I’m glad you made this video. First watched it a couple weeks after ordering an amp from you. I was already skeptical about the accuracy of the cheap Astatic swr/watt meter and my Anytone 6666’s and internal meter. I didn’t want to spend more money but I also didn’t want to risk blowing a new amp. So I bought a rig expert AA35. And I’m glad I did cause both the Astatic and my radios swr meter were off. Not by a whole lot but enough to cook an amp. Plus all the features and information the rig expert provides is very helpful. I like being able to see exactly what frequency has the lowest swr. If you’re going to be running a high power radio and or an amp definitely worth the money. It’s a must have.

Good info. Thanks. I like seeing the numbers and information the way you present it instead of just people out there spouting theory about what will and won't affect SWR and signal, etc.

Well said. I am sure this will be helpful to a lot of operators out there..

Very good explanation of how to hook things up properly. Keep up the good work Rooster!

Thanks Rooster. Great info, I appreciate you taking the time to explain this sort of thing. We on the outside aren't privy to this key info. Thanks again!

Great Info And Is Vital To Two-way Radio Operations. 🇺🇲👍

To get the SWR down on a IMAX you can turn the tuning rings apart from each other as far as they will go

Same thing with high end car audio. You buy the the transistors and caps , no warranty. I paid many times in the 90s lol

Thanks for the video it helps iam new in the cb

Good video Rooster! Thanks for posting...I agree with another viewer, stay away from DEI transistors!

Where have I seen that little black 2 pill amp before? 🤔 I have warranty my tube amps back in the day, ask No Pity…3CX10,000a7 replaced with new tube. I wonder if the handle rustlers who took my name gave my warranty as well🤔

I see this is some old video so I hoe you still monitor it. I have a President George FCC, Palomar 250 (form new-old stock), Tram 1498, 50feet of rg8x. The radio by itself will go to 1.0 ch1 and 1.0 to 1.1 on ch40. Add the (pill box) inline and the numbers go to 2.4 and 2.7. When I start talking the radio times out as the SWR hits 3.0. I have tried jumper wires in length from 6 inch, 12", 2 feet, 3 feet, 8 feet, 18 feet and 50 feet...all with similar HI SWR. What I wonder is if I give up on this radio which I ma NOT liking very much and maybe go to a real radio, a 10 meter radio tuned to be on the cb band, could that be the way to go? I am not mobile with the radio, it is being used as a base unit. I seem to need a little bit more talk power when on skip as others say the hear me but not loud enough.

Hey Rooster. I have a kl203p, I hooked it up to my pres. Mckinley. My swr on radio and on seperate meter are always 1.1 or 1.2, after I hook up amp it goes to a 3 plus. Any ideas.

I enjoyed this post a lot.

Dumb question; can the RigExpert aa650 zoom connect to the output of a radio that is keyed up? Never thought about it until now. I get mine Monday and was only thinking of using it for antenna tuning and cable testing. I’ll have to check the specs and read the manual. I’m not using amps.

Wow, thanks for the insight. American ingenuity ! Over in Canada could get verbal diareah at Queens, what does colony mean?😏

Good informative video

Great video and so true 👍

Hey Rooster can i run a Texas STAR DX 500 IN A 2004 FORD ESCAPE FORD?

Manufacturer warranties are meant for defects in manufacturing, NOT customer mistakes. You blow it up, you eat the repair, it's as simple as that.

My radios, quad 6 and FT 891 run on a siro 5/8 wave vertical and without the amps, use 2 , both SWR go up when using the amp(s). So without amp swr is 1:2 to 1:5 amp on set increases to 2:1 to 2:3. I've checked just the antenna and coax is 1:2 to 1:3 max. I use th Palomar 90 at 2:2 at around 100-125 watts and don't get long winded so so far so good. I took the workman out of line ,after amp, now but how can you check the amp to antenna for output power and set without a meter ?

Great info

thanx rooster for the info riff raff got up !!! 73ssss

I blew up my pills and transistors because of dust getting into the box 🙄. I had a 1.1 swr on a 6 pill fatboy mobile amp. Galaxy dx94hp set at 1.0 swr. My technician set the amp up first and then put the galaxy in line.

So..let me ask you a question that no body likes to answers. You say 1.3 swr...is that from the antenna jack at the amp, or is that with the amp in line from the radio

My Ameritron ALS-500M will kick out if overloaded.

I had a buddy of mine who purchased an antenna and a 2 pill amp from a cb shop they set the swr and installed the whole setup for him about two weeks later the two pill a blew up even though they installed everything they would not warrantied the box to me that's total BS especially if they did the install

Any recommendations on a good antenna analyzer not super expensive ? Thanks , great video .

Good video man -

Does it matter the distance between the amp and the cb ? Will I lose power if it’s like six feet away ?

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Is there a way to drive a tube amp with another tube amp?

Does the MFJ 269 analyzer will do?

is same way km Italy klm 203p? keep it below 1.3 swr?

Lost me the 20th time you said nobody will warranty transistors

How long do you like your jumpers between equipment rooster? Radio to amp to meter? And antenna line Ive heard multilples of 12ft, multiples of 11ft. Throw away 3 ft jumpers use 6, 9 or 12ft. Awesome articles here. www.radiomods.co.nz/coaxlength.html www.radiomods.co.nz/radiomath.html

SO YOU KNOW CARL BELL I BOUGHT ALL MY EQUIPMENT FROM HIM

Why do you sound like gatekeeper lol name change

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