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Cheers Andy

Cheers Andy
Will have another go at weekend and if I cant sort it will take you up on your offer, if I just used it for scanning and not transmitting would this do any damage cos for what it costs if it won't damage the handset set I may just keep it when scanning
Steve

Andy
I have adjusted it to the full height and to its lowest trying all points in between on both ch40 and 1 and the worse case is 10 and the best 10 in the red. I don't think it's the magmount because I can put the thunderstick straight into the mount and get readings between 1.3 and 1.5 which ...

I've just bought a Thunderpole Saturn and fitted it on a large magmount onto my Shogun. I can't get the SWR out of the red no matter where I put it on the roof and adjust the length by the grub screw along its full adjustment, is the next step to start hacking bits off the end or is there another ...

Andy your a star
Cheers Steve

Another question, the pole came red, very red can I cover it in a black tape or will this affect the aerial I know it's a dumb question but a red aerial on top of a 4x4 is a bit conspicuous
Steve

Magic cheers Andy

Steve

Just got a thunderstick off you and it says swr tuneable at the tip, are you supposed to take the tip off and cut it or something?

Steve

Hi all just found my scanner after about 5 years, put batteries in and away I go, just got to find my old scanning lists cos I stupidly reset the scanner.

Steve