You need to tune the antenna tip. Also it could mean you have a bad ground connection
I hard wired it to the battery so it's always powered. The ground is also hooked up to the battery I extended the wires to make it work.
It's usually a ground issue back by the antenna. If you mounted it to a tire carrier it could be something simple as the powder coat interfering
It's usually a ground issue back by the antenna. If you mounted it to a tire carrier it could be something simple as the powder coat interfering
I just grounded the antenna to the inside of the tailgate. I still get the CB antenna warning on channel 40. My swr for channel 1 is 2.1 and channel 40 is 2.3. I can't get it down. Also I don't seem to be getting anything through, when I scan the channels nothing happens and when I go to the weather nothing but static.
What are you mounting the antenna to?
I just grounded the antenna to the inside of the tailgate. I still get the CB antenna warning on channel 40. My swr for channel 1 is 2.1 and channel 40 is 2.3. I can't get it down. Also I don't seem to be getting anything through, when I scan the channels nothing happens and when I go to the weather nothing but static.
CB radios are not designed to operate with a standing wave ratio (swr) hgher than 2.0. In fact if you consistently operate above 1.6 you will cook the finals.
Try grounding the chassis of the radio to a frame ground and see if that corrects the issue.
So I went back to the place I got my CB and antenna from and he found that when I installed the stud I place the metal lock washer on bottom when it was suppose to be on top so it was causing a short. After moving it and we placed a swr meter to see if that fixed it. The warning went away and it is finally working the swr is still a little high because I need to ground it better. He suggested I take a little paint off the bottom of the mount where the stud is so it can have a proper ground.