts under load. Only dropped a quarter volt or so into a dummy load. I still haven't...

I guess I never paid any attention to the formatting. Did you find that a specific format increased or decreased your odds of selecting the correct answer?

With my icom the swr measured at the amp output is 1.1:1. I change nothing but the radio and the swr is now 2:1. Again, nothing makes sense

What is the actual difference?

I had a 955hp that worked flawlessly for over a year. It's ability to make it a whole year without breaking easily makes it the rarest export I've ever owned.

Wide open in South Dakota right now. It's been a week or more since I've seen any signals stronger than an S3 until this evening.

When you find yourself passing the practice tests, go ahead and look at the general. The general is not much harder than the tech. Hamstudy.org is your friend.

I'm not sure that is fair or relevant, but you are correct. There are also voltage regulators that could charge those batteries at 16 or 20 volts if a dragster wanted to waste the HP on it.

Wait a second, those are electrical lengths and the physical lengths are much shorter. Right? Unless you have some awesome coax with a vf of 1. Or am I screwed up once again?

I could care less what my swr is in the short runs of coax in the mobile. The amps... that's a different story. The feedline losses are nothing at 1.6:1 compared to the db's lost when the amp blows up. Low swr for the right reasons lol

Even if I pulled the headliner to access the mount, would I just solder a resistor between the ring terminals? I don't think I can add a resistor at the antenna mount because there is essentially 2" of antenna in the mount itself. This just doesn't seem very feasible. If I recall correctly my...

This really is true. Adding power takes you from screaming like a banshee trying to get a return to concentrating like mad trying to copy weak stations. I've had a lot 4x1 and 5x1 contacts lately, but then again, I probably wouldn't have a copy without a modern ham rig. I usually just tell...

I thought I broke my icom, but the rf gain and squelch on the same knobs got me. I felt pretty stupid the 3rd time I couldn't figure out why there was no rx.

After a double check of settings and recalibration, it didn't really change much. Before (yesterday) After (today)

I did figure out how to do the HW calibration, but I must have flashed new firmware at some point. I'm going to go back through the entire setup and calibration again.

I don't know. This one always says that when x is zero, or at least when it is between -0.2 and 0.2. Basically anytime it reads x=>5k it also reads Ls out of range. I also don't know what "HW cal" is either. Measurements don't mean squat if they are inaccurate or interpreted incorrectly.

I removed the line isolator and added a barrel connector and it looks like my swr curve moved up about 200Khz Out in the open my swr with the isolator is 1:1 on 27.500 and 1.1:1 on 27.385. In my driveway I am 1:1 on 27.185 and 1.1:1 on 27.385. Seems like a pretty happy medium for now.

Well I did say I know less than nothing. I actually used a full wave because I didn't want to to hack up my coax for a failed experiment.

I've been messing with the antenna system on my pickup for a while now. It's been pretty frustrating because it seems like none of my results align with anything I thought I knew. The vna would say one thing, and the meter would say another. I chased my tail for a while adding chokes and a...

What size is your power wire to the radio?