Backwoods40
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So I got the new QT-80 and had a 3ft firestik on the rear passenger side of the truck cab, and everything was great.
Decided I need to upgrade the antenna, and put a Sirio P5K on a mag mount centered over the cab.
AM is fine, but now when I go to LSB, if I turn the power up to 13 or 14 on the dial, the swr reads 1.0 - If I go to 15 or higher, I get a high swr warning from the radio.
On the QT-80, Tx power settings go from 1-45. If I start speaking before the warning, SWR shows 1.7 and stays there as long as I'm speaking. Not sure if the radio automatically dials back power to protect itself, or why it drops.
On the firestik, it never gave me any warnings. Not sure what the difference is or what if anything I'm doing wrong.
Like I said, I can turn it all the way up on AM no problem. Any ideas?
Decided I need to upgrade the antenna, and put a Sirio P5K on a mag mount centered over the cab.
AM is fine, but now when I go to LSB, if I turn the power up to 13 or 14 on the dial, the swr reads 1.0 - If I go to 15 or higher, I get a high swr warning from the radio.
On the QT-80, Tx power settings go from 1-45. If I start speaking before the warning, SWR shows 1.7 and stays there as long as I'm speaking. Not sure if the radio automatically dials back power to protect itself, or why it drops.
On the firestik, it never gave me any warnings. Not sure what the difference is or what if anything I'm doing wrong.
Like I said, I can turn it all the way up on AM no problem. Any ideas?