I am getting frustrated. I bonded my truck last night and my SWR went off. I retuned my antenna but my radio meter is making me nervous.
I'll try to make this as non-confusing as I can. My extenal meter is showing a hair under 1.2 on Ch 1 & 40. When my external is taken away my radio's SWR meter shows 1.6 on ch 1 and 1.8 on ch 40. I click over to PWR and it shows a 20W DK. I hook up the external meter again and it shows the same SWR as it did earlier, 1.2 on Ch 1 & 40. The radio's meter drops its SWR reading to 1.5 on Ch 1 & 19 & 40. I click over to the PWR and it reads 32W DK (like it should). Why does my SWR seem to rise without the external meter hooked up? I know that the internal meter isn't accurate, but the power meter seems to see the difference as well. Without the external meter hooked up, the radio smells like its getting hot. Even the talkback is quieter than normal, just like as if I'd turned down the variable power. What the hell?
I checked SWR in a field, no nearby objects, all doors closed, the allen wrench wasn't left in the set screws either.
I am throwing that Wilson in the basement and putting up a 102" antenna. That ball mount can't get here fast enough. Freakin Wilson is probably made by barjan these days, like everything else, and turned to junk. I hope its the antenna system being faulty and not something with the radio. I can't afford to send this thing out again.
I'll try to make this as non-confusing as I can. My extenal meter is showing a hair under 1.2 on Ch 1 & 40. When my external is taken away my radio's SWR meter shows 1.6 on ch 1 and 1.8 on ch 40. I click over to PWR and it shows a 20W DK. I hook up the external meter again and it shows the same SWR as it did earlier, 1.2 on Ch 1 & 40. The radio's meter drops its SWR reading to 1.5 on Ch 1 & 19 & 40. I click over to the PWR and it reads 32W DK (like it should). Why does my SWR seem to rise without the external meter hooked up? I know that the internal meter isn't accurate, but the power meter seems to see the difference as well. Without the external meter hooked up, the radio smells like its getting hot. Even the talkback is quieter than normal, just like as if I'd turned down the variable power. What the hell?
I checked SWR in a field, no nearby objects, all doors closed, the allen wrench wasn't left in the set screws either.
I am throwing that Wilson in the basement and putting up a 102" antenna. That ball mount can't get here fast enough. Freakin Wilson is probably made by barjan these days, like everything else, and turned to junk. I hope its the antenna system being faulty and not something with the radio. I can't afford to send this thing out again.