[Elecraft] Question K3 ALC w/SPE Expert 1.3K-FA amp

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > IF! If the Amp was not bought from a local (USA) Commercial vendor,
 > no harm was done.

The op indicated he purchased the amplifier from (one of) the US
distributors for SPE and that others who had purchased amplifiers
from SPE through their US distribution channels reported the same
high gain.

Those amplifiers are *not legal for sale in the USA* - they do not
meet the terms of their type acceptance.  The rules also state that
*nobody* is permitted to modify amplifiers *commercially* (e.g., a
distributor for SPE) so that they are not compliant with the type
acceptance.  An individual amateur may make or modify *for his own*
*use*, at most, *one* of a given model amplifier in any year.

When it comes to playing by the rules, there is no "Joe being Joe"
so back off.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


On 2015-04-03 7:56 PM, Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft wrote:
> WHY is everyone getting their panties in a wad?!!!!!!
> Joe was just being Joe.
> His reply had nothing to do with the OP original question.
>
> BTW. ....... The rule states " not to be Sold Commercially "
>
> IF! If the Amp was not bought from a local (USA) Commercial vendor, no harm was done.
> He could have obtain it from another Lic Operator. There is no Rule stating he cannot have an SPE Expert 1.3K - FA Amp in his possession.
> LIGHTEN up, this is a Hobby.
>
>
> ((((73)))) Milverton / W9MMS.
>
>
>
>        From: Phil Kane <k2asp at kanafi.org>
>   To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>   Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 5:56 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question K3 ALC w/SPE Expert 1.3K-FA amp
>
> On 4/3/2015 3:01 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote:
>
>> Of course I'm just bound to German law which does not contain any
>> "stupid" (pardon me, but it is!) amplification limits, just the maximum
>> allowed power. How we generate it is up to us radio amateurs overhere.
>
> It's not "stupid" when you become aware of the history.  At one time
> there were no amplification limits.  The problem wasn't with the amateur
> community.  The problem was with the renegade CB community that was
> using the available high-gain amplifiers improperly and in violation of
> US law and with the manufacturers who were catering to them.  The
> problems that were created became an enforcement nightmare consuming too
> much of the available enforcement resources.  There had to be some
> technical limits that we could use as an enforcement benchmark on the
> manufacturing level before the devices got into the wrong hands.  I
> don't know if the same problems existed in the European ham communities
> but it was overwhelming here.
>
> Disclaimer -  I spent three decades on the FCC enforcement staff
> directing, inter alia, local CB enforcement including locating, shutting
> down, seizing, and forfeiting illegal CB equipment and assessing
> monetary forfeiture penalties to the operators, manufacturers, and
> dealer.  I know that field quite well.
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100  s/n 5402
>
>  From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
>
>
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