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08-08-2006, 05:44 PM
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Some aerials come "pre-swr'd" apparently in which case make sure you have a really good earth and you should be good to go!
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08-08-2006, 10:34 PM
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You really should check the SWR, since it can be effected by so many issues:
antenna location, quailty of connections, lenght of cable, quality of cable..and on and on. Radio Shack has meters.
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08-08-2006, 10:51 PM
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On my CB setup, it was perfect, my friend's brother is in the Army and is a radio operator, and he has one of those units.
With my small cheap CB I got from Radio Shack, and the $24 antenna I got for it, it works to the max. 
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08-09-2006, 02:47 AM
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I just pluged and went..I have a great span also!!!!!!! I never did check SWR's..... I was going to but after I had it all hooked up everything worked great!!!
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08-21-2006, 12:19 PM
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If the antenna you purchase has an SWR guarantee on it (ie, "Guaranteed SWR of 1.5:1 or better"), you can get away without checking it, but it's a good idea to do it anyway. I always put my HAM antennas on an antenna analyzer before hooking them up, to make sure everything's working properly.
And yes, if the SWR is higher than 2 or 2.5, it'll cook the circuitry in your radio. This is a very bad thing to have happen
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