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kind of makes sence , whats the worse thing you can do to finals ? Usually that amounts to bad SWR and or shorts somewhere in the line , let me see if I can take a guess at this ? the lower the SWR the more the RF can get out ,the higher the swr the harder it is for it to get out so I would guess to say it backs up to a degree , in return this would cause the excessive heat bulid up on the transistor (almost like a choking effect). Over the years I have found that transistors in radios can take some pretty good abuse before they go completly bye bye ,So they will slowly seem to get weaker in time , this is usually caused by high SWR , I've come to believe that CB radios can handle high SWR's up to say 2.5 for a very long time , not the best ,but will still work fairly well , I think that once you are over a 3 it will only be a matter of time before the final will weaken and or pop , the fastest way would be a total short in the line. Finals seem like pretty tough cookies to me over the years and can handle higher swr's then other radios (IM guessing here) , I'd guess to say dual final or exports might be easier abused ? Only a guess on my part. I have seen hundreds of different types of antenna's sold over the years , somewhere good and some were not so good and some were just down right bad )-: meaning that you couldn't get better then a 2 or more , but the botton line with those antenna's they would still work and folks could sell them. When it comes to running power we all tend to know that the lowest match is are best friends when it comes to amps , even though I have run them high in my time , but how high is truly high ? I've ran them at 1.7 and just under 2.0 in my time for months at a time with no complactions that I knew of after the fact , that was a long time ago , with antenna's like the Wilson 1K or 5K , it's just kind of hard to miss with those type of antennas (-: when it comes to SWR , My way of thinking says ,finals have to have room to breathe , the lower the SWR the better they have at breathing (-: and I would think that would apply to all transistors concerning there way out of any antenna.

<blockquote data-quote="Switch Kit" data-source="post: 72573" data-attributes="member: 72"><p>kind of makes sence , whats the worse thing you can do to finals ? Usually that amounts to bad SWR and or shorts somewhere in the line , let me see if I can take a guess at this ? the lower the SWR the more the RF can get out ,the higher the swr the harder it is for it to get out so I would guess to say it backs up to a degree , in return this would cause the excessive heat bulid up on the transistor (almost like a choking effect). Over the years I have found that transistors in radios can take some pretty good abuse before they go completly bye bye ,So they will slowly seem to get weaker in time , this is usually caused by high SWR , I&#039;ve come to believe that CB radios can handle high SWR&#039;s up to say 2.5 for a very long time , not the best ,but will still work fairly well , I think that once you are over a 3 it will only be a matter of time before the final will weaken and or pop , the fastest way would be a total short in the line. Finals seem like pretty tough cookies to me over the years and can handle higher swr&#039;s then other radios (IM guessing here) , I&#039;d guess to say dual final or exports might be easier abused ? Only a guess on my part. I have seen hundreds of different types of antenna&#039;s sold over the years , somewhere good and some were not so good and some were just down right bad )-: meaning that you couldn&#039;t get better then a 2 or more , but the botton line with those antenna&#039;s they would still work and folks could sell them. When it comes to running power we all tend to know that the lowest match is are best friends when it comes to amps , even though I have run them high in my time , but how high is truly high ? I&#039;ve ran them at 1.7 and just under 2.0 in my time for months at a time with no complactions that I knew of after the fact , that was a long time ago , with antenna&#039;s like the Wilson 1K or 5K , it&#039;s just kind of hard to miss with those type of antennas (-: when it comes to SWR , My way of thinking says ,finals have to have room to breathe , the lower the SWR the better they have at breathing (-: and I would think that would apply to all transistors concerning there way out of any antenna.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Switch Kit, post: 72573, member: 72"] kind of makes sence , whats the worse thing you can do to finals ? Usually that amounts to bad SWR and or shorts somewhere in the line , let me see if I can take a guess at this ? the lower the SWR the more the RF can get out ,the higher the swr the harder it is for it to get out so I would guess to say it backs up to a degree , in return this would cause the excessive heat bulid up on the transistor (almost like a choking effect). Over the years I have found that transistors in radios can take some pretty good abuse before they go completly bye bye ,So they will slowly seem to get weaker in time , this is usually caused by high SWR , I've come to believe that CB radios can handle high SWR's up to say 2.5 for a very long time , not the best ,but will still work fairly well , I think that once you are over a 3 it will only be a matter of time before the final will weaken and or pop , the fastest way would be a total short in the line. Finals seem like pretty tough cookies to me over the years and can handle higher swr's then other radios (IM guessing here) , I'd guess to say dual final or exports might be easier abused ? Only a guess on my part. I have seen hundreds of different types of antenna's sold over the years , somewhere good and some were not so good and some were just down right bad )-: meaning that you couldn't get better then a 2 or more , but the botton line with those antenna's they would still work and folks could sell them. When it comes to running power we all tend to know that the lowest match is are best friends when it comes to amps , even though I have run them high in my time , but how high is truly high ? I've ran them at 1.7 and just under 2.0 in my time for months at a time with no complactions that I knew of after the fact , that was a long time ago , with antenna's like the Wilson 1K or 5K , it's just kind of hard to miss with those type of antennas (-: when it comes to SWR , My way of thinking says ,finals have to have room to breathe , the lower the SWR the better they have at breathing (-: and I would think that would apply to all transistors concerning there way out of any antenna. [/QUOTE]

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