If you want to increase the dead key wattage of your CB radio, you can:
2)Hook a linear amplifier to your CB radio, can increase the dead key wattage. What a linear amplifier does is amplifies the input signal that's provided from the CB radio and then amplifies that signal into a larger output. There are two types of linear amplifiers, there is a linear mobile amp, that you can connect into your car or use it in your home, using a separate power supply, or a home base linear amp, that connects directly into your electrical outlet.
3)Making sure the standing wave ratio for the CB antenna you use it below 1:5. The more lower, the more power is getting transmitted through the antenna and less power is going back into the cb radio.
1)Peak and tune your CB dead key pot, to gain a little increase in dead key wattage. To identify were the dead key pot is located on your CB radio's circuit board, look at your manufacturer CB schematic. When you are going to increase the dead key on your CB radio, you will need a small flat head screwdriver, so you can adjust the pot and you will also need a watt meter, to find out how many watts you have gained from the peak and tune. Peaking and tuning the dead key pot will not make a significance difference on gaining extra output power, because you will probably gain just a few more watts.
2)Hook a linear amplifier to your CB radio, can increase the dead key wattage. What a linear amplifier does is amplifies the input signal that's provided from the CB radio and then amplifies that signal into a larger output. There are two types of linear amplifiers, there is a linear mobile amp, that you can connect into your car or use it in your home, using a separate power supply, or a home base linear amp, that connects directly into your electrical outlet.
3)Making sure the standing wave ratio for the CB antenna you use it below 1:5. The more lower, the more power is getting transmitted through the antenna and less power is going back into the cb radio.
Any SWR below 2 to 1 will not really harm the radio. I have ran tube HF rigs at 3 to 1 for years before blowing a tube. (I wouldn't suggest that on transistors) A mismatch shows more losses in the transmit section of the antenna than harm to the radio if below 2 to 1. A transmatch just fools the radio into thinking it is looking at a 50 ohm load. It does nothing to change the SWR of the antenna system. I just takes the "leak" to ground better :)
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