[AMRadio] AM Power Obsession

[Mark Foltarz]

I JUST like TYPING every OTHER word in CAPS.

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de KA4JVY
Mark




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> From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
>To: amradio at mailman.qth.net 
>Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Power Obsession
> 
>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
>>
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