>> Amen to that, Carl. 3mA to 10mA of grid current is bad news for a
>> 4CX10000A. For a pair of 4CX800As, its downtown nutsville. OTOH, there
>> is no FCC spec. for spurious feculence/splatter INSIDE the ham bands.
>> Rich---
>
>While there is no dB figure given, the rules plainly state
>by-products from modulation should be held to state of the art
>levels.
State of the art is anybody's guess. The only thing that holds water is
an X decibels down at Y kHz specification---and there isn't one.
>It is also illegal ...
Breaking fcc rules is not the same as breaking a legal law.
>...snip...
>The FCC used to issue citations for excessive bandwidth, W8LAD (sk)
>Carl was the recipient of several with his G2DAF style amplifier.
Say it ain't so, Carl. ...... Seriously, Tom, lots of folks got fooled by
the Class C linear folly. Two of my friends got sucked in.
Rich---
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K
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