So I installed a new 2950dx, a puck mount and a monkey made antenna in my 2005 Ram. This replaced a Stryker 955hpc, a firestick stud mount and an Everhardt Master Blaster 2. I never had an issue with swr with the Stryker. I used the same coax (pro58au/95) except I soldered the rings instead of crimped like before, and I wound 5 turns on 4.25" of air. With a Radio Shack meter, I get 1.2 to 1.5 (1 and 40) with a 6' rg8x, and the radio only shows 3 bars for swr. With both a 2' cheap crimped coax and a 6' soldered coax (the clear truck stop type) it pegs the meter and the radio meter. If I plug the antenna straight to the radio, it pegs the radio's meter. I have checked continuity and everything checks out, but there must be something going on. I am planning to run rg8x with the same choke and see what it does, as there were some pretty tight bends in the existing coax. I also should be getting a rigexpert aa-30 in the mail tomorrow, and I hope that will shed some light. If the analyzer says the swr is good, would you still check it with a meter, or just call it good?