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Consequences of running radio without grounding plane
WRPQ873 posted a question in Technical Discussion
This isn't something I feel like posting, but I kinda need to. I'm brand new to gmrs and just bought my first radio, BTech UV-50X2. Of course, I also bought some random Nagoya UT-72 antenna and another Nagoya screw-in base, mounted to a wood post. Unfortunately, mounted without a grounding plane and operated at 50w without even checking the SWR. The actual question is pretty basic: how screwed am I, and can it be repaired?