Make sure you don't have anything under the base of the antenna. Some people
try to put a towel or something under it to protect the paint. It won't
work.

Chris
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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| I bought a magnetic antenna with about 12' of cable. The instructions on
the
| antenna say move to channel 1 and that you might move the antenna up/down
| 1/8" to achieve something near 1, but nothing.
|
| Is the radio crap? I have bid on another magnetic antenna on ebay to see
if
| something is wrong with the RS one.
|
| "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message
| ...
| Jim Douglas wrote:
|
| Got a SWR meter and trying to test the radio, do as instructions from
| web,
| set switch, adjust to cal mark, change switch etc, no matter what I do
| it's
| no where near 1:1 always over in the red still?? WTF? Could it be the
| radio,
| purchased off EBay and of course it was new!
|
|
| Hello Jim:
|
| What type antenna installation do you have? The more you describe it the
| more we can help.
|
| Jay in the Mojave
|
|