Buck wrote:
Today, if I don't get called into work, I plan to cut the wire next to
the antenna mount and install an SO-239 so I can wire the tuner
directly to the antenna or connect the coax to run to the front of the
van where I have the radio mounted.

SGC recommends that no transmission line be used between the
tuner and the antenna because of arcing. Consider that to
force just one watt into a CB whip on 4 MHz, EZNEC says it
takes over 1700 volts.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp