Need advise on increasing power. Quad 5 10M radio

Personally I'd rather be able to Hear further than I can talk. It doesn't do me any good having someone tell me they had been listening to me for the past hour but had to wait until they got 40 miles closer until I could hear them. Under those circumstances the problem was always on their end Transmitting

 

I wouldn't go that far as to say I will never patronize his shop. I won't let him work on any of my equipment but he does have lots of things for sale that you cannot purchase anywhere else. I bought my Wilson 5000 roof mount from him and I would make purchases from him in the future I just won't let him tamper with any of my equipment. His prices are very reasonable he's just not a qualified technician.

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A single antenna bolted to the roof of a car works almost as well as a base station antenna. On a tractor-trailer it's a whole different story. Cancelling out incoming signals from the sides is crucial to being able to hear twice as far ahead of you and the only way to accomplish that is to run a second antenna one on each side of the truck. It also reshapes your radiation pattern and wraps it around your trailer which would not happen with a single antenna on a tractor trailer.

 

My Sole Purpose on this forum is to help you guys get the maximum amount of performance for the least amount of money.
I hate to see people spend a bunch of money and not be happy with the performance they are getting

 

When I'm running from Pennsylvania to California I couldn't care less about the guys coming north on 81 from Harrisburg. I want to hear the East-West guys on the same road that I'm on and the best way to do that is to cancel out those north-south transmission so I can hear further east and west behind me and ahead of me

 

That's how my stuff is set up. The amp is controlled from the radio by the variable power knob on the radio. It's totally idiot-proof. I can turn the radio all the way down or turn the radio all the way up and I did not exceed the capabilities of the amplifier. For legal reasons I have nothing hooked up at the moment just for the record in case my ex is reading this.