The necessary power level required to carry out the desired communications is,
again, dependent on just what "desired" means! As such, the regulation has no
meaning in technical terms.
Until "desired" has a quantitative value, there is no minimum, or maximum (up
to the full legal limit), that defines necessary. Of course, this is
semantics. However, when dealing with legal requirements, every term has to
have a definite meaning.
The definition of "desire", in the New Webster's New Universal Unabridged
Dictionary (the "big" dictionary that used to sit on a table, by itself, in the
library), that is applicable to this is:
2. to express a wish to obtain.
Since such is on an individual basis, there is no quantitative value that can
be applied. Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.net
On Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:23 PM, Paul Christensen <w9ac@arrl.net>
wrote:
> "The word in the regs is "necessary ", not "desired". Bob"
Both terms are used in Part 97:
§97.313 Transmitter power standards.
(a) An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to
carry out the desired communications.
Paul, W9AC
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Logan via Amps
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 6:13 PM
To: Glen Zook
Cc: Amps@contesting.com ; Kimberly Elmore
Subject: Re: [Amps] AL1200 on AM - max carrier?
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 30, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Glen Zook <gzook@yahoo.com> wrote:
The problem is that "desired communications" is not defined!
If the operator desires to have a 40 dB over S-9 (with S-9 defined as a 50
microvolt signal level) at every location, then that operator can run more
power, and still obey the rules, than an operator who just desires that
their signal can barely be detected above the noise level.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.net
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