Wow,this takes me back to about 1980 when I was 12 years old,,great days. With the SWR You want to read 1.5-1 or lower when you key the mic. Plug in a speaker to your PA socket and talk. If you hear yourself the mic works fine mate. Hello from reddish fella. ✌️👍
Using the meter wrong. Select Channel 1, select FWD adjust knob to SET position. Then move switch to REF and take reading. You should be looking for an SWR reading of less than 2 (ideally 1.5 or better). Repeat process for Channel 40. Depending on readings you can workout whether aerial is too long or too short. If SWR high on low (Channel 1), aerial needs to go up, high on high (Channel 40) need to shorten. Don’t operate set if SWR is more than 3 - you will pop the output stage. A very high SWR on both 1 and 40 usually means a potential short in the coax or plug somewhere. SWR is Standing Wave Ratio and is measurement of the amount of RF power being reflected back into the radio when transmitting. Channel 19 is supposed to be calling channel but less so these days - used to be for mobile stations with Channel 14 for home base. But those rules don't seem hold much water these days - at least not where I live. Also, probably better to wait for break in conversation before trying to 'go in on the side' because otherwise you might upset some folk if you key up over the top. On any other channel other than 19, if you want to 'chip' into a conversation, wait for a pause, then call out either 'On the Side' or 'QSK' and then wait for you to be called in. By the way, love the MK III Ford Escort. I had one in almost the same colour many many years ago. :-)
hey man, ive put a rig in my van now too lol. used to use cb a lot in the 90's. To Swr (swar) your aerial you physically have to change the length of the aerial, using the little allen screw near the base. if the swr is low on 1 but high on 40, then your aerial is too long. if its high on 1 and low on 40 then the aerial is too short. it only needs small adjustments... like 1mm at a time. and 19 is the calling channel, so get on there for your 1-9 a roger, or 1-9 for a rig check :) edit: and once its swarred in, disconnect the swr meter and just have the aerial direct into the rig
Set the switch on the SWR meter to “FWD.” Turn the radio to channel 1. Key the microphone (depress the button and hold it). Turn the knob on the SWR meter labeled “SET” or “ADJUST” until the needle reaches the setting position at the end of its range. While still keying the microphone, flip the switch on the SWR meter to the “REF” or “SWR” position. Quickly record the reading given by your SWR meter and release the transmit key on your microphone. You are now going to repeat this process for channel 40. Follow steps 4 through 9. The objective behind tuning your antenna is to make these two readings as close as possible. Getting down to a 1.5:1 ratio or below makes for a passable broadcast signal. There are two basic points to understand before adjusting the length of your antenna: If the SWR on channel 40 is higher than that on channel 1, your antenna is too long. If the SWR on channel 1 is higher than that on channel 40, your antenna is too short. At the moment little to no RF is been transmitted out of antenna. It is been reflected back in to radio. I would also check if audio is coming out of the microphone by plugging in speaker or headphones into PA jack on the back of radio. You should be heard on PA speaker if the microphone is ok. Hope this helps. 73 De Aiden EI8HJB.
It looks to me like the antenna situation is very bad. Your SWR (standing wave ratio) is far too high! The antenna and/or coaxial cable have something wrong with them. With the SWR meter in REF (reflected power) position, you should be seeing no needle movement while transmitting. What your SWR meter is showing you in this video is that your signal is not getting out. Instead you have all of the RF from the radio coming back into the radio. This is not only bad because no one can hear you, but it causes heat build-up in the final output transistor of the radio causing damage and deterioration to that transistor. If you can rig up an areal that is not giving you such a terrible SWR, you will be heard and your radio will run cooler.
Wow,this takes me back to about 1980 when I was 12 years old,,great days. With the SWR You want to read 1.5-1 or lower when you key the mic. Plug in a speaker to your PA socket and talk. If you hear yourself the mic works fine mate. Hello from reddish fella. ✌️👍
Using the meter wrong. Select Channel 1, select FWD adjust knob to SET position. Then move switch to REF and take reading. You should be looking for an SWR reading of less than 2 (ideally 1.5 or better). Repeat process for Channel 40. Depending on readings you can workout whether aerial is too long or too short. If SWR high on low (Channel 1), aerial needs to go up, high on high (Channel 40) need to shorten. Don’t operate set if SWR is more than 3 - you will pop the output stage. A very high SWR on both 1 and 40 usually means a potential short in the coax or plug somewhere. SWR is Standing Wave Ratio and is measurement of the amount of RF power being reflected back into the radio when transmitting. Channel 19 is supposed to be calling channel but less so these days - used to be for mobile stations with Channel 14 for home base. But those rules don't seem hold much water these days - at least not where I live. Also, probably better to wait for break in conversation before trying to 'go in on the side' because otherwise you might upset some folk if you key up over the top. On any other channel other than 19, if you want to 'chip' into a conversation, wait for a pause, then call out either 'On the Side' or 'QSK' and then wait for you to be called in. By the way, love the MK III Ford Escort. I had one in almost the same colour many many years ago. :-)
and yes it was the 70's, some time has passed. Now there is the internet
hey man, ive put a rig in my van now too lol. used to use cb a lot in the 90's. To Swr (swar) your aerial you physically have to change the length of the aerial, using the little allen screw near the base. if the swr is low on 1 but high on 40, then your aerial is too long. if its high on 1 and low on 40 then the aerial is too short. it only needs small adjustments... like 1mm at a time.
and 19 is the calling channel, so get on there for your 1-9 a roger, or 1-9 for a rig check :)
edit: and once its swarred in, disconnect the swr meter and just have the aerial direct into the rig
Set the switch on the SWR meter to “FWD.”
Turn the radio to channel 1.
Key the microphone (depress the button and hold it).
Turn the knob on the SWR meter labeled “SET” or “ADJUST” until the needle reaches the setting position at the end of its range.
While still keying the microphone, flip the switch on the SWR meter to the “REF” or “SWR” position.
Quickly record the reading given by your SWR meter and release the transmit key on your microphone.
You are now going to repeat this process for channel 40. Follow steps 4 through 9.
The objective behind tuning your antenna is to make these two readings as close as possible. Getting down to a 1.5:1 ratio or below makes for a passable broadcast signal. There are two basic points to understand before adjusting the length of your antenna:
If the SWR on channel 40 is higher than that on channel 1, your antenna is too long.
If the SWR on channel 1 is higher than that on channel 40, your antenna is too short.
At the moment little to no RF is been transmitted out of antenna. It is been reflected back in to radio. I would also check if audio is coming out of the microphone by plugging in speaker or headphones into PA jack on the back of radio. You should be heard on PA speaker if the microphone is ok. Hope this helps.
73 De Aiden EI8HJB.
get id of the aluminum foil BEFORE you set the SWR
It looks to me like the antenna situation is very bad. Your SWR (standing wave ratio) is far too high! The antenna and/or coaxial cable have something wrong with them. With the SWR meter in REF (reflected power) position, you should be seeing no needle movement while transmitting. What your SWR meter is showing you in this video is that your signal is not getting out. Instead you have all of the RF from the radio coming back into the radio. This is not only bad because no one can hear you, but it causes heat build-up in the final output transistor of the radio causing damage and deterioration to that transistor. If you can rig up an areal that is not giving you such a terrible SWR, you will be heard and your radio will run cooler.