u/External_Tension_272

I have a Bearcat 880 with a Sirio Performer 5000. SWR on the radio gives 1-1.03 and 40-1.83 and the 48” whip is pushed all the way in so the can’t shorten it anymore.

A) I didn’t want a an antenna that was that long. I actually bought it because I thought it was going to be shorter. The site I bought it from didn’t have a description of the whip length and the pictures made it look like it was quite short about 2 feet max can I trim the antenna?

B) can I replace the whip with a shorter one?