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Originally Posted by Wiz.au
Disconnect the cable off the back of the radio, test the impedence (resistance) between the centre conductor and the outside of the connector. it should read 50 OHM or open circuit, but it should definately NOT be a short.
the impedence from the antenna base centre conductor to the centre conductor of the plug. This SHOULD be a short or very close to 0 OHMs. Same with the outside of the connector to earth or the outside of the antenna base if using a PL or SO type base.
This is one reason I only used raised feed ground independant UHF antennas with pre installed cables.
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thanks for all that info and good advice
As it turned out it was the unit that was faulty, I bought another cheap one on Gumtree that works well - gotta love Gumtree, sometimes you win....
