goaty Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hi all, I finally got round to fitting my cb radio in my 90. All seems to work ok but on my drive i cant pick that much up too often, seems ok when testing it with my mate down the road. Question is though, i have a SWR meter and i have now got it to read evenly over all 40 channels (near enough anyway). I did this by trimming a little bit off the aerial each time till it was even, but its even at 1.7 across all channels. I know it needs to be under 3, so its safe to use but is it as good as it should be?? or is there anything i can do to improve it and get closer to 1.5??? The aerial is mounted on the back face of my roof using a PSM-1 body mount, paint has been taken off where it mounts aswell as an earth running to the chassis. Can i improve it or is it fine as it is?? any hlep out there? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie1989 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Make sure you do your SWR'ing in a large open area, not sure of how your drive/house is layed out, but I can't pick up bugger all outside my house becase there are too many houses in close proximity. Drive away from the houses and I can pick people up miles away - SWR also improves, although only slightly. I get around 1.3 - 1.7 across channels and I'm happy with this, again with a PSM-1 mount and a small springer on a quick release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 setting SWR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaty Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 wicked, thanks for the very informative link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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