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I will try that tomorrow with the meter at the radio.

OK. Taking a step back now. Really bothering me, lol. I am a stickler for my stuff working right. I put the meter where the amp should be and tested it again just now with a matched antenna I know did 1:3 matched and a hair less on 20. It is that at the radio now and at the meter where the amp...

Not sure this was the problem, cause, or what totally. I rewired the connector and its still the same only now the SWR dropped a little from 3 to 2 with it off and with it on it now drops lower to 1:1. The normal SWR for the antenna I used Skipshooter and predator 5ft was 1.3ish matched on 1 and...

OK, so I tried hooking the meter where the amp goes. Pretty sure I found the connector may be loose from the connector to the antenna coax. The other jumper I had was new and this one is older. Maybe should have changed both. Going to check the connector now. I can change the swr turning the...

Will give it a try thank you. May take a day or two my radio doesn't have FWD and hooking a meter to the line is a bit of a pain. May be stretching it but any good if I hooked the meter where the amp goes?

Here's a pic of the inside of the amp. I know it's difficult to tell but was looking for anything visible. The amp always had fans on it but this past month I broke the fans and haven't had a chance to hook the new ones up. Probably used it several times but not really long talking. I know when...

Ok thanks. Just waiting now for the barrel connector to check coax now.

OK Thanks. I was just wondering because of that RL1 thing you described. So I just tried the dummy load as per OldTech03 I have(15W Radio Shack). SWR was 1.4 on 20 with the amp off. I popped the amp on for a sec and it was showing 1.2 SWR. Yes its all wired correctly. I had to order the barrel...

Quick question. Can I use it as it is with it on with the low SWR or may I be looking for trouble. Now I'm afraid of a possible fire.

I have a small one I can try without the amp on though. Ill try it tomorrow, thanks.

No cable long enough.

Ok, so I went looking for my barrel connector but its male to male so going to buy one. May take a day or so. I did mention it did not do the same thing on my other antenna but I double checked with 4 antennas just now and all do go up in SWR with the amp off. Some more than the others. Predator...

Actually you may be correct on this although still not sure why it would go down when amp is on but I did change my 27in shaft to the 12in. I did not check the swr then because I knew where the tune was on it and I had the amp on when I checked when I switched shafts. Maybe I tightened it to...

If it is that problem why would it only be doing it with the predator 10k? If it is that problem why would it only be doing it with the predator 10k? I will try the barrel connector test, thank you. I was thinking the antenna as it only happened so far with one antenna. Here is a video of this amp

Its at the radio between the amp and radio. My thing is it was fine before and never had a problem.

Here's one I can not find anything on so far, so asking here. I have a Galaxy DX979 to a TS500DX to a tuned Predator 10K-1-12 Antenna on LMR400UF coax. I noticed while the amp was off my SWR warning light came on and the radio SWR is 3 on Channel 1 and a little higher than 3 on Channel 40 with...

Just want to thank everyone for their ideas and opinions. I have decided to use a K40 T300PLUSBK (3ft) for around town use. Still got my other antennas for shootin'.

Yeah I read that. Probably will just be using 27.185AM with it.

Thanks read all those already. I don't really need wide band width. When I use this it would be on 27.185AM mostly. I think Skipshooter has one called the double barrel.

First, am not talking Predators on this. Second, this may sound stupid but why is a 3ft top load antenna, like so far I found a k40 tunable 3ft with 16 gauge wind so bad when a center loads coil would actually be lower? I thought I understood the whips were for adjusting? And the higher the coil...