Well said Bob. The only thing I'd note is that in the broadcast industry "back
then" (I was a small market AM chief and TV operating and maintenance
engineer for a while) "good engineering practice" to me implied making sure a
surprise inspection by the "Commission" didn't turn up anything amiss.
Needless to say, that's not generally a factor in defining "good amateur
practice" unless it's a really blatant violation.
TNX/73, Al
On Sun June 16 2013 8:35:23 pm Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> There are many of these regulations that are really open to interpretation
> by the reader. What exactly is good amateur practice? I know how I was
> taught and as a broadcast engineer again the term "good engineering
> practice" is rather vague and quite broad. Yet in that regard, my
> thoughts, my actions and my direction was frequently questioned and
> challenged by those more of my senior. While I often disgust at
> specifics, certain things do need to be defined. For us pilots there is a
> clear and stated minimum vision standard. The idea of "generally good
> vision" is quite frightening.
>
> We had a radio provided at Field Day last year that proved to be a problem.
> When it was keyed, every radio a the site got noisy regardless of the band,
> mode or frequency it was on. Yes, my spectrum analyzer confirmed that the
> radio of question transmitted broadband noise in the order of -73 dBm
> covering the range of 0.5 MHz to 30 MHz. Yet the radio met the
> "certification" to be sold in the USA. This is basic pollution and add
> enough of them on the air and we have lots of pollution. In other words,
> if one auto is polluting the air in Los Angles at rush hour that is not an
> issue. Yet if 300,000 are driving at rush hour and all of them are
> polluting, that is a serious issue.
>
> As to the operator issues, with radios being mis-adjusted and mis-used,
> this is an education issue and not an enforcement issue. That simply says
> that we have not done a good job of bringing new members into the ranks.
> And we have not done a good job of guiding these new members to higher
> standards. There is simply too much of the attitude of "it is my radio, I
> paid good money for it, it's mine and I'll use it any way I wish". I view
> this is much the way society thinks and acts today.
>
> We as older, senior, experienced persons have not done a good job with our
> students. If the teacher teaches then the students learn. If the students
> don't learn then the teacher has not taught.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
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