Just an FYI, I absolutely, for no reason have even considered trying to tune and peak the radio myself. I had a professional do it, and they have done work on several radios for me and they turned out perfect. The thought that my "dead key" was set too low came to mind, but I was informed that the antenna set up could be what is causing the issue. What I did to resolve the issue is I took out the cobra, and put in a brand new galaxy 33hp2 that has 3 dead key settings. They were set at 3, 5, and 9 watts. The low setting would not "calibrate" on my external meter, so I moved to the medium setting and it would calibrate on the meter. Much to my dismay the swr was off the charts. ( I think it was around 5) I ended up taking off my 18ft coax and tried a 12ft coax, and it worked like a charm! On channel 1 it was almost flat line on the swr, channel 40 was about .2, and on 19 it was about .1. I sincerely appreciate everyone's input. Nice to see people willing to offer a hand!
Chandyman