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At 08:24 AM 05/20/2006, Will Matney wrote:
>Dick,
>
>I'm glad you ran the poll. I wish you had of added the higher power
>just for grins too. I'm all for folks having an amp, and have been
>guilty of running over the legal limit a good bit myself. I was also
>guilty for building amps that went into the "gray area". I never did
>point fingers at others and complain though, when I knew I was doing
>the same myself.
>
>I can tell you this, I know of some operators way down south that
>made the move. They actually bought homes way out in the country.
>These were miles away from the nearest town and neighbor. They made
>the move to do one thing, run bucket loads of power. The move was so
>they didn't rip up every TV for miles around, come over every phone,
>and lord help not bother anything in a hospital. We had the hospital
>thing happen here until the FCC shut the guy down. However, he ran
>that way for several years with his beam aimed right at St. Marys
>hospital just across the river. It took several complaints to get
>the FCC here to do something about it I was told be a few that work
>there. Anyhow, those guys down south are running a good amount of
>power and getting by with it I believe because there's no
>complaints. They could be tracked by the FCC, but it's been over 10+
>years for some running and not a threat has been seen. Same as those
>keydowns. They're advertized right here on the net. These last for a
>few days with folks staying at local hotels and have a sell set up
>with tables, etc out in the open. There's several 11 meter amp
>builders that advertize freely on the net which have shopping carts,
>and their addresses. Those have been up for several years also.
>Since the FCC is not going to bother these guys, I highly doubt
>they're going to do very much with the amateur radio folks running
>over the limit. As long as there's no complaints, they'll keep doing
>it. I think when the truth is known, it's just as bad in one
>community as it is in another.
>
>Best,
>
>Will
Dino - K6RIX
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