/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2570180
Hi germanradio anon here i was able to get some Dx signal but its all very noisy and low quality and ive noticed the swr meter is at like 6 on dx signals and 1 on low signals but it can get pretty high when using dx. ive looked around and that seems to be a big problem(?) when i transmit with the microphone it just goes straight to the max and that apparently can fry the radio right? im not transmitting much just in case.
is it a problem with the antenna? i unscrewed the coax cable and it looks like this as stated i am a total noob and i dont even know if the end should look like that theres some sort of brown resin at the tip.