(This is to the comment. Not the contributor).
Fixed or mobile?
If mobile, an all-metal or a composite-body Class 8 tractor?
There came a point with radio install changes that, on AM-19 skip, if I could hear them, they could hear me. (The 203 wasn’t the amp used).
I’m not trying to be smartass or disagree in principle saying that.
So far as I am concerned, this approach proved out.
Doesn’t make the rig ideal. So?
For about $100 above the price of the 203 I had an amp capable of more than twice the output.
$200 + ship versus $70 + ship (from overseas).
As above, it was the install (and space needed) that put your observation into better context.
FAR more than $100 extra spent in total for a “gain” maybe better addressed elsewhere.
— Didja know that your homeowners policy won’t cover Radio gear installed in a company vehicle?
— Didja know that big trucks are notoriously easy to get into? Limited number of lock/key settings.
As even the approach of better gear in the first place has downsides.
Point is, it’s not just a partial S-unit. It’s also what you’re willing to lose. Had an $80 antenna stolen off my tractor last week. Wasn’t gone four minutes (use a QD for this reason + clearance).
One is boxed in.
Mo powah ain’t wholly dumb truck driver ignorance. It’s a valid approach (given the rest of install problems).
Believe me, there are guys with some HD boxes who don’t click them on till needed. Approaching an exit and the local yahoos won’t shut up. Bam, as time & distance don’t wait on needing a fast answer.
The S-Unit observation needs context.
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