[Boatanchors] 10/11 METER AMPS

Sun, 05 Oct 2003 23:01:04 -0500

Hi All,

I think this conversation is rather mute. If you want to use one of these
garbage amps fine. But lets use some good amateur practice and put this amp
on a spectrum analyzer first and clean it up. Bottom line is one out of 50
of these BOOTLEG amps fall with in specification of law or GOOD AMATEUR
practice. Lets not promote these amps comming into the country by using
them in our bands, as long as we do this we legitimize there entrance into
the country. I have seen first hand mile after mile on our interstate
system where 95% of them end up. It is getting tough to operate on 20
meters at times because of the noise in the chicken band. I never did
unerstand the mentalty of being able to be heard 20 miles away when you
can't hear anything 20 feet behind your bumper.

'73 Tracy  N1RKT

At 08:40 PM 10/5/03 -0700, Glen Zook wrote:
>47 CFR Part 97.315(b)(3)(ii):  (The amplifier was) 
>Modified by the licensee for use at the licensee's
>station.
>
>That takes care of the situation, even if the
>"modification" was nothing more than to plug the
>amplifier in and start operating on the 10 meter band!
>
>"Type acceptance" of the linear amplifier does NOT
>apply in these cases.
>
>47 CFR Part 97.315 in its whole covers all sorts of
>things concerning what has to be type accepted and
>what does not.  However, home brew amplifiers,
>modified amplifiers, etc., do NOT have to meet any
>type acceptance criteria.  They DO have to meet the
>technical criteria "spelled out" in 47 CFR Part
>97.307(d) for linears operating below 30 MHz and 47
>CFR Part 97.307(e) for those operating between 30 MHz
>and 225 MHz.  This is also "spelled out" in 47 CFR
>Part 97.317(a).
>
>But, again, it is perfectly legal for a licensed
>amateur radio operator with the appropriate license
>class to use one of these linears that were actually
>manufactured and sold for illegal operation.  However,
>the amateur also is responsible to make sure that the
>technical requirements are met.
>
>Glen, K9STH
>
>
>--- [email protected] wrote:
>
>Please review Part 97.315 which pretty well explains
>my words.
>
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