[450] 10 meter mobile installation.

[David McKenzie]

try grounding the radio to the frame


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:15 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com>wrote:

> Possibly.
> I moved the antenna to different spots on the roof but it didn't make any
> difference. Her car *is* pretty small, but I ran a crappy radio shack cb
> mag mount cut to 10m on my old VW Rabbit and it worked fine. Her car is
> that much smaller.
>
> Quoting David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>:
>
>  insufficient ground for the antenna maybe
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:42 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  I tried a few different "known good" jumpers. The antenna is brand new.
>>> You'd think the feedline would be okay. Bob came over last week-end with
>>> his antenna analyzer, but we just ended up sitting out on the deck
>>> shootin'
>>> the shit.
>>> Priorities, priorities.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting chris <cralt at comcast.net>:
>>>
>>>  Sounds like you have a bad connection in the feedline or the jumper.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:14 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Trying to get things set up in Christine's car.
>>>>
>>>>> Cannot tune antenna to under 2/1, made a 5 inch 5 turn choke from
>>>>> coax...no difference. I move my hand close to the rig and the swr goes
>>>>> down
>>>>> and then back up again. Moving the power cord or mic cable wildly
>>>>> effects
>>>>> the swr. I've installed bunches of rigs in cars, but I've never seen
>>>>> this
>>>>> kind of behavior with an antenna.
>>>>>
>>>>> Frustrated.
>>>>>
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