<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Did you meter out the antenna to verify the connections? swap the jumper? <div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(84, 0, 0); ">Moving the power cord or mic cable wildly effects the swr" </span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505">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. </font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(84, 0, 0); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(84, 0, 0); "><br></span></div><div><div><div><div>On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:46 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>this could be the problem!<br>"Power Source: ..................... 12-16 VDC, Negative or Positive Ground"<br><br>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.<br><br><br><br><br>Quoting David McKenzie <<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>>:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">try grounding the radio to the frame<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:15 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <<a href="mailto:kc1wj@kc1wj.com">kc1wj@kc1wj.com</a>>wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Possibly.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I moved the antenna to different spots on the roof but it didn't make any<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">difference. Her car *is* pretty small, but I ran a crappy radio shack cb<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">mag mount cut to 10m on my old VW Rabbit and it worked fine. Her car is<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">that much smaller.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Quoting David McKenzie <<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>>:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> insufficient ground for the antenna maybe<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:42 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <<a href="mailto:kc1wj@kc1wj.com">kc1wj@kc1wj.com</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">>wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> I tried a few different "known good" jumpers. The antenna is brand new.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">You'd think the feedline would be okay. Bob came over last week-end with<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">his antenna analyzer, but we just ended up sitting out on the deck<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">shootin'<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the shit.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Priorities, priorities.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Quoting chris <<a href="mailto:cralt@comcast.net">cralt@comcast.net</a>>:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Sounds like you have a bad connection in the feedline or the jumper.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:14 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Trying to get things set up in Christine's car.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Cannot tune antenna to under 2/1, made a 5 inch 5 turn choke from<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">coax...no difference. I move my hand close to the rig and the swr goes<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">down<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and then back up again. Moving the power cord or mic cable wildly<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">effects<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the swr. 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