You are talking about (the tuning rings" on the Imax 99 DONT TOUCH THOSE!!! The rings are pretty much set at the factory and you should not half to mess with them.
I had bought an Solarcon 99 for a spare years ago and after putting it up found that the tuning rings were tampered with and it for some reason was a nightmare getting things reset. I figured just retune them well it took awhile to get those straightened out or to find the sweet spot.
All equipment is matched at manufature in construction as is the antenna . I wouldnt splice that coax just put a new PL-259 end on. The amp[lifier is not an antenna booster its a linear amplifier and most likely has a power on/off hi/lo output power and a receive or bi amp on/off switch.
I would not hook up the amplifier because those can make your setup an extra nightmare if your not familiar in what they are and can do along with troubles they can throw in. If you have neighbors you can make enemies real quick with extra power (Linear Amplifiers) which sometimes can get you more than you bargain for with the Federal Communications commission.
Get the antenna up run the coax to where its going and put a new PL-259 on screw it to the back of the radio or better yet the antenna or output of a (S)tanding (W)ave (R)acial (SWR) meter. You need to make sure the SWR is atleast 1.5 or less. You can run your radio at higher SWR but its efficiancy is going to drop and your basically shooting yourself in the foot so an SWR mter is your best friend and can save you money from damage repairs to radios and amplifiers do to the high SWR missmatch and the continuous running of the equipment in that condition.
MAKE SURE you do that PL-259 correctly or again you will be fighting a losing battle. Make sure the center conductor does not connect with one single strand of the shield braiding ort you will have a short in the coax feedline. This will help you and make sense of what Im saying.
Soldering PL-259 Coax Connecters
Now when you hook up your power supply make sure your red wire goes to red lug and black wire goes to black lug on power supply recheck connections (reversing polarity) mixing up the wires causes damage to the radio Ive repaired a few that were really burnt up and one that couldnt be repaired which brings my next advice ALWAYS RUN A FUSE AND THE PROPPER FUSE IN THE RADIO AND POWER SUPPLY!! The radio that I couldnt repair was hooked up backwards reversed polarity with no fuse inline. Make sure radio is off and click the power switch to the power supply on. Now turn your radio on and have fun!!!
I had bought an Solarcon 99 for a spare years ago and after putting it up found that the tuning rings were tampered with and it for some reason was a nightmare getting things reset. I figured just retune them well it took awhile to get those straightened out or to find the sweet spot.
All equipment is matched at manufature in construction as is the antenna . I wouldnt splice that coax just put a new PL-259 end on. The amp[lifier is not an antenna booster its a linear amplifier and most likely has a power on/off hi/lo output power and a receive or bi amp on/off switch.
I would not hook up the amplifier because those can make your setup an extra nightmare if your not familiar in what they are and can do along with troubles they can throw in. If you have neighbors you can make enemies real quick with extra power (Linear Amplifiers) which sometimes can get you more than you bargain for with the Federal Communications commission.
Get the antenna up run the coax to where its going and put a new PL-259 on screw it to the back of the radio or better yet the antenna or output of a (S)tanding (W)ave (R)acial (SWR) meter. You need to make sure the SWR is atleast 1.5 or less. You can run your radio at higher SWR but its efficiancy is going to drop and your basically shooting yourself in the foot so an SWR mter is your best friend and can save you money from damage repairs to radios and amplifiers do to the high SWR missmatch and the continuous running of the equipment in that condition.
MAKE SURE you do that PL-259 correctly or again you will be fighting a losing battle. Make sure the center conductor does not connect with one single strand of the shield braiding ort you will have a short in the coax feedline. This will help you and make sense of what Im saying.
Soldering PL-259 Coax Connecters
Now when you hook up your power supply make sure your red wire goes to red lug and black wire goes to black lug on power supply recheck connections (reversing polarity) mixing up the wires causes damage to the radio Ive repaired a few that were really burnt up and one that couldnt be repaired which brings my next advice ALWAYS RUN A FUSE AND THE PROPPER FUSE IN THE RADIO AND POWER SUPPLY!! The radio that I couldnt repair was hooked up backwards reversed polarity with no fuse inline. Make sure radio is off and click the power switch to the power supply on. Now turn your radio on and have fun!!!
BTW did you get the link for the manual?
