[AMRadio] AM Power

Wed Jun 22 20:35:16 EDT 2011

Yea, you have a point Jim. But how about if the laws of the land that were
enacted by our congress and their fore fathers were mostly blindly ignored?
Lots of chaos would be around. 

I don't know, is this AM power thing worth a revolution? Maybe you have
something here.

Laws that control people-- there certainly is a great need for some of that.
Some religious people are pretty good at that. Some countries you can even
be executed for not following those laws. Oh wait, that used to happen here
too.
Yea not all laws are good ones.

Should we tell our kids that our drug laws are ok to be ignored as lots and
lots of people are doing it?

I hear lots of complaining about ham radio these days and how the class of
people joining our ranks have few morals and don't care how they operate on
the bands and don't know anything about radio.
Several years ago a lot of what goes on today would be strongly admonished
by the older hams. One of the big things was to follow the 
FCC rules, because it was the right thing to do. 
Maybe we should be showing the younger recruits how things should be done.
Even on this list. Maybe not such a good idea to teach them how to or
encourage them to get around our rules?

I don't like to get to far adrift of the subject here. This is simpler than
a lot of other problems.

Don't you think that there is a need for most of the FCC rules that we have?

Why not have a power limit of 5kw? Why not 50kw? Why not be allowed to run
as much power as we can squeeze into the antenna?
What would things be like if there were no limits on it?
I think that there is a bigger picture here than what is in front of us.

Some countries have lower power limits than we do.
In some areas of our own country we are limited to 50 watts on 70cm band.

Our rules just changed that's all. They changed for all modes of operation,
not just AM. I don't see the big deal about following the rules. I guess
some don't see the big deal about breaking them.

Why don't we operate on frequencies outside of our bands like the CB guys do
to get away from QRM? Most of us could certainly get away with it just as
the CB crowd does.
Still some morals left maybe?

And sorry I don't speed. Rather boring? I spent too many years on the road
and survived.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Liles [mailto:james.liles at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:50 PM
> To: garyschafer at comcast.net; Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur
> Service
> Subject: AM Power
> 
> Good show Gary, most laws are written to please an influence driven
> agenda
> or simply to control people, few being based on morality or justice.
> Think
> of the fiefdom this country would be today had the writers of the
> declaration of independence obeyed the kings law.
> 
> I believe the FCC today is controlled by politicians for personal and
> self
> serving purposes rather than the common good.  As for those of us who
> believe that all laws should be blindly obeyed --- read a history book
> before passing judgment and write yourself a speeding ticket.
> 
> Kindest regards Jim K9AXN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Schafer
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:55 AM
> To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Power
> 
> > Not to advocate disregarding any laws, but frankly, due to the
> > fraudulent
> > nature of the AM power proceeding, I wouldn't blame any AMer who never
> > paid
> > any attention to it, and continued to operate his old  KW transmitter
> > exactly as he had legally done  for decades before, nor would I
> consider
> > that person dishonest or lacking integrity.
> 
> The problem is that it is no longer "legal" that way!
> 
> Many laws that are enacted by our congress are not done so as they
> should be
> either. But we have to live with them once done.
> 
> With the change in the way that we measure power the SSB guys lost a lot
> more power rights than AM did. CW is the only thing that gained.
> 
> Maybe all the SSB guys should go back to running 1kw average input and
> let
> the peak power fall where it may, which could be many kw. Would that
> help
> the bands and make everyone happier?
> 
> Is it ok for the CB guys to run as much power as they want to also?
> After
> all there are guys there that don't think the limit should be 5 watts.
> Maybe the hams should go back to operating in the 27 MHz band. After all
> it
> was taken away from us for a service that many think is a waste.
> How about part of the 220 MHz band. That was taken away from the hams
> with a
> less than stellar group of lobbyist.
> 
> >  B.S. is exactly what it is and I'll be
> > damned
> > if I'll go one step out of my way to "give aid and comfort to the > >
> >
> enemy" regarding this matter.
> 
> Sounds like a revolution.
> Don't forget it is "they" that grant us the privilege of operating on
> the
> bands at all.
> 
> It is over. It is done. Why not live with it and help others learn what
> they
> can about "how it really is"? By continuing to deny the new rules it is
> like
> still fighting the civil war. All it does is confuse a lot of people.
> Tell
> the history and move on.
> 
> 73
> Gary  K4FMX
> 
> 
> >
> > Don k4kyv
> 
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