[Elecraft] OT: (Another) End of an Era

[David Christ]

That battle is lost already.  Plasma TVs, switching wall warts, 
radiating Ethernet devices, noisy CFLs, PWM motors in washers and 
treadmills just to name a few of the existing problems.

The consumer's view is that they paid good money for their stuff and 
as long as it performs the function they purchased it for they don't 
see any issue.  Your neighbor who just spent $3000 or more on his new 
plasma TV will have little sympathy for you and neither the 
manufacturer nor the FCC will give you any help.

David K0LUM

At 3:48 PM -0700 7/18/12, Oliver Johns wrote:
>Dear Dave,
>
>And the downside is that if all the national broadcasts and 
>religious broadcasts desert the HF spectrum, then there will be no 
>risk when regulators let radio noise sources proliferate unchecked. 
>For example, there have been a few articles about a new technology 
>for charging cell phones remotely by using radio wave in the 40 
>meter range.  These will be little radio jammer devices, no matter 
>how the manufacturers may deny it.  And the remaining users of he HF 
>spectrum, us hams, will just be out of luck.
>
>Oliver Johns
>W6ODJ
>
>
>On Jul 18, 2012, at 2:03 PM, David Christ wrote:
>
>>  For the SWL fan who is interested in the challenge of being able to
>>  receive the station in is a downer.
>>
>>  Of course the upside is how much more is available for the people who
>>  are only interested in hearing the content.  For $140 you can buy an
>>  Internet radio that can be set to an estimated 18,000 different
>>  stations.
>>
>>  Upside for amateurs is that it reduces the pressure on spectrum.
>>
>>  David K0LUM
>>
>>  At 1:18 PM -0700 7/18/12, Phil Kane wrote:
>>>  On 7/17/2012 5:42 PM, David Moes wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   As have many other HF broadcasters, who have found out that it is
>>>  cheaper to set the programs up on an Internet server than to pump many
>>>  KW of RF into the air.
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