CB " Burners" ??

[Paul]

One other thing to consider. Upping the power ups your power requirements and reduces the life of your components. You should really only use it when you have to.

True for the most part but not so in newer "high end" gear where thermal and bad SWR shutdowns are built in.
On the other hand, I've had rigs in vehicles end their life with and without burners. Mostly it 's been caused by aerial setups 9/10 times because there has been damage to the aerial lead.

At home I've only had one burner go boom and that was caused by my ex-SWMBO who put a staple through my aerial coax lead as she was peeved with me (one of the many reasons she became my ex).
Apart from that one time I've never had a homebase set up go smokey and I've run an awful lot of juice at various times in my life.

That's not bad going as I've been using CB's since 1975.

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Please explain wire CB aerials in more depth, I really need to understand this stuff better.

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