Anyone Have an SWR Meter?

Felix · 01-04-06, 09:23 AM

And can bring it to the meeting tonight? I got a CB for Christmas, and I want to install it this weekend.

See you tonight,
Felix

fjman · 01-04-06, 07:14 PM

whats a swr meter?

Felix · 01-05-06, 05:49 AM

It measures the Standing Wave Ratio. You need to adjust the length of the antenna to get the SWR below 2.0:1, as I understand it. Not tuning your antenna can cause damage to the CB radio.

Here's a link on it http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/Setting_SWR.htm

Colorado Boy-74-FJ40 · 01-05-06, 10:11 AM

The Radio Shack here in Oregon hooked up to mine and read it for me for free ( I bought the K-40 antenna there) They might do that where you are. I don't know if you bought anything there. I'm sure it helped in my situation.