Galaxy DX 98VHP meter stopped moving . There is no swr reading, nothing. Even with a seperatye meter atached or a dummy load, the meter on the galxy is not working. Did I lose all power?

A standing wave ratio meter is rarely required to be accurate and isn't usually used with a dummy load.

Mostly if the correct antenna is used the SWR meter is placed in series with it so the antenna can be adjusted or tuned to produce the lowest reading, which is the smallest amount of energy being reflected back into the transmitter or in other words the combination of transmitter and antenna are working as efficiently as it can be.

Clearly the readings are merely relative but a degree of accuracy is needed when an inefficient or mismatched antenna is used and the SWR cannot be lowered to a safe limit. When the SWR is too high the transmitter can be damaged and so it is a good idea to know roughly the reading where the transmitter stops being safe.

A dummy load would typically be used for testing and setting up a transmitter without radiating a signal. Nonsense and spurious signals are considered antisocial and even ******* so tweaking the power, adjusting the modulation and checking for stray harmonics would be carried out using a dummy load.

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Watch the meter as you adjust the antenna. Try to get an SWR of 1:1, or as close to it as you can get.

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S.W.R == Standing Wave Ratio, this is a Relative measurement of the Amount of Power Going UP the Antenna, Versus the Amount of power being "Reflected" Down, the Antenna. This ratio, is displayed, as a reading on the meter. Also Often this SWR meter is dual used as an "S" Meter, this is used ti display relative signal levels from other transmitters. and is shown, as an "S" Scale. 0 - 9 on the meter.

I would check the radio with an external meter to see if it is the transmitter or the Meter in the radio. If it is the meter in the radio it could have a bad detection Diode or just oout of adjustment or even a bad calibration pot. other wise start looking to fix your transmitter like finals or other similar problem.

Well,some meters are set different than others,to see what is going on,you need a good WATT-SWR meter,but that is not a bad reading of SWR, you can get one at Radio Shack. You can not go by the meter that is on the radio,it,s probably not set right. hope this helps..

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check it with an external meter to verify. if showing different.cb shop temple, tx on yahoo search. would take it to a shop to have the swr board redone. or could just be a simple pot.. even from factory they have problems.

THAT IS A VERY GOOD SIGN THAT YOUR SWR MATCH IS OFF....I DONT KNOW IF YOU MATCHED UP YOUR RADIO WITH YOUR ANT.IF NOT YOU CAN BUY A CHEAP SWR METER @ RADIO SHACK...CHECK THAT YOUR COAX CABLE IS OK TRY TO REPLACE THE COAX......GOOD LUCK