IMAX 2000 high swr only over 1KW in ssb HELP!!

[Jay Mojave]

Hello All: Yeah I think the I-Max 2000 will NOT handle the power your sending it. I have heard over the years that some of theses antennas do handle a few KW and some do not. See:

http://www.extremecb.com/2000wfuse.htm

Changing of the connectors will not help, with the I-Max 2000 matching coil has loss to it, it gets hot with the high power and changing its matching value. So a higher VSWR is seen, until it cools off. And some times it doesn't come back to a lower VSWR, after cooling off.

Jay in the Great Mojave Desert