Kicker
An illegal linear amplifier that boosts a CB radio way past legal power.
Definitions
A linear amplifier strapped onto a CB rig to push the signal far beyond the FCC's 4-watt limit. Drivers run kickers to reach further down the interstate or drown out the competition on a busy channel. Highly illegal in the US, widely used anyway. Also called a 'boots' or 'amp.' Get caught and the FCC will write you a fine that hurts.
Kicker In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
1970s CB radio slang. References the way an amplifier 'kicks' the signal output to dramatically higher wattage.
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