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Ahoy.
I have a new CB and a new Wilson Lil Wil antenna. The instructions with the Lil Wil say to: Check SWR on channel 1 Check SWR on channel 40 If channel 1 has a lower SWR than channel 40, cut 1/4" from the antenna top and measure again...continue until the SWR for channel 1 and 40 is about equal. Channel 1 gave me a nice low 1:1.4 Channel 40 gave me a nasty 1:2.8 So I snipped off 1/4" and measured again. Channel 1 gave me 1:1.3 Channel 40 gave me 1:2.5 So my question is, snipping off that 1/4" really improved the channel 1 SWR but only dropped channel 40 a little bit. How many 1/4" increments am I gonna hafta snip before these two equal out? Also, I'm guessing that at some point, channel 1 is going to start to go back up (instead of improving)...should I stop there and live with whatever the higher channels are displaying? Rather than continuing to snip until 1 and 40 are about equal? Thanks, Kahuna |
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