Hi folks, I just purchased a (RM Italy Station 550 linear amp) used. I have just again got back into C.B. last time back in the 80's my question is will this amp work on C.B. frequencies I think cb is 11 meter? I have no paper work or anything that went with this amp. I just spent a couple hundred dollars on this and the previous owner just said I don't know if it will work on those frequencies "oh boy" I know it will put out 350 watts on AM and of course SSB quite a bit more and it seems to require at the very least 14 watts to excite it to key up and the previous owner did give the output at 25 watts to 35 watts in to get even higher numbers out. I did try to get it to kick on with my Cobra 148GTL as a Base station on am 4 watts dead key with audio swing at 7 to 8 watts and it would not key up on AM it did though kick in on SSB when the audio on my 148 peaked which is around 17, 18 watts and with the amps delay on SSb you could keep it keyed up as long as my audio would keep peaking. Now I do have a RM Italy KL-35 which will do 35 watts or better. If I turn my power down on my 148 to a watt and a half or so my KL-35 should put out 20 to 25 watts which I then could use to drive this Station 550. This base amp 550 is solid state with built in power supply and is about the size of a small toaster oven and very heavy I do not know what year it was made and it seems they have stopped making this amp and have one now called KLV-550. I am no tech and have no radio shops any where near me and I am the only CB base station in my county. I am very grateful for this site and all the help you guys can give me is greatly appreciated! Thanks...Jeff
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