Swr issue after peak and tune..

[kaos513]

Never trusted or used the radio SWR meter on every radio I have ever had. Always use an external meter or an MFJ antenna analyzer.

You may need to take the amp and radio together to a shop that can calibrate the two together.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Never trusted or used the radio SWR meter on every radio I have ever had. Always use an external meter or an MFJ antenna analyzer.

Everybody in CB-land always says that yet unless your radio has been peaked and tweaked the internal meter is fine for checking on a regular basis. Once the power output and usually the tuning coils are tweaked that can throw things off however a stock radio should be accurate enough to be reasonably confident of it's readings. That has been my experience with several CB and amateur radios over the last 38 years. I used to connect an external meter to the radio via a male/male connector making it about an inch from the radio and readings were always with 0.1 from the internal meter. then again none of my radios were messed with.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Are you sure you don't mean 1.3 :1?

Now I have to go look at it again.