Part 97.317 says...
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(c) Certification may be denied when denial would prevent the use of these
amplifiers in services other than the amateur service. The following features
will result in dismissal or denial of an application for certification:
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(5) Any internal RF sensing circuitry or
any external switch, the purpose of
which is to place the amplifier in
the transmit mode;
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This seems to indicate that there can be no, say, toggle switch on the amp for
the purpose of RX/TX switching, and definitely says no RF-sensing T/R
switching, so I suppose that the FCC wants ONLY a radio with a specific
amp-keying line to be able to T/R switch a "certified" amp. Is this to make it
harder for typical CB radios to key an certified amp?
Seems an awful lot of the requirements like maximum gain, minimum drive, etc.,
are specifically there to deny CB radios easy compatibility with amplifiers.
73
Mike
N2MG
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