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Ok, I got my power side done and I thought I had figured out my antenna problem. I had a shorted antenna base stud. Got a new one installed today and checked everything with a multi-meter and found no shorts. I think I have continuity everywhere I should, and not where I shouldn't.
So I drove out away from a buildings, power poles, mountains, etc. and setup my SWR meter. Tested channel #1 following the Firestik instructions and got a reading well up over 3.0 in the red, just below the set position.
Then I tested channel #40 and got a slightly lower reading, but still way above 3.0 in the red.
I pulled the antenna cable from the SWR meter and checked for a short on the cable, none. I pulled the antenna cable from the antenna and checked just the cable for a short, none. I double checked the mounting stud and bracket for ground continuity for everything on the bottom side of the antenna mount and cable connecting point. All common to ground.
Then I checked the antenna stud and base above the top side of the mounting bracket for any ground continuity, none.
So, now I have no clue where to go from here?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
Almost forgot; It's a Firestik 2' antenna mounted on a Teraflex highlift jack mount, on a Teraflex HD tailgate hinge. The jack sticks up about 6" higher than the antenna, and the antenna sticks up about 2" above the roof of the Jeep. 18' of antenna cable lead run in 1/4" wire loom up front to the radio.
So I drove out away from a buildings, power poles, mountains, etc. and setup my SWR meter. Tested channel #1 following the Firestik instructions and got a reading well up over 3.0 in the red, just below the set position.
Then I tested channel #40 and got a slightly lower reading, but still way above 3.0 in the red.
I pulled the antenna cable from the SWR meter and checked for a short on the cable, none. I pulled the antenna cable from the antenna and checked just the cable for a short, none. I double checked the mounting stud and bracket for ground continuity for everything on the bottom side of the antenna mount and cable connecting point. All common to ground.
Then I checked the antenna stud and base above the top side of the mounting bracket for any ground continuity, none.
So, now I have no clue where to go from here?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
Almost forgot; It's a Firestik 2' antenna mounted on a Teraflex highlift jack mount, on a Teraflex HD tailgate hinge. The jack sticks up about 6" higher than the antenna, and the antenna sticks up about 2" above the roof of the Jeep. 18' of antenna cable lead run in 1/4" wire loom up front to the radio.