[450] 10 meter mobile installation.

[chris]

Did you meter out the antenna to verify the connections? swap the  
jumper?
"Moving the power cord or mic cable wildly effects the swr" means that  
the radio is acting as part of the antenna. You prob have an open  
somewhere. Just because the antenna is new doesnt mean that its any  
good. If its a little wil or something like that there are solder  
connections in the base.


On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:46 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ wrote:

> this could be the problem!
> "Power Source: ..................... 12-16 VDC, Negative or Positive  
> Ground"
>
> I need to make it NEGATIVE ground only and I bet it will straighten  
> out the antenna sitch. either that or I can do a test using the 706  
> and see if I still get screwy results.
>
>
>
>
> Quoting David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>:
>
>> 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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