[AMRadio] Check out keydowns.page ATTENTION: RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH

[Ed Sieb]

> and to tell you the truth they are way more innovating than the so called
> appliance hams......Thats why the FCC has done nothing about it,

Well, I take exception to the idea that building a huge class C amp, is any
kind of innovation.  It would be nice if they channeled some of that
technical interest into more ham-oriented pursuits.  As far as appliance
operators are concerned, I imagine that no one on this list has much
sympathy for them either!

That said, I certainly have no problems with competition, whether it's RF or
smokeless powder!  In fact, I find the whole idea - huge alternator chains,
Chevy Suburbans filled with batteries and multi-"pill" amps quite amusing.
Personally, I don't care what CB'ers do on 27.025.  I just don't want to
suffer from the trash and hash that some of these amps produce. When 10M is
open on any given weekend, I can hear all kinds of spurs and trash
travelling up and down the band. A quick check usually traces it down to
"the Superbowl", and the usual gang of ghost talkers.

Anyway, the real issue isn't huge monstrous amps, but the so-called 10-meter
radios and their users.  Again, another caveat: some of those 10-M radios
are quite good.  There are a few interesting real amateur rigs, such as the
"Spitfire 454" all-mode hand-held HF talkie (12 - 10 M). I have one, and
it's a cute lil' rig. They also have the mobile version, Magnum 257, which
covers 12-10M, repeater splits, all mode, and a decent 30W output.
http://www.copper.com/cgi-bin/checkitout/checkitout.cgi?catalogSTORE:CKIE:pr
odP03-01000+

Too bad they don't market such decent little rigs to the real hams.  Oh
well.

73,

Ed - VA3ES