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driven element can also be attached directly to the metal boom if your feeding it with a gamma match,, have several antenna's up in the air that are designed this way

the adjustment spots are labeled inside the radio

i just use the memory channels to store some of the (am and lsb) frequencies then you can just vfo from there

channel boards are out there for these 980ssb radios but probly came too late:

probly a good mic,, I just didn't understand why they would give that mic with a mobile radio,, I wish they would have done some type of upgrade hand mic

really need to rule out the coax and or connectors,, with another test coax LMR 400 coax doesn't take much moving around to stress the solid center conductor especially if the center conductor was scored when the end was trimmed to put the PL-259 connector on I would think a coax with a...

did you ever try just using another test coax,, maybe 20-30' long and just check it with your analyzer right outside? or did you ever try just a plain old swr meter inline

also watch the coax,,, looks like it is getting crushed in your first pic:

1.5:1 SWR really isn't bad,, if your that worried about the radio not seeing a perfect 1.1:1 swr just put a small tuner inline,,, no one is going to tell the difference from you running 1.1:1 or 1.5:1 swr so now your back to 1.34:1 swr on 27.385,, perfect run it

that last graph with the rings down low looks to be about 1.5:1 swr,, whats wrong with that? yes its not perfect 1.1:1 but still very usable,, might just be the mounting situation / height / objects near by,, run it and see how it performs

personally I think I would have taken the spring out instead of cutting the whip down,, your going to need to tie the whip to something with the spring on there its going to be flopping all over the place when you get on the highway

mine is around 4-5yrs old mounted up in a pine tree 43' to the feedpoint with branches hitting it every time the wind blows and its still going strong

what mode are we talking here , AM or SSB?? because it is very possible on AM for someone to give you a great signal/meter reading and have low modulation on their end

you said the 102 whip is bolted to the frame and coming up between the box and cab of the truck,,, your way too close to the cab and box, the whip cant be running that close to the cab and box,, get the antenna out from between the cab and box,, there is too much metal surrounding the antenna...

yes you need to put the radio into service mode

if your 7300 does not output the advertised power why not just send it in for warranty service?

Ranch55 where did you get the service manual?? nevermind just noticed it is online

weird, it didn't look like these pics

worked on mine a few years ago, pretty sure only one I had to remove, didn't have to add anything: I guess make sure that D-48,49,51 Are removed and that D-50,63 are in place

went to a local hamfest over the weekend and picked up a Heil Hmm-ic hand mic new in the box for $30 just to try out, it is a very nice hand mic and also has plenty of drive to run the icom7410 to full output at less than 50% mic gain,, it does have a little more bass sound than the HM-219 but...