I too have seen the posts for the Tokyo HP amps and yes they sound like they
would be a great companion for many of the QRP rigs that are available. I am
not sure about the legality issue. I don't believe it is illegal to buy any
amp, the problem is the people who use them to transmit where they don't
belong. You can walk in to just about any truck stop in the country and
purchase one of these imported so called 10 meter rigs (some are all mode but
many are AM and FM only; what ham would need or want one of those for legal
operation?) and walk right across the street or parking lot to the CB shop and
get it modified to TX from 25-32 mHz. They certainly don't ask to see a copy of
your ham license, and they might offer to install all the little toys to go
inside such as roger beeps, echo boards and donkey farts. One "ham" I know of
in particular owns one of these shops that specialize and cater to this type of
activity, so a ham license is not necessarily going to effectively keep certain
products out of the hands of the illegal operators, and it might keep my XYL
from buying me a new rig for Christmas (like that's going to happen, HI). I
think the restrictions need to be placed in the hands of the manufacturers and
the retailers who are making this junk available to the general public. Other
than that I don't have an opinion on this subject. :-)
73 de Ed W4WVW, Winston Salem NC.
----- Original Message -----
From: Winston F. Jones
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:54 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Tokyo Hy-Power QRP amps
I've been reading postings about a Tokyo Hy-Power HF amp that will amplify 5-10
watts to 50-plus watts on all HF bands of 80-10. It sounds like it would be a
good mate for the Argonaut V and other similar QRP rigs when you want to run
QRO.
The Argo 509 plus the 405 amp were a good pair in their day before the FCC put
an end to their manufacture.
My question: How do these Tokyo Hy-Power amps get into the U.S. and is it
legal to import one from Japan or another country?
Personally, I feel it's time for the FCC to make the amp law more reasonable
since so many low-power ham rigs are now being manufactured and there's a new
market for such an amp. It seems to me that a simple requirement of having to
have a ham license to buy one would be good enough to keep them from the
illegal market.
73, Winston K4CWQ
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