Wow what a bunch of negative vibs.

You bet it will increase distance, so will a linear amplifier, and a
better and higher antenna. As for the overmodulated signals, sure I hear
all the time, even on the lower bands. Shouldn't be a biggie.

We use to put a Diwa 440 speech processor on our CB Rigs, years ago. And
they worked great on AM and SSB, way more on SSB of course. You could
cut thru the skip with the processor on, and we didn't use no
oscillioscope. But there was some honking linears out there tho.

Hello Jay,
Nice to see at least one person out there that understands radio
theory.
It's really amazing to me how many folks out there who operate
radios... but don't have a clue about the basics.