[Elecraft] KPA1500 and FT8

[Wes Stewart]

I'm reminded of the following:

A number of years ago one of the members of our local DX club put up a 90' tower 
on top of a ridge in the Tucson Mountains.  All perfectly legal at the time.  
The politically connected Gates Pass Area Neighborhood Association went 
ballistic.  They coerced (did I mention politically connected) the county Board 
of Supervisors into proposing an ordinance that would limit towers to the same 
(34') height of a residence. We hams ponied up about $10K as I recall to hire a 
savvy lawyer, versed in political shenanigans, and packed the meeting room.  
Speakers from the Red Cross, CAP, Sheriff's Dept, Search and Rescue, and a 
number of hams who had helped in disaster communications, etc made our case.

The home owner's association had one representative who held up his cell phone 
and said to the Supes that he could talk all over the world with it and he 
didn't need any outdoor antenna.

Although there resulted some new building permit requirements, we can still have 
100' towers, (and except for 30-meters, can still run 1500 W on FT8.)

Wes  N7WS

http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2004/04/14/122382-county-won-t-limit-ham-radio-antennas/


On 3/3/2018 1:09 PM, Chuck Milam, N9KY wrote:
> I see we are about to enter the dead horse beating ceremony over FT8 power
> levels, as I’ve seen on other groups ad naseum.  Suggest checking the FT8
> developers’ comments on the difference between  “low power” and “weak
> signal” modes, before we enter the circular argument process.
>
> 73,
>
> Chuck, N9KY