DylanMadigan
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-sorry, not sure if this is the right area-
I have a Motorola CDM1550-LS+ transmitting at 48w on UHF. With a 5 foot cable, my SWR meter shows about 0.5. With my 25ft cable made out of some fairly cheap cable (RG58), I'm getting about 4 on the meter, just inside the red.
I don't need the signal to be too amazing, this is for a base station going to a repeater. I just want to know at what point should I worry about the equipment's safety? I'm quite new to radios (aside from some handheld stuff), but the needle is in red so i would assume I might have a problem lol.
I have a Motorola CDM1550-LS+ transmitting at 48w on UHF. With a 5 foot cable, my SWR meter shows about 0.5. With my 25ft cable made out of some fairly cheap cable (RG58), I'm getting about 4 on the meter, just inside the red.
I don't need the signal to be too amazing, this is for a base station going to a repeater. I just want to know at what point should I worry about the equipment's safety? I'm quite new to radios (aside from some handheld stuff), but the needle is in red so i would assume I might have a problem lol.