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    Polamar Elite 250 HD

    If you're only going to be running the amp off the power supply I wouldn't go with less than a 30 amp, but you could probably get by with a 20 amp.
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    Update: Turned out to be a bad solder joint on the relay. When I put in the new relay it came out a little when I soldered it making an intermittent connection, I had to remove all the solder, hold the relay in place so it wouldn't back out and solder it again, now all is good with the amp.
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    Hi Duane, No, I have been relocating from California to Georgia the past few weeks so I haven't had much time to do anything, but I going to start working on it again in the next week or two.
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    Thank you Rob and everyone for your responses. For the question about the antenna and the coax. I'm using a 4ft Firestick and RG-8X. The 80 amp is enough, I run a 667V at full power with no problems so I'm certain it can handle the 350HDV.
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    Okay, I'll not do that again, but what is the reasoning for that?
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    I'm driving it with 3 watts from a Cobra 25 LTD. Thank you for that pearl of knowledge, I'm still learning and that is a valuable bit of info. :thumbup1: I'll check that soon and let you all know.
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    I'm running 4 gauge wire straight from the battery to the amp with an 80 amp alternator. I'm thinking it's not starving for current, especially since it does better when manually keyed. The SWR with the amp out of circuit is 1.1, but if you're asking what the SWR is with the amp in-circuit and...
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    Texas Star 350HDV

    Hello everyone, I'm having a problem with an amp and I can't figure out what's the problem. I got the amp and knew the pills were blown, replaced them, now here's the tricky part. I'm hoping someone here has had this problem: Pass through is okay SWR when amp is keyed up is 1.2 - 1.3...
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    Texas Star DX500 and high SWR

    359, I just read this whole thread, thank you for all your information! I really appreciate it and I'm following it.