Okay, you are experiencing an economic question many of use have. The radio is priced at a point that by the time you ship back to wherever, the costs are close to just buying as new radio . In the FM world, several Chinese radios are priced where its cheaper to throw away and buy a new one rather than to have the radio repaired or even sent in for a warranty adjustment.. One party suggested you key into a dummy load, forget the antenna, just check with whatever meter you have into a dummy load. If you don't have one, perhaps a friend has one that you can use. Radio wants to look at 50 ohms and it seems 50 ohms is only seen with a dummy loaD. Also, check the radio with another antenna, like a mobile setup. This is to see if you are showing different power readings.