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Question on RF power on dipole

red6man

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I know this may sound dumb but I haven't touched a cb in 35 years And I forgot anything I may have known. I put up a dipole antenna today and had a SWR of 1.1 which was good and on the transmit side it just about went all the way into the red. Is that good or bad? I don't want to blow this old cam 89. Thanks
 

See my post on other thread.

It turns out it is the rf meter on the radio that is nearly pegging, some confusion over that.
 
From what I'm reading, if the SWR on the antenna is around 1.1:1 and the RF meter on the radio is going into the red, it sounds as though it's working properly.

Do a search for the adjustment points on a Cam89 and you should come up with the RF meter adjustment... you can back it down a little if need be so that the meter doesn't peg.
 

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