Hello fellow cbers I just wanted to give you guys a heads up on the new rci 2970n2 stay away from them they are junk I bought a new 1 a week ago had it peaked on am for 6 watts low power dead key and 70 high power dead key and 230 watts ssb I was talking to the ever green state today on 27.4250 lsb when I was listening to a station I been talking to the amp just keyed up with out the mic keyed up then my recieve got real qiute then all of a sudden smoke started coming out the back of it the heat sink was cool so I know it wasnt hot so I hurryed up and pulled over and unhooked it from the battery.In my opinion if you want a good radio with some power get a 2950dx and a linear stay away from them 2970n2s. I went back to the cb shop and got a new rci 2950dx they are good solid built radios and good ssb performers.