>Big rigs are known to regularly use 100+ watt linears to Boost their 27 Mh CBs (snip) (Wayne Walker)
Doing this is illegal, although this won't stop people from using these power amplifiers because they know they're unlikely to be caught (this sort of thing isn't very high on the FCC's enforcement priorities). Legalities aside, the problem with that kind of setup is that the "burner" is likely to be imperfect so they'll be generating appreciable amounts of out-of-band energy and they're unlikely to have adequate filtering on the antenna side to supress it. The whole setup won't be very efficient -- that's why those users feel they need an amplifier in the first place, they'll want "the maximum" and they won't be sophisticated or responsible enough to ask themselves where all that extra energy's going to. Radio amateurs are interested in finding illegal transmitters because they're concerned that rouge users will unfairly tarnish their image........maybe contacting them and asking for help would be useful. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
