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Get a base amp with a built in driver and call it a day. Those Texas Stars are power hogs and power supplies are expensive. You can find amps that are just as clean that will draw less power. If you're happy with your mobile setup leave it alone. In my experience people always end up wishing they left their mobile alone.1KW will go a long way on a base with a good antenna. A Maco Shooting Star for example will multiply that 1000 watts several times. I personally wouldn't run more than 200 watts due to neighbors. Put the antenna at a good height, use RG 8 or similar coax, use an RF choke and run it with a clean radio. Ask you neighbors if you're bothering them. They won't always tell you and you won't know till the FCC come a knocking. I would concentrate on your antenna and radio first and worry about the amp last.

[QUOTE="bassman21, post: 532827, member: 45290"] Get a base amp with a built in driver and call it a day. Those Texas Stars are power hogs and power supplies are expensive. You can find amps that are just as clean that will draw less power. If you're happy with your mobile setup leave it alone. In my experience people always end up wishing they left their mobile alone.1KW will go a long way on a base with a good antenna. A Maco Shooting Star for example will multiply that 1000 watts several times. I personally wouldn't run more than 200 watts due to neighbors. Put the antenna at a good height, use RG 8 or similar coax, use an RF choke and run it with a clean radio. Ask you neighbors if you're bothering them. They won't always tell you and you won't know till the FCC come a knocking. I would concentrate on your antenna and radio first and worry about the amp last. [/QUOTE]

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