The issue is not only are they illegal to operate on 11 meters, they may not
meet the standards for amateur radio either.
CB'ers are not interested in the quality of emissions. Some of the solid state
CB amplifiers are supposed to be useful from
7MHz to 30MHz to suggest that they are good enough for amateur use. But if you
take a closer look you will notice that
they do not have band switched low-pass filters and they produce loads
harmonics.
You will have to at least add a low pass filter to these and many will
require other work done to them to
reduce splatter (IMD) and operated at lower than specified output levels for
the same reason.
Now. saying that, all licensed amateur radio operators are allowed to build
their own equipment provided that it does not
produce any harmful interference and meets Amateur Radio Standards and limits.
You may use as raw materials what ever
you want, including parts, pieces or complete radios from other sources. It is
up to the amateur to do what is necessary to
make it a good piece of equipment.
Just don't expect that "1000 Watt" single 4cx250A amplifier to produce 1000
Watts or even half that and have a clean signal.
73
Bill wa4lav
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From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of EP
Swynar [gswynar@durham.net]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 11:31 AM
To: Amps@contesting.com; af2c@njdxa.org
Subject: Re: [Amps] illegal amps?
Hi Jay,
Don't knock 'em!
Instead, get in on some of the action & get yourself a good that might be
readily converted to legit Ham radio use.
That's what I did years ago with a Palomar-150...what a great adjunct it
became to my Radio Shack HTX-10 mobile 10-meter transceiver. I ran more
power from my car than a lot of guys did from home!
I worked a LOT of DX with it when 10 was open, both SSB as well as AM...
~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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----- Original Message -----
From: <af2c@njdxa.org>
To: <Amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: [Amps] illegal amps?
> And you thought that ebay wasn't selling CB/11m amplifiers! Look again at
> the ebay items below!
>
> 260278016470
>
> 260278920275
>
> 290255038685
>
> 300253407694
>
> 190247651351
>
> 140261946502
>
> 200249202928
>
> 170256247756
>
> 270269760761
>
> 73,
> Jay/AF2C
>
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