[AMRadio] Illegal 27 MHz dealers

[rbethman at comcast.net]

I am a Ham.

I do NOT participate in these.

BUT - The power levels ARE NOT exaggerated!

Levels into the 10s of KW are the NORM at these events.

Bob - N0DGN

----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Ring CSRE CBNT W3NU" |
| I have heard of these events and the subculture that supports them, and I
am
| guessing that the FCC hesitates to go after them for the same reason as
cops
| hesitate to go after a well-armed biker gang - the real possibility of
violence.
|
| Also realize that their claimed power levels are most likely very
exaggerated,
| not that it isn't enough to make them the world champs of harmful
interference.
|
| On a more normal scale there is never a hamfest where i dont see a
selection of
| awful looking illegal CB amps. At the last one I saw one painted black,
which
| reminded me of this (written by Rod Newkirk?) from an old QST:
|
| A CB with mind full of static
| thinks Uncle is undemocratic
| He daily demands
| a dozen new bands
| for his secret black box in the attic
|
|
| 73 de W3NU