kd5mpm
01-09-2002, 04:38 AM
I cannot find the article, but I am rather troubled by the FCC "shutting down" a Ham Radio Business that marketed a "non-type accepted" RF Amplifier Kit. One of the aspects is that almost ANY Ham SHOULD be able to construct a home-brew Amp. that would be, OBVIOUSLY "non-type accepted." And then WHY should a interprising Ham be LABELED a CRIMINAL for merely selling the parts, board, cabnet and schematic in one bundle? Why is AMERICAN INGENUITY labeled CRIMINALITY? So what if the thing 'could' be operated on 11 meters? Very few CBers would go to all the trouble to BUILD a FULL HF Ham Linear Amplifer when a CB "Base Station Amp" utilising 5 EL-519's for 1400 WPEP Output is sold in a Kentucky CB Catalog, now in my lap, (the catalogue, NOT the Amp..) for the 'SALE' price of $899.95, and in local Pawn Shops I see 225 W., 300W., 500W. Amps sold for $50.00-175.00. CBers can obtain ANY Amp they want, (the infamous DAVE MADE 'competition' amps can be had up to 50,000 WATTS AMPLITUDE MODULATION DEAD KEY !!!) What CBer would WANT a HAM linear capable of operation betwixt 1.8 Mcs to 30. Mcs? What of the THOUSANDS of Wonderful "Boatanchor" linears sold EVERY DAY on the Traders Nets, Web Swap Sites, etc, many ROLLER TUNED, capable of going ANYWHERE? Are we to retrograde criminalise ALL Ham Radio Gear? How many people will be told "surrender your ft-101's and HW-101's, put down the SWAN, put your hands in the air, and back away from the radio? This is the REAL Fallacy going on in Gettysberg, insane persecution of American Enterprise.
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