Do you know if any one on Lake Travis, TX will happily give a radio
check on newly installed marine radios? Which channel? Any way to
check radio other than contacting others? Will a SWR meter for CB
radios be of any benifit? Bunch of questions, answers to any will be
appreciated.
HJJ

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Do you know if any one on Lake Travis, TX will happily give a radio
check on newly installed marine radios? Which channel?

Nominally, radio check on Marine radios are done on Channel
9. If you have a buddy with a radio, arrange a channel and yak
at each other.

Any way to check radio other than contacting others?

Yes - use a SWR meter.

Will a SWR meter for CB radios be of any benifit?

No - about a 100 MHz too low. :)

You can buy VHF SWR meters fairly cheaply, but it's a use
once kind of thing if you are only checking if the radio works.
If you want to do some serious antenna work, then Field
Strength, SWR and a host of other devices are handy. ;)

If you installed the radio/antenna combination properly, then
use Channel 9 or a friend - it's cheaper.

Later,

Tom