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Thanks for your input and the photos you shared, I'm going for the LMR400 equivalent. I only need 40 ft so it should work out for me,it just needs to make one 60º bend through a port in my exterior wall it should be flexible enough for that.

UPDATE ! I decided to redo the connections I pre iously made,this time making sure to crimp the collars as best as I could,and taking care to fill the pin with as much solder as possible. While a continuity check yielded the same .002 my SWR has now dropped to 1.43. Not perfect but for this RG 58 I don't think it will get any better. I am looking as some custom cables fromABR industries. Their ABR 240-UF. I do appreciate everyone's input and help.

My multimeter doesn't read out OL instead it reads out 0 but I get what you're saying, I'm replacing the coax all together. Yeah my run is 49 ft in total as my antenna is sitting on a 30ft tall mast (because of the terrain where I live.)

Two 25 ft lengths, sorry forgot to add that part.

I agree, so ive decided to just replace it with two length of RG213/U that should be sufficient I think.

The coax is less than six months old at this point, yes yhe connectors could be the issue. I am looking at just replacing it with two pre-made lengths of RG 213/U cable.

I did test the continuity of both the connections as well as cable,I did suspect a short. As I said I had a reading of 002 which shows the smallest bit of resistance. If need be ill replace the rg58 with two pre-made lengths ,maybe upgrade from the rg58. My current swr is now 2.3

So I retried removing the arrestor and retesting. I went down to swr 2 , I then reattached the arrestor and and re tested with an swr of 2.3

No,sorry I forgot to add that in, I removed the arrestor and added a coupler,nothing changed. I could try it again just to be through.

I have a question, the swr on my base radio has changed after installing a UHF lighting arrestor in line on my antenna cable (rg58) at the antenna mast. It has gone from 1.5 to 2.4. I double checked my fittings ( installed pl259 solder/crimp connectors ) for continuity with my multi meter which gave me a reading of 002 . A very slight bit of resistance . I did the same check on both sections of cable with the same readings. The arrestor is designed for uhf, it's the gas cartridge type ,I have a ground wire ran from it to a common ground stake where several other antenna are grounded. I know an swr of 2.4 isn't the end of the world,but I'm at a loss as to the increase.

I did use a meter with a 50 ohm termination load on the end. I wanted to make sure all my readings were OK on my setup. I wasn't too sure my signal was getting out. Thanks for replying, the missing wattage did have me woried a bit.

Thanks for answering my questions. I've been wondering if im getting out when I do a radio check . Yeah I would like to upgrade from the Midland.

I have a question or two for people who are way more knowledgeable than me about GMRS base radio set ups. I have a Midland MXT 400 40w GMRS radio paired with a Pyramid ps15k.5 power supply hooked up to a Retevis GMRS base antenna 7.2 dbi uhf repeater antenna mounted on a telescopic 30ft flag pole (because of terrain) , that's my base station set up. I've measured my SWR on lower channels 1-5 at 1.1 the upper channels including repeater channels are measuring 1.81 . Is that an acceptable range for SWR readings? Second question my radio is supposed to have a maximum tx of 40w my meter was showing a maximum of 38 to 37w on the high side. My radio is a few years old so not new. Is that an acceptable reading? I am using a surecom gam3gear SWR meeter.

That's how it is here,I'm hoping GMRS becomes more popular in the area.

Hello! Yes our callsigns are pretty close. That probably happens more often than anyone realizes.

Greetings from Northeast Tennessee! I'm currently running my MTX 400 as a base unit, I do have some portables also. Sorry it took a bit to respond been a bit busy.

Greetings to everyone, I'm new to the forum but I've had my callsign for several years,I live in northeast Tennessee. I only recently discovered the forum here and I have to say it's great to have somewhere to gather with others and discuss GMRS radio. Also to do allot of learning as well. I run a Midland MTX 400 as a base station in my home. Thanks for having me on board.