[AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?

[Bob Macklin]

It's my understanding the FCC does not monitor the ham bands. They depend on 
the OOs to do the monitoring.

If someone files a complaint against you it is an OO that will visit you, 
not the FCC.

But if you are creating a problem the OO cannot cure the FCC will visit you.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CL in NC" <mjcal77 at yahoo.com>
To: "AM radio" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 7:01 AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?


> Amongst all this talk about AM and amps and legal limit, etc., have you 
> considered the monitoring authorities ability to really know your power 
> level if they know nothing about your antenna?  Would seem to me, 60 
> meters is the only band that the FCC could take an educated guess as to 
> whether a station was legal or not, considering it's current 50 watt limit 
> of ERP.  Maybe they could take a good guess about 160 or 80, 40 sometimes, 
> but after that, propagation, reflection etc., would be a huge variable. 
> Of course, I'm talking about a general observation at a distance, not an 
> investigation where they are down the street in the van taking voltage 
> readings.
>
> Given the proper conditions, a dipole with 12000 watts is going to sound 
> the same as a yagi with 9db of gain and only 1500 at the feedpoint.  While 
> it would be hard to get 9 db of gain on the low bands, and the power is 
> not needed on the higher, 10 watts into the same dipole can outdo 1500 
> into that yagi if the ionosphere is cooperating in the direction of 
> interest.
>
> I know character and obeying the rules are always a ham trait, but, I find 
> it hard to believe that you folks with those old BC xmtrs and older ham 
> xmtrs capable of putting out the power in excess of the legal limit, don't 
> just let it rip some times.
>
> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
>
>
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