Rm 203 set up

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Rm 203 set up

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I had bought this some time back now and will set it up soon .
My question is I can remember back in the 80 s I had a cte model and I'm sure if I remember correctly if you had linear set up to the radio and antenna you had to have a constant power to it to be able to use the cb radio whether or not the amp was switched to on .

Something about damaging internals in amp.

Is this the case with the 203 if it's all connected up and I use my radio does the 203 require it to have a 12v input supply live to it to use the radio with amp not running but still connected to radio antenna.

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You can have 203 inline without power connected to it.
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Thank you Chris. Appreciated.

As much as I looked online I couldn't find the answer.

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Thank you Chris. Appreciated.

As much as I looked online I couldn't find the answer.

Cheers again
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From 1980's memory, if it's got a power on/off switch on it, you can usually use it connected whilst not powering it up. Those without a switch, usually have to be removed if wanting to use the radio "barefoot".
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Thanks for that. I shall do my best to remember this for future need.
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