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Stryker 5000 Mag Mount Will Not Tune!!
- Thread starter undertaker
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Looks like a rebadged wilson 5000. Check the connection of the coax at the base load and also if supplied with a 2 piece connector (SMA to pl259), cut that thing off and install a good pl259. I have seen and have experienced myself that the connector (2 piece) is crap and will eventually fail especially if running anything but a stock radio. They aren't made to handle any power and are really just crappy IMO. Have you cut anything off the whip? I know that with my wilson 5000 I had to cut roughly a 1/2-1" off the whip to get it to tune. Hope you get it resolved and god bless
Here is the screwy part my mfj analyzer will say 1.5 then 1.9 and then go to 22.9!!
What the hell?? Never had this trouble before..
What the hell?? Never had this trouble before..
Undertaker , I know this is a long shot but I had a new Mag Mount antenna that was giving me problems there was a single stand of the shield on the end of the connection were it screws into the radio causing me grief I plucked it out an it was fine .
Is there a commercial broadcast radio/tv station antenna anywhere near you? Like within a couple of miles? High power external RF has been a cause of grief with MFJ analyzers since day 1.
Maybe I found the problem the sma was loose on the pl259. I am gonna try again in the morning it is hot as hell here.
I can get the swr to 1.5 then it will go to 1.6 or so. I give up could it be a bad mag mount? or my analyzer is screwed up..
Think I found the problem bad coax connection to the pl259 If I knew how to solder I could fix it. But I don't !!!!!!!!!
Those 2 piece connectors they use really do suck. I thought that might be the issue. Same thing with a k40 and the SMA to pl259. Connector went Bad! Changed it out with a good amphenol pl259 and it was all good after that. Soldering is not hard! It can be a pita sometimes but connectors are pretty easy to put on with a decent solder gun and some good solder. Home Depot has a decent weller solder gun I think it's about 40 dollars. Worth every penny once you learn how to use it!! Anyway, hope you get it resolved, if there is shop or something maybe take it there and have a good connector put on, but IMO I would get a solder iron myself and learn. God bless and hope you get it resolved.