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    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    I have a dummy load I made and the needle don't even move on the radio or my meter I'm bout to give up at the point cobra says the SWR...
  • TM86
    TM86 replied to the thread SWR question.
    To know which meter to trust you might want to consider getting or making a dummy load. It should always show a flat match no matter...
  • C
    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    I just put it back on my truck and I ain't even getting 1.5 to 1 on 20 anymore so there is something up I tested my jumper it's not...
  • TM86
    TM86 reacted to Henry HPSD's post in the thread RF CHOKE RG213 4 or 5 turns measurments with Like Like.
    Hello Guys, Thought I would share what I measured... I made an RF Choke (wound around 10cm PVC tube so the diameter is 11 cm hart to...
  • AudioShockwav
    Hello Guys, Thought I would share what I measured... I made an RF Choke (wound around 10cm PVC tube so the diameter is 11 cm hart to...
  • C
    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    I tried it on my mom's Honda Pilot and it is all the way in the corner off the scale on 1, 20, and 40 I don't know anymore I checked...
  • C
    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    Well at this point I'm thinking about giving up
  • jrd426
    jrd426 reacted to AudioShockwav's post in the thread Icom inflatable Tower with Like Like.
    Yet Another innovation from Icom The 2026 Icom Porta Potty for the operator who just can't miss a call! Got to do a number 2? Do you...
  • jrd426
    jrd426 reacted to AudioShockwav's post in the thread Icom inflatable Tower with Like Like.
    Field day Tower? Inflatable Tower with built-in pump. 73 Jeff
  • guitar_199
    Thank you for that!!!!!!!!! I will give that area a good "eyeball" with my magnifying hood.....and maybe my phone camera (shoot the shot...
  • guitar_199
    Duly noted!!! Thanks for the reply! Bob
  • C
    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    Back when I was 17 I made a dipole out of speaker wire and made contacts all over with a cobra 29 with a rfx75 I had installed in it...
  • C
    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    It is in the middle of my roof on my Ford ranger only thing is I tuned it with my cobra 29 SWR meter when I purchased the radio and...
  • C
    ChromeCobra replied to the thread SWR question.
    Well with the cobra 29 SWR meter on channel 1 the needle doesn't move channel 20 barely moves and on channel 40 I would say it's 1.2 to...
  • H
    Hello Guys, Thought I would share what I measured... I made an RF Choke (wound around 10cm PVC tube so the diameter is 11 cm hart to...
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    • 5 turns RG213 Roughly 11cm diameter (wound around 10cm PVC).png
    • 4 turns RG213.png