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Cool_pr
New member
Username: Cool_pr
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:17 pm: | 
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I have the 95T with the wilson 2000 on a Ford ranger with cap. I was having problems with high swr, loud squels when I keyed up. I used three kinds of mic's Road king,and two stock galaxy mic's. I have the wilson mounted on the ladder rack, also tried a cheap radio shack magnet mount and got the swr down to around 1.5 but after 15 min of use it went over 3.... I grounded the wilson with a 18g wire through the rear window onto the speaker mounting screw, but I didnt ground the 95T. I thought the negative would be enough. Anyway, I sent the radio to Galaxy to fix the Mod lamp stop working, the 10k button was reversed, and I just think it was bad to start with... Any Ideas what went wrong or what should I do when I get the radio back? Also, where should I mont the wilson or what other ant. should I used.... Thanks for the help  |
Tech548
Moderator
Username: Tech548
Post Number: 33
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 10:56 pm: |
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Cool_pr
Just a few questions.
1- Is the cap fiberglass or metal? If it's glass, you have absolutely no ground plane for the antenna.
2- If the cap is metal, how is it grounded? Some pickup boxes are not grounded to the frame. And if yours isn't, neither is the latter rack or antenna.
3-How is the latter rack mounted to the cap? Are rubber gromets being used anywhere?
This sounds like a lack of ground to me. In order for this antenna to work correctly, it has to have metal under it. If your cap is made of metal and is grounded to the box and the box grounded to the frame, then this scenario should work. It won't work very well if everything is mounted to a fiberglass shell.
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Allagator
Intermediate Member
Username: Allagator
Post Number: 276
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 11:41 pm: |
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COOL PR !!! i know a guy that had the same problem with his 95T and a tech told him it was caused from a electrical shock !!!!! i have no idea cause i have never had any problems like that other than a bad ground on the radio and it made things go crazy !!!!
hope it helps !!!!!! Allagator ~ |
Cool_pr
New member
Username: Cool_pr
Post Number: 3
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 6:47 am: |
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Thanks guys. I have a aluminum metal cap and I think it's not grounded. My best friend just got his and eveything works great. I guess it would if you had a International... I should recieve my by tuesday. I will try grounding eveything. |
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