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Geoff30

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solihull, west mids

• Jan 13, 2009

• #1

Hi does anyone in the Solihull or Birmingham area have a swr meter they could use to help me setup my CB please.
I do get signal etc but it is not the best just want to ensure it is working at its optimum.

 

martinl

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Bilston, West Midlands

• Jan 13, 2009

• #2

If you feel like a drive up to Cannock this weekend I will do it for you, I may even have a meter I can give away in my assortment of bits.

[email protected]

 

battenberg

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Birmingham UK

• Jan 14, 2009

• #3

I got one, but dont really know how to use it properly...
I set me CB up and all it worked OK, so never needed to mess about as I only use it in convoy or laning anyway. I'm in Cotteridge, B'ham

 

martinl

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Bilston, West Midlands

• Jan 14, 2009

• #4

It doesn't matter if you are using it in convoy, or across town or even trying to catch skip and talk abroad, IF your antenna is not matched correctly to your transmitter you WILL blow the output transistors.

Drop me a line if you need help, no problem.

 

tyclyd

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #5

On the same thread I have installed my new CB and done the checks with the SWR Meter and with my whip aerial I get a reading of around 0.3 – I am suspicious that this is just too good to be true or could I be that lucky first time round... On my stubby rubber aerial the reading is around 1 so I know the meter is working – what’s the average SWR reading for a good setup with a 5 foot Springer aerial?

 

Paul D

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #6

My 4' mag-mount plain steel whip gets betweem .3 at low end and .4 at top end.

 

tyclyd

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #7

Thanks Paul, all I need now is someone to talk too... very quiet out there.

 

martinl

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #8

tyclyd said:

Thanks Paul, all I need now is someone to talk too... very quiet out there.

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Ha Ha, get yourself an amateur license then, you'll find 2mts far better than 27megs.


On the SWR subject, the lower the better although it would work well enough as high as 2.0, over about 2.5 will start to damage the rig. Amateur rigs are usualy better made and shut down on power when the SWR is too high.

 

Pikey

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #9

yep 2mtr/70cm or any wavelength other than 27Mhz really if you want to talk to anyone.

 

martinl

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #10

redhand said:

yep 2mtr/70cm or any wavelength other than 27Mhz really if you want to talk to anyone.

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Are you licnsed too?

G0JCN or G6ZHV before that

 

Pikey

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #11

M3xlz

 

martinl

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #12

We should start an amateur radio section on here

 

Pikey

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #13

bit geeky for this lot.. they have trouble using a phone or a keyboard :whoosh: :confused2:

Throw in the concept of Radio Ham and Qcodes and they'd be seriously floundering :mooning: :behindsofa:

 

martinl

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• Jan 15, 2009

• #14

True, but there may be more of us and we can certainly be a help to the childrens band users. Promote our "other" hobby, it could certainly do with it.

I've posted it as a suggestion, lets see if anyone responds...