did i mess up?

Andus91 · Post by **Andus91** » Friday 9th May 2008, 10:25

I have a midland 77-285 that my grandfather gave me and i have the antenna mounted to my tool box and apparently its not grounded right. do you think i've messed up the radio becuase of the swr being off? i really hope i didn't

and what would you suggest me do? groung directly to the mount or my toolbox?

Andus91 · Post by **Andus91** » Friday 9th May 2008, 10:53

btw i had my friend talk to me and i heard him perfect but when i talked all he could hear was me clicking up but i talked to another guy at the same time and he heard me but said it sounded like i needed a new mic

Andus91 · Post by **Andus91** » Monday 12th May 2008, 10:09

is anyone going to help me?

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Thursday 15th May 2008, 13:58

Andus91,

You haven't really told what problem you have, I'm sure most don't what to say....

You had bad SWR's.... OK... does the radio still transmit? Does it receive? Have you hooked up another antenna? Have you changed your exsisting antenna?

You said a friend heard clicking, did he see a carrier on his meter? Did the radio show it was TX'ing? Did it show modulation on the meter.

Give us some info and there are a lot of great techs that will be happy to assist!

Andus91 · Post by **Andus91** » Friday 16th May 2008, 8:51

I just bought a firestick antenna. and yes it recieves and when i try and talk the meter on my radio goes up and i'm not sure about the recieving radio but i know he can hear it click when i transmit but there is no other sounds. I have my antenna mounted to my toolbox which isn't grounded well as of the moment