Remind me not to stand by your jeep while you're transmitting. :P

 

You can stand by it...just don't grab the antenna haha

 

That **** radiates though. I don't want my ***** to be cooked. lol

 

There is no more harm than standing by the microwave watching your hot pocket cook

 

Microwaves are almost completely sealed and leak hardly any EM waves at all.

 

As others have said, either buy a meter... i wouldnt trust that it would hold its tune from one to another, there are too many variables that i would think could change it.

or have someone peak and tune your radio, or just upgrade your radio to a cobra 29 or something similar that has a built in SWR meter...

I love my 29!

 

I like my 25, serves its purpose very well. If I ever upgrade to a newer jeep or some other offroad capable rig I'll def go with a 29. It def does have more capabilities for accessories and tuning.

 

Back on topic. I can take some pics of my setup this weekend for reference if you want...

 

That might be helpful. I've got a good radio, and a good antenna, I just want it to work. I live in Montana and I don't necessarily like being out on 90 without a way to communicate. Thanks for the help guys!

 

I'm not trying to be rude here, but how are pictures of a setup going to help him tune his?

 

And yeah not straying too far off topic, but the main reason I did go to a 29, got it brand new for 75 with ship, and built in meter. My thought waas, why buy a 40 dollar radio and a 40 dollar meter? Get a much nicer radio with one built in.

 

From what I've read and been told a built in swr meter is good for reference after tuning with an external swr meter. They aren't as accurate. But none the less a cobra 29 is a fantastic radio!

 

Good info, learn something new everyday, thanks! I do have mine tuned down to around one across the channels, a little higher on one end. When I tuned mine with the adjustable tip on my firestik, I forgot to tighten it and the thing tuned out real fast and my antenna light came on on the radio. Another good self monitoring feature of it.

 

here are some shots of how it looks now. I'll take some more tomorrow on how the power is supplied to the cb.

 

Well, unfortunately, not one of the 3 truckstops in town has a radio shop. The comm shop 45 miles away will do it for 85/hour. Or...I'll just buy the meter for 40 and figure it out by my damn self. Crazy...Thanks for the info guys.