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Grounding problems = 0 I checked and cleaned all ground straps I could find. I ran a new ground from the Antenna Mount to the Frame. checked swr after and saw no difference. so I guess the mount was grounded pretty good. I understand about the RF ground not being worth 2 cents. open roof and...

Well I cut my Coax after reading all the info..It was 18" with a SWR of 1.5 . I cut the coax in the 3' increment reccommended to where it now is 12' my SWR increased to 2.0. with a little adjusting it is back to 1.5 . haven't tried another antenna Yet...So what can I say about the Myth. . The...

Anetenna. Thanks for all the good advice, but I shall put the SWR meter away today.. I got channel 1 down to 1.3 and 40 was at 1.8 so I cut again. channel 1 went up to 1.5 and 40 came down to 1.8 . 19=1.6 so since I will be using channel 5 99% of the time if figured to stop at 1.5.. I am...

I have removed about 3" of wire off the coil top. and will remove a little more tomorrow. When I cut the coax the swr did increase .5 not much at all.. but I don't have a lot of cable coiled up in the way either.. I saw a jeep with the 102 whip on the bumper tonight it is flexable but he...

Ok here is what I went and done... I saw I had too much Coax.. channel 1 =2.5 channel 40 =Red 4.0 I cut 6' off making the coax 12' made new radio to swr meter cable 2' ( hmm that would make a regular coax 20' ) No differance in Swr.. run 12ga ground from ant. mount to frame No differance in...

Moleculo! I think you are the man that wrote this. http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/myth-1.htm and I have to agree with it as it is written.. I will go out and ground the antenna to the Frame to make sure there is a good ground.. then after checking the SWR and it has not improved I will start...

I have to Say tha AMPOWER posted some nice pics. would have been nice if you included discription of the parts as he installed them I can't Read nothing on the Caps. probably couldn't if I had one in my Hand. (hate to get old). I would love to built the 2 transister rig what Amp is the output on...

Ok with the problems I am having with the antenna on the Jeep. It sounds like to me that a no ground antenna might work best. BUT, I don't understand how they work and they use 16' of coax. PLUS Radio Shack says that the SWR is not Tuneable. are they built to be in range of a 2.0 or close SWR...

I did talk to a base unit bleeding about 4 channels on 40 He said he was about 8 mile and could hear me fine. the toploaded coil is sticking up over the ragtop about 8 inches. I ran new 10 ga wire direct from a Fuse at the battery. will hook up lights to this wire that is the reason for 10...

New mount and cable I went a purched a new 18' RG8-X and connector for the Mount. the ends were allready on the cable. I checked everthing with the Ohm meter for shorts and Open connections. I hooked up the SWR Meter and on Channel 1 I got 2.4 swr on channel 19 I got 3.2 on channel 40 it was...

Yes I have soldered the connectors with good luck.. I always check them with the Ohm meter to make sure there are no shorts from the braided wire. the Mini rg-8 sounds good I will get some tomorrow. I think radio shack has a 10' one with connectors Maybe I will get that one and try it. I will...

The Coax and nut for ant. are molded into this little white thing..I will go to Radio shack and get new cable and a good mount that takes a Rg-8 connector. this will at least ground the cable to the Jeep. I will also buy a length of cable. about 12' and make up a new cable. then I will put the...

Test Ok I went out and hooked up the antenna's both were 1/2 way into the red.. the Coax is not made to use a ground. so now I shall go buy a new coax. The firestick looks good but with out a ground point I can't check the Ohm's to find a short . the outer plastic has a few knicks but no cuts...

I read a lot of post and now are really confused. I have the 4' Firestick from years ago. I installed it on my jeep using the coax from my 4' marine Antenna. they are both top loaded there is no ground on the marine antenna base. cheap molded thing. I cut off a length of coax @ 12" that was...