That CB SWR meter should be just fine. You might be surprised with the bandwidth of that CB antenna. Of course cutting the elements by some amount (maybe 4%; midband 27.250 v 28.400). In my experience, I had fun working numerous stations incl Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, all over Europe with a Ranger and simple groundplane. Just study propagation on 10M. There will be super band openings but to generalize for now: Europe in mornings, Pacific early evening.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 6:33 PM m m via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > No it does not have one built in. I have one SWE meter I used with CB in > the 70s and one for VHF and UHF. The only other antenna I have is a quad > band I use with my quad band mobile radios. > > Thank you for the messing have a pleasant evening. > > Jerry > Sent to you > > On Apr 10, 2024, at 6:16 PM, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > > Does the radio have one built in? > No, no "special" SWR meter needed. A good SWR meter is good to have, so is > an antenna analyzer. Analyzers come in handy when making homebrew antennas! > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 04:33:44 PM CDT, m m via BVARC < > bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > I have a Magnum 257 radio from many years ago that I want to use for HF. I > have an old CB antenna that I believe I can shorten to work on 10 meter. Do > I need a special SWR meter for an HF radio? > > Jerry > KJ5CPT > 73 > Sent to you > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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