swr cb radio

swr reading

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[BurningTirez]

Your not suppose to unkey the mic when your checking swr.. Thats a false swr reading, everytime you unkey it needs recalibrated..

[ready4astrike]

sorry but how is "unkey the mic" were to change the readings on this type of meter .... ? as far as now this is not a variable. when tuning a system ( radio) you are pretty much fine-tuning the "variable" witch is the antenna, so it can perform the best to the radio/'s wave, wire used, and location of this antenna ..

[ready4astrike]

as far as now the mic is just an on an off switch that you use to transmit a signal at wherever frequency the user has selected not changing infrequency, power, color, shape, etc. (not a variable) as for the meter is not a automatic anything. you set the meter (calibrate) it stays were you set it.

now i down know everything there is to know. but if i can find a better way to tune my radios and get better results please i will like to hear it .

[HerbWalker]

I got a Cobra 29 LTD classic radio with a K30 mag antenna on my P/U truck (on the center on cab top). When I key the mic, the RED antenna light comes on. I set swr to 1.5 on chnl 1 & 2 on 40chnl. What does this mean? Will it hurt my radio? Thanks...........BoogyMan

[ready4astrike]

a 40 channel radio i will prefer to tun at 19 because of the reason that if i have to run in a higher channel or a lower chanel the radio will perform at its best with out any damage to any conponents / if u only run on chanel 1 or 2 them i will set it to best perform at does channels "swr".. 1.5 swr is good // but try and see what the swr is on chanel 40 and u will see what i am talking about

[ready4astrike]

my antena is a non ajustable type ..

cutting to best fit my radio "wave"

i find it to be more accurate than using a tunable antena sistem..

[punishedexistence]

I have the same meter! Had it for a long time and it still works perfectly.

[willardstanley]

Set it to call lol i think that means calibrate "cal"

[willardstanley]

cal +calibrate not call 

[racecardriver467]

do you need this for any CB radio that does not have an SWR meter built in?? i got a Cobra 19DX 4, would i need one?

[ROCKNTV1]

@ready4astrike you have to calibrate the meter FIRST

[dsouth01]

1:1 SWR AWESOME!!!! What kind of antenna are you using? Is the antenna grounded?

[BlackSpades45]

:( how do u get ur swr so low like that i can only get mine in between 1.5 to 2.0 :( and i cant get it any lower :( and also my antenna is a magmount lil wil and its on top of my roof of my car and all the readings i get is 1.5 to 2.0 or mayb just 2 :( can u plz help :(?

[AlamoCityCello]

That RS Meter is pretty good for the $.

I have one for HF.

[BurningTirez]

Yeah I guess your right now that i think about it. I just always never unkeyed when I checked mine but now that I just checked it didnt make any difference. Anyway I was looking at the same meter today for 49 bucks, might buy it tomorrow. How do you like it?