I need a little help finishing this off. I've got everything mounted, but where do you hide your power wires once they get to the end of the ARR bracket?
I just fished 'em through the rollbar cover, and then behind the plastic dohickie on the A-pillar.I need a little help finishing this off. I've got everything mounted, but where do you hide your power wires once they get to the end of the ARR bracket?
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This dohickie?I just fished 'em through the rollbar cover, and then behind the plastic dohickie on the A-pillar.
I don't have that trim piece. I have a 99 and I can tell from your gauge cluster that you are newer than me. I pulled off the plastic piece in my picture and it's just a dorr jamb. No way to run wires under it. Maybe @Jerry Bransford can lend an eye?Yea, I think so — it looks a bit different on your Jeep than it does on my '06. The wires are run on mine inside the plastic trim piece that this microphone is shown attached to:
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(This was pre-ARR mount)
I'm looking for a place to hide them on the pillar between the roll bar and the dash. I don't see much to hide it under on the run from the rollbar to the dash. I have tons of places to hide after that.You can run them under the defroster vent piece. It just unsnaps up and off.
Hmmm - maybe some kind of retrofit? A piece of PVC painted black or something? *shrug* Dumb idea I know...I'm looking for a place to hide them on the pillar between the roll bar and the dash. I don't see much to hide it under on the run from the rollbar to the dash. I have tons of places to hide after that.
It appears the newer models have a trim piece there. Looks like I'm going to have to get creative.Hmmm - maybe some kind of retrofit? A piece of PVC painted black or something? *shrug* Dumb idea I know...
Are you trying to tune it in your garage?I need a radio guru @Jerry Bransford . I have my setup in place but my SWR meter pegs the scale no matter what I do. Thoughts?
Setup:
Uniden Pro 520
2' Firestik FSB
9' of RG8X
Firestik stud
Wiring:
Power for radio comes from the 18 fuse. I also tried straight from the battery with no difference. Ground is on the body. I also tried grounded to the battery with no difference. The coax is run from the tail light along the roll bar to the radio. Powder coat was removed to allow for good ground contact on the tail light mount. I have less than 0.5ohms between the tailight ground and the battery.
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Picture of stud washer stack
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Picture showing resistance to ground
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Picture showing resistance across the stud
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Picture showing resistance in cable with both ends disconnected
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Picture showing resistance across stud with cable and radio connected
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I need a radio guru @Jerry Bransford . I have my setup in place but my SWR meter pegs the scale no matter what I do. Thoughts?
Setup:
Uniden Pro 520
2' Firestik FSB
9' of RG8X
Firestik stud
Wiring:
Power for radio comes from the 18 fuse. I also tried straight from the battery with no difference. Ground is on the body. I also tried grounded to the battery with no difference. The coax is run from the tail light along the roll bar to the radio. Powder coat was removed to allow for good ground contact on the tail light mount. I have less than 0.5ohms between the tailight ground and the battery.
Wide shot
Picture of stud washer stack
Picture showing resistance to ground
Picture showing resistance across the stud
Picture showing resistance in cable with both ends disconnected
Picture showing resistance across stud with cable and radio connected
Picture of calibrate mode on swr
Picture of TX mode on swr
No, thats just where i was taking the electrical readings. It did the same thing in the wild.Are you trying to tune it in your garage?
If I take a reading from anywhere on the tub or directly from the battery to that mounting bracket I get less than 1ohm.Hey, what a thorough post. My first question is if you could check the resistance between your ground bolt and some other part of the tub. In other words, is that ground bolt (the one bolt above/outside the tail-light housing) cleanly connected to the body/tub? You need to be sure that you scraped the paint away from where it contacts the mount, but also on the inside of the tub, where its washer meets the tub.
If I take a reading from anywhere on the tub or directly from the battery to that mounting bracket I get less than 1ohm.
Yes, it pegs the meter no matter what. No questions are stupid at this point. I'm at a loss.Ok, and please don't take offense at this, but just to rule out the obvious, you've tried tuning the antenna with the tunable tip, yes? I see in the first pic that it's screwed all the way down.
Yes, it pegs the meter no matter what. No questions are stupid at this point. I'm at a loss.
Verified as well.Man, I'm stumped. Have you double-checked that your SWR Meter is wired in-line correctly? It's between the radio and the antenna, with the line to the antenna connected in the "ANT" side? And you're using just a short "jumper" line for that, not any terribly long coax?
Oooppsss...I was calibrating in ref and tuning in fwd. Well, I knew it was something stupid. Good catch! I'll leave in a bit and try tuning it in the open again.You should calibrate on “FWD” (set to full scale) and then measure on “REF”. Is that what you are doing? It looks like you are doing the opposite.