Kl-203 Amp Mods?

[California Kid]

I know everyone is just going to tell me to buy a better amp, and I agree I should.. And Probably within 6-8 months I will buy a 400ish watt amp for my mobile. But in the mean time, I bought a KL-203 (100 watt am and 200 ssb) new for sixty bucks cause I was only running 20 watts out of my radio.

I just wanted to know if there are any parts in it I can replace to get some more power out of it. Obviously i'm not hoping for 300 watts or anything, but maybe 150 or so i would be happy with. I am running a Uniden Trucker 3.5 dk swinging to I think 22 and I have a Wilson 1000 magnet mount with good swr's. And the amp gets warm when I talk on it, but it talks great and good audio. I am worried I may be overdriving it though, so I may turn my radio down, but I just got a Cobra 148F GTL and I am in the process of getting all the bells and whistles on it and it will be the radio running the amp. So is there anything I can do to the amp to milk a few extra watts out of it other than just overdrivng it?

California Kid
Vacaville, Ca

 

[74IN]

Nope, it is what it is.

I've had a couple and while they work OK, they are the Bic lighter of amps.

Disposable but work fine.

Drop the DK to 2W or less and it'll be OK.

 

[California Kid]

but still let it swing like it does? Cause it says it is good for up to like 5 watt input i believe

 

[Moleculo]

22 watts peak into it? Yeah you're probably putting a little hurt on that little amp. Turn down the AMC a little and it should be fine.

 

[9C1Driver]

74IN gave it to you straight,it is what it is. You must also remember that if you could go from say 100 watts to 150 NO ONE WOULD NOTICE. Once you start into amplifiers you must double your total peak power each time or it's pointless.

A good next step for you would be something with at least two 2879 finals. A Texas Star 350, Bulletproof 3, or a TnT 350 just to name afew.

 

[loosecannon]

yes, california kid, like others are saying; remember the 4X rule:

if you hit someone with say, an S-5 and you are putting out 100 watts; you will have to put out 400 watts to hit them with an S-6.

so 50 extra watts isnt going to get you anything really.

turn the deadkey down to 2 watts, and dont swing anymore than 18-20 watts into that amp.

LC

 

[Squints]

but still let it swing like it does? Cause it says it is good for up to like 5 watt input i believe

California kid its rambo when are you gonna get your anteenna put back up ?

 

[9C1Driver]

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[Eldorado828]

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I don't know if California kid is even trying to put his antenna back up!! Looks like he may have checked out.

 

[Cabover Bob]

I don't know if California kid is even trying to put his antenna back up!! Looks like he may have checked out.

Funny.......I know him personally from another part of my life.......hasn't been seen in a very long time......

 

[Eldorado828]

Funny.......I know him personally from another part of my life.......hasn't been seen in a very long time......

Hopefully it isn't under bad circumstances though, maybe he just dropped the hobby.