[Elecraft] 100 Watts or 500 Watts

[Dave KQ3T]

Igor,

I think, at least in part, the regulation is intended to make amateur 
amplifiers less attractive to users of the Citizen's Radio Service.

Rather than being able to go from 5W to 1000+W with a single, relatively 
inexpensive amp, an amp to get from 5W to ~100W is needed in order to 
drive the KW amp.. And except for Elecraft, I'm not aware of any other 
5->100W amplifiers.

73,
Dave KQ3T


On 12/22/2010 1:29 AM, Igor Kosvin wrote:
> Is there any technical merit behind FCC's 15dB amp gain limitation? I saw
> commercial RF amplifiers with gains up to 30dB, obviously approved by FCC. I
> could understand the limitation for tube amplifiers, the characteristics of
> some amp tubes would make high gain unstable. But for solid state amplifiers
> the limitation looks strange to say the least. Maybe it's time to ask FCC to
> reconsider this. Any ARRL lawyers out there?
> 73,
> Igor, N1YX
>