Cheers tommy, it was a new cable with plugs soldered on, new antenna mount onto the same ground plate I used before.
No sharp bends that i can think off. I'll check resistance in the wire just in case thre is a short between inner & outer.
Not sure what types of Swr they were, but they both did have there own patch leads. They seem to both ork ok when we tried Shugs, incidentlly his readings were all well into the red, so guess there working ok. We were out today, and my mate did say he was reading me lound & clear, but never got much back from him.
thanks for input dave, i take it you go the shopping done - I guess you got steering parts on your santas list
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Could be worse, i'll send you a pic from today.
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