Jim Strohm
Please just keep your windows buttoned up at 902 SAVANNA LN and leave well
enough alone. Where did you get your start - CB band. YES. Those guys and girls
on the cb band are not harming you in the least. The world would be a better
world if people like yourself wasn't continually looking for fault.
My-2-cents-worth.
--
Jim Thompson - w3lap
Jim Strohm wrote:
> "Roger D. Johnson" <n1rj@pivot.net> says --
>
> > I've noticed a bunch of obvious CB amps for auction on
> >e-Bay. I've been going through the FCC regs trying to
> >find an easy way for a non-ham to tell the difference
> >between a legal "ham" amp and one of the illegal "CB"
> >types.
> > Since 28 April 1978, amps have to be "type accepted"
> >(the old term for certificated). My Drake L-7 just has
> >a sticker saying that it's type accepted. Do later amps
> >have an FCC ID number? Some of my gear has the FCC ID
> >number some don't. What section of the regs determines
> >which equipment is required to have the number? I can
> >find all kinds of info on applying for the number, what
> >tests the gear must pass, etc.
>
> I've seen some post-1978 CB amps bearing an obviously bogus label stating
> "Certified according to FCC regulations effective 28 April 1978" or
> something like that. Right now I don't have anything of that vintage in
> the shack that's still pristine enough to have the label affixed.
>
> If you slide a T81-series Mitrek through a bandsaw, you get a dandy 100+
> watt HF amp that'll drive to full output on a few hundred milliwatts.
>
> If you get a label printer, you can type "FCC Type Accepted" and print a
> type acceptance label (at your own risk -- use of such a label is a
> specific and flagrant violation). Just don't use the yellow label tape
> with the smiley faces, okay?
>
> And -- I saw those amps on ebay. Usually I'll file a complaint if the item
> shows up on a search for CB linear, AND the description says it was used on
> 11, or is described as suitable for same. But the last time I looked,
> there were so many chicken-choker amps on ebay that I just gave up.
>
> Jim N6OTQ
>
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