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  1. Thanks KAF6045. I was actually thinking about using the trunk mount on the top of the hood near the cowl in the center of the hood lip. Might also think about mounting some sort of metal ground plane to the fiberglass roof and getting it up there. Depends on if I want to take off the top some day or not.
  2. Thanks all for the comments. I will try to use a different mount location and see how that changes the SWR. May also try a different antenna that might get the reflection away from the body. I had thought of using a trunk lip mount and putting that on the hood of the Jeep. The top is fiberglass so would not provide any real benefit (other than perhaps getting the antenna away from anything on the Jeep!). This antenna is on a NMO mount so changing out the antenna would be rather easy. Relocating will be a bit more work, but I have a spare cable to work with too. Appreciate all the help and advice. Now to get working!
  3. Hello experts! I am new to GMRS and having some issues with tuning my SWR on the Radioddity DB25-G radio and Rugged Radios UHF Stealth antenna on a 1997 Jeep Wrangler. I have the antenna mounted on the cowl by the driver door using the Rugged Radio mount. I ran the coax into the windshield channel, drilled into the frame to route the coax up by the rear view mirror. Currently getting a SWR of 5.8 using a new Surecom SW-33 VSWR meter. Tested ground on antenna mount to battery negative and saw .5 ohms. Also tested from ground connection on PL-259 at the radio and got the same reading. I do not have another antenna to swap out at the moment. Also as a reference point, I also have a Radioddity GM-30 HT. I put the SW-33 between the radio and the factory antenna to get a baseline. SWR was 3.6 for this configuration. Using GMRS channel 16 for all tests. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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