Bad, bad suggestion. Don't care if it is CBTricks or someone else, that was bad advice. You will only allow crap watts out of the radio when you defeat the 54mhz trap filter by spreading the coils. You want advice? Then don't do that. If you did that; then put them back the way they were. Those watts you might be seeing on your watt meter aren't even on the CB band when those coils are spread, because a watt meter cannot tell the difference. Watt meters cannot tell the difference in either 27mhz or 54mhz, they just read power. That 54mhz filter is in there to keep harmonics created by the TX output circuit from being transmitted out. If you don't trust me, then ask someone else that knows and they will tell you the same thing. Shops do that coil spreading thing to impress customers - who don't know any better - with higher watt meter readings.
If you want to put a 'swing mod' in this radio, it is a Stryker radio. It isn't necessary to do. The BEST results for swing is when the TX coils are peaked. If you don't have the equipment (watt meter, signal generator, dummy load, and the experience to do it right); then I would send it to a shop. You can turn up the mod pot (W501); but be prepared to put it back. W10 ANL/AM sounds like it is the Automatic Noise Limiter for AM RECEIVE; that would have nothing to do with AM transmit modulation.
These radios are built to be 'full tilt boogie'; so aren't you pleased with it?
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