Went out to the MH tonight and tested the pl259. That's the problem. Wiggling the coax at the back of the connector and it makes the needle on the SWR meter jump along with the signal strength. When I played around with it, I got a match of 1.2:1 on low power, High power jumps up to 1.5:1. I must be doing something wrong when I install the PL259. Either the shield wires aren't getting soldered or the small center wires at the tip aren't. Watched Youtube video on how to do it. Do you need to cut the shield wires as I have done? Can you bend back extra wires back into the tip?
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