WRPY542 Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 I am new to the GMRS community and I was wondering why my SWR is higher 1.74 on NON repeater channels and on repeaters it is 1.01? WRUC943 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxCar Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) SWR is an indicator of where your antenna is the most efficient and the lower the number the more efficient your antenna is. With a difference of less than 1 dB in your readings there is nothing to worry about and your radio will transmit with its maximum power on all channels. Edited August 21, 2022 by BoxCar spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sshannon Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 2 hours ago, WRPY542 said: I am new to the GMRS community and I was wondering why my SWR is higher 1.74 on NON repeater channels and on repeaters it is 1.01? It’s because Your antenna is tuned better on the 467 MHz repeater frequencies than the 462 MHz simplex frequencies. It’s still good enough as BoxCar explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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