OK, Galaxy DX979 On a 30 amp power supply, 17ft rg8x, out to a modfied truck stake mount on a fence rail post with a 12in riser and a 102 in whip, as per pictures. SWR was a little off when I matched 1 and 40 but now exact and SWR flat throughout. People can hear me ok but seems like low carrier. My white noise level is 9 S Units across the channels on AM/USB/LSB and I can not hear anything else. I checked by the mount and there is contact from the mount to fence rail, and fence post. i thought it might be ground issue, but should I try grounding the radio itself or do something on the antenna side? Something else altogether? When I touched the mic cord the noise went down a hair. The only thing inside I have near me is a radiator and and an outlet screw both are grounded. I recently attached the tester probe on the radiator and the other on the radios cover screw and it shows its connected. Not sure whats going on here. Any help?
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