Ok, so i have rebuilt the CRDA and changed the db.txt to allow a higher TX rate.
I restarted and it was saying 30Tx power - I have an ALFA that can handle this.
I restarted again and it says TxPower = 0 ( not connected to any wifi )
I run something like wifite to test it works, and it does, picks up many many networks.... whats the issue here, any thoughts?