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Oh..I should mention its a stainless steel whip.

Yes..triple checked..insulator at the top to isolate the antenna. Even checked for resistance between the antenna and ground to make sure and open resistance. I'm thinking this radio may be a dud. Wish I had another to test with to see the swr on a different radio.

So the bearcat swr tells me 9 when I try and use the calibrate. I hooked up my trusty swr meter and I get around 7. Would 6" make that much difference? Im thinking it might. I'll need to go get a spring I guess and retry. I'm wondering maybe the bearcat Is a dud. Its doing some weird stuff. It...

haha..Well..im ready to spring into action to fix this...apparently I can repair audio equipment and run miles of RG6 but not so good at RF. So I checked continuity from Tip to TIp of the RG8, no issue. Checked for shorts between tip and case..infinite resistance as it should be. Checked the...

Well..antenna showed up. Hooked it up, ran my RG-8U cable, put the pl259s on. Checked cable for good cenections and no shorts. Hooked up to radio and got an SWR of 9??? Checked grounds... All good. I have the DX engineering 102" whip mounted directly to a mirror mount bracket to the frame. I'm...

Thank you so much for the responses. I don't think my scope is high enough now that you mention the frequency. Since I do audio..might be worth looking at a new oscop that goes into HF /UHF range. I'll need to look. I could see myself putting CBs in all 5 vehicles we have...like a dog on a...

Awsome. OK..I am now thinking the KL-203. Thanks for the input. My Bearcat just showed up today!!! Box looks a bit bruised....going to open it soon. Needmy other supplies to show up now....its teasing me!!!

I should also mention I'm still on the fence between the stinger board and a KL-203P...opinions?

I just ordered a bearcat 980, 102" whip, mount, coax and some Pl259 connectors along with an SWR and power meter. I am getting back into CB and this time around want to dive into the electronics a bit more in depth. I have a decent understanding of electronics but outside of HF radios. I have...