[AMRadio] AM Power Obsession

[rbethman]

I haven't even had the BC-610 up on the air in several years.

I HAVE been on with MUCH less than the legal limit.

I.e., DX-60 or TS-930S - and NOT always with the amplifier!

I also USE cruise control so as to NOT exceed the Speed Limit.

I guess I'm just a Dinosaur!

I do NOT do Facebook EITHER!

Bob - N0DGN

On 1/25/2012 2:16 PM, D. Chester wrote:
> Regarding the periodically recurring fuss that surfaces here concerning
> "legal limit" ad nauseum, I suspect we are ALL running illegal power,
> whether we work AM or SSB or CW).  Remember, the RULES say we MUST run
> "minimum power necessary to maintain the desired communication".  How many
> hams can honestly say they strictly observe that rule? There is no getting
> around the fact: those who don't, are running ILLEGAL POWER.
>
> So what's the point of raising such a big fuss over what power level someone
> happens to attain with a phone transmitter on an occasional voice peak,
> while the vast majority of  hams are, and have been, running ILLEGAL POWER
> all along, regardless. Please explain how one form of ILLEGAL POWER can be
> considered more (or less) acceptable than another form of ILLEGAL POWER?
>
> Do the same people who worry excessively over this issue (and even worse,
> concern themselves over other people's operation) conscientiously obey the
> posted speed limit 100% of the time when they drive an automobile? Which one
> poses the greater risk to the public, running a two-ton machine beyond the
> posted speed limit on a highway shared with others, or running a ham  radio
> transmitter a little over the so-called "legal limit"?
>
> Don k4kyv
>