Here is what I just got, Cobra 29 LTD Classic that was bumped up a bit, a new
Palomar Elite 300 amp (ebay) , Diesel (?) noise canceling mic and a Wilsom
5000 mag mount ant.

Most "tune-ups" involve stretching the coils that make up the low-pass filter.
A watt meter reads all wattage, no matter what it's frequency.

Now your amp and antenna reject the second harmonic and reflect it back to the radio.

I cant get the SWR down below 2.5. I ran a new 18' cable and a ground wire to
the frame of the truck but ever time i key up the ANT light lights up on the
radio.

My questions a

1. How can I get the SWR down?
2. Is this a good combo?
3. on my amp it has a ON/OFF , HIGH, MED, LOW and a PRE-AMP on and off.
What is with the PRE- AMP.


What you failed to mention was the SWR with the amp out of line.

-Scott, with the KW-7 really mounted to the rear bumper, and a 1.5:1 SWR that TALKS.
I still prefer resonance to perfect SWR! Oh yeah, 7 feet of coax...enough to make it from
the box to the antenna mount. No crimped connectors here. 2x455 box fed by #6.

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote:
Here is what I just got, Cobra 29 LTD Classic that was bumped up a
bit, a new Palomar Elite 300 amp (ebay) , Diesel (?) noise canceling
mic and a Wilsom 5000 mag mount ant.

Most "tune-ups" involve stretching the coils that make up the low-pass
filter. A watt meter reads all wattage, no matter what it's frequency.

Now your amp and antenna reject the second harmonic and reflect it back
to the radio.

I cant get the SWR down below 2.5. I ran a new 18' cable and a ground
wire to the frame of the truck but ever time i key up the ANT light
lights up on the radio.

My questions a

1. How can I get the SWR down?
2. Is this a good combo?
3. on my amp it has a ON/OFF , HIGH, MED, LOW and a PRE-AMP on and off.
What is with the PRE- AMP.

What you failed to mention was the SWR with the amp out of line.

-Scott, with the KW-7 really mounted to the rear bumper, and a 1.5:1 SWR
that TALKS. I still prefer resonance to perfect SWR! Oh yeah, 7 feet of
coax...enough to make it from the box to the antenna mount. No crimped
connectors here. 2x455 box fed by #6.


Rock on!

Steve with his Wilson 1000, two pill, and 2510 hard wired to the roof
of his truck..all connections soldered all the way to the battery.

Can't beat -good- hardware.

On 20 Jul 2004 01:29:58 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :

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Steve with his Wilson 1000, two pill, and 2510 hard wired to the roof
of his truck..all connections soldered all the way to the battery.


You soldered the power leads to the battery terminals and the antenna
whip to the mount? Hard-core, dude!


Can't beat -good- hardware.


Frank droppin' the maul with his Johnson Messenger III, a dozen or so
feet of RG-58, and 102" of stainless on the nose.




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Frank Gilliland wrote:
.....damnit, did it again. Taking the sig out from default.....

That's ok, my squelch took it out.

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 20 Jul 2004 01:29:58 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :

snip

Steve with his Wilson 1000, two pill, and 2510 hard wired to the roof
of his truck..all connections soldered all the way to the battery.

You soldered the power leads to the battery terminals and the antenna
whip to the mount? Hard-core, dude!

I use outdoor romex!

Can't beat -good- hardware.

Frank droppin' the maul with his Johnson Messenger III, a dozen or so
feet of RG-58, and 102" of stainless on the nose.

Frank's got his groove on now!

On 20 Jul 2004 01:51:46 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :


Frank droppin' the maul with his Johnson Messenger III, a dozen or so
feet of RG-58, and 102" of stainless on the nose.

Frank's got his groove on now!


You know it! I actually caught some short skip driving home from the
mountains last week. Some kid in Minneapolis running legal on a base.
When skip is there, 2 watts is all you need!






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Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 20 Jul 2004 01:51:46 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :

Frank droppin' the maul with his Johnson Messenger III, a dozen or so
feet of RG-58, and 102" of stainless on the nose.

Frank's got his groove on now!

You know it! I actually caught some short skip driving home from the
mountains last week. Some kid in Minneapolis running legal on a base.
When skip is there, 2 watts is all you need!

That's all. You only need 20 hp or less to navigate too!

On 20 Jul 2004 02:14:37 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 20 Jul 2004 01:51:46 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :

Frank droppin' the maul with his Johnson Messenger III, a dozen or so
feet of RG-58, and 102" of stainless on the nose.

Frank's got his groove on now!

You know it! I actually caught some short skip driving home from the
mountains last week. Some kid in Minneapolis running legal on a base.
When skip is there, 2 watts is all you need!

That's all. You only need 20 hp or less to navigate too!


......hmmmm, let's see now..... 1 HP = 746 watts..... hey, this will be
a 15kW paddle-wheeler!






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