Hello Pete,
I guess that's where I step aside and let the "real engineers" toss out some
ideas!
But the whole problem I see with 11-meter amplifier regulations is the FCC
is trying to manage a social or ethics problem with legislation, shouldering
the responsibility onto the manufacturers. And that translates into the Ham
community having to finance the 11-meter solution by having their equipment
butchered in the process.
About a dozen or more high profile visits to "chop shops" or "renegade
users" would reinstate some fear in 11-meter amplifier proliferation. If the
FCC doesn't have the manpower to do it, then contract a few "repo agencies"
to instill the fear. Or maybe better yet, turn it into a hit TV series like
"America's Most Wanted"? I can visualize it now, swat teams triangulating an
area with DF equipment under the cloak of darkness, with holsters laden with
a variety of industrial strength side cutters...
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "Robert Chudek - KØRC" <k0rc@pclink.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Amplifier Rule Changes in the new R&O
Sure, no problem, but would it be hard enough to disable?
73, Pete
At 04:25 PM 10/14/2006, Robert Chudek - KØRC wrote:
>It appears most everyone is thinking about controlling/disabling the RF.
>Take the focus off 21 ~ 30 MHz RF solutions for a moment.
>
>What's to say the internal frequency detector couldn't manage the HV or
>Bias supplies to disable amplification when detecting 26 ~ 28 MHz?
>
>73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
>
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>Message: 7
>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:13:43 -0400
>From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [Amps] Amplifier Rule Changes in the new R&O
>To: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20061014091047.03d2ae00@mail.adelphia.net>
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>I couldn't agree more, Paul - but my point was precisely that it DOESN'T
>change anything for manual amps - the only way to meet the requirement is
>to continue to stop at 15 meters. I'm a little concerned, though, that the
>"NOT easily modifiable" requirement might even preclude sale of existing
>manual amps, unless their certification is grandfathered. After all, don't
>some of them require just cutting a single wire or changing the plate
>choke?
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
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