CB electrical resistance
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CB electrical resistance
Hello everyone,
I am trying to tune my CB set up. SWR is dreadfully high - around 3:1, so I am trying to trouble shoot. I got the antenna base grounded to the body (checked), but then I measured the resistance between the antenna base and the active (upper) part of the antenna, thinking it should be completely isolated. To my surprise, the resistance was very much measurable - around 4.7 kOhm. I started digging through the connection points in my setup and found that resistance, when measured between the central pin and the outer casing of the antenna input of the CB radio itself, was that same 4.7 kOhm. Has anyone ever tried to measure that resistance value? Am I dealing with a faulty CB unit or is this a proper resistance reading?
Thank you!
I am trying to tune my CB set up. SWR is dreadfully high - around 3:1, so I am trying to trouble shoot. I got the antenna base grounded to the body (checked), but then I measured the resistance between the antenna base and the active (upper) part of the antenna, thinking it should be completely isolated. To my surprise, the resistance was very much measurable - around 4.7 kOhm. I started digging through the connection points in my setup and found that resistance, when measured between the central pin and the outer casing of the antenna input of the CB radio itself, was that same 4.7 kOhm. Has anyone ever tried to measure that resistance value? Am I dealing with a faulty CB unit or is this a proper resistance reading?
Thank you!