[Test-Equipment] Re: Test-Equipment Digest, Vol 48, Issue 14

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

BBBBob,

No one with an IQ in the human range and a reasonably good technical 
education should have any trouble understanding that paragraph.  Including the 
tongue-in-cheek beginning.  The regulations referred to are obviously the FCC 
regulations governing the Amateur Service.  If you haven't bothered to read them 
since the late 50's when this part was last changed, you cannot operate anything 
but NBFM below 29.0 MHz.  I will give you the long benefit of the doubt and 
assume that you know what NBFM, 29.0 and MHz mean.  You obviously never heard of 
modulation index which is specifically written into the regs.  Even though it 
has been adequately explained at least three times today.

In a message dated 4/22/2008 10:02:38 PM Central Daylight Time, 
wolfbob at csnsys.com writes: 
> What on earth are you babbling about? Try to show your 
> ignorance more clearly.
> 
> WBob, WB6JPI
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
> To: <test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Re: Test-Equipment Digest, Vol 
> 48, Issue 14
> 
> 
> >Yahbut, it is the only significant FM parameter actually 
> >written into the
> >regulations.  It determines the only functional 
> >differences between what you can
> >legally operate below 29.0 MHz and what you can legally 
> >operate above.  It is
> >in fact the regulation that forced the US Military to give 
> >up the Armor band
> >between 20.0 and 27.9 MC.  It's why there was no 
> >replacement for AN/PRC-8 or
> >RT-66/GRC.  Etc. etc.  So if you are going to operate FM, 
> >you should be familiar
> >with it.

Robert Downs - Houston
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