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Would probably trust the external meter more than the internal meter of your radio.
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Try another radio with built in SWR meter
and /or another external meter in order for you to discard if it is the radio or the antenna. An antenna analyzer would be best.
and /or another external meter in order for you to discard if it is the radio or the antenna. An antenna analyzer would be best.
Greg T
WDX-945 (Jazz Singer) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
We’ll coax is hooked up from the sark100 to the antenna and I get a reading of 80 ohms
Procomm Patriot 12 Foot CB Base Antenna advise
We get caught up all the time in details. I am using a Star Duster which is basicly 102 inch whip with radials in the grand scheme of things. 1/4 wave ground plane. Their will always be something better but anything is better than nothing. I knew a guy that had a Firestick mounted to the rain...
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Jeff
Oops link to last page of thread.
Actually I linked to the last page not the beginning,
www.worldwidedx.com
Is were it started.
Obviously something is not right for a 80 ohm reading.
Can you check the coax itself with your analyzer?
Can you measure the antenna at the feed point?
73
Jeff
Procomm Patriot 12 Foot CB Base Antenna advise
Greetings one and all. I am slowly moving along setting up a home base (cb). What I haven't borrowed or recycled, from what I had already laying around, I have been getting from Craigslist. Today I picked up from a guy 2 lengths of coax, one about 40 feet & another about 50 feet; nice...
Obviously something is not right for a 80 ohm reading.
Can you check the coax itself with your analyzer?
Can you measure the antenna at the feed point?
73
Jeff
I will do a test today I’ll put a dummyload on one end and check it with analyzer will post my results here thanksActually I linked to the last page not the beginning,
Is were it started.Procomm Patriot 12 Foot CB Base Antenna advise
Greetings one and all. I am slowly moving along setting up a home base (cb). What I haven't borrowed or recycled, from what I had already laying around, I have been getting from Craigslist. Today I picked up from a guy 2 lengths of coax, one about 40 feet & another about 50 feet; nice...
Obviously something is not right for a 80 ohm reading.
Can you check the coax itself with your analyzer?
Can you measure the antenna at the feed point?
73
Jeff
Jimmy do you calibrate your SARK100 every time you use...it per the manual...if it has a manual?
Good luck.
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There is a Tuning pot inside the radio that is adjustable so never trust the internal meter. A Dosey is not a good wattmeter but it's OK for just SWR readings.