I heartily agree Charly. Sadly there has been an insidious creep in the commercialization of ham radio markets for profit and financial gain that coincides with the rise of technically unskilled appl
In my opinion here's why the were against it; SDR technology and manufacturing of them is getting very simple and much less expensive. When you see an SDR receiver selling for a few hundred bucks, it
while the rulemaking petition remains pending would provide an unfair market advantage for one equipment model over other manufacturers' RF power amplifiers that would still be limited by [the exist
I think the idea that the commercialization of ham radio is a bad thing is misguided. Yes, I can -- or in principle should be able to -- make everything that sits on my operating desk, including SDR
Hi Jim, and all, When you see an SDR receiver selling for a few hundred bucks, it's pretty simple to add a low power transmitter. So adding a high gain amplifier makes for a cheap SDR radio capable o
At this moment I'm VERY tempted to brew a concoction from these ingredients: To these hardware ingredients I would add some freely available software, such as Pavel Denim's software for the Red Pitay
Jim nailed it to a tee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike-KK4MS a_borg@yahoo.com From: Jim W7RY <jimw7ry@gmail.com> To: Cc: 'AMPS' <amps@contesting.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:21 AM
I agree with Paul. SPE's problem is that they've been selling amps for years with more than 15 dB gain, and I suspect that changing that would not be easy. Flex is not the only well known ham mfr to
I don't get where the notion comes from that commercialization vs home brewing is something new to Ham radio. For at least 75 years commercial & military surplus gear have been a common part of our h
Hi David, Well at least the surplus military gear commonly adapted and used by hams was build to decent performance specs. Re your "The FCC needs to catch up with noise floor challenges & modern tech
Re your "The FCC needs to catch up with noise floor challenges & modern technology." Be careful what you wish for here because if the FCC were to address these challenges and mandate rules for minimu
Ah perhaps the real underlying issue here David is the modest degree of technical knowledge and understanding required nowadays for folk to obtain a ham ticket. The qualification requirements have be
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I agree. Your license says Amateur Radio Operator, not Engineer or Technician or Homebrewer. To each his own. 73, Bill W6WRT ____________________________
I have something to say on this. For 47 years, I have worked for the Government supporting Electronic Warfare Aircraft. What has that got to do with any of this? Simple. Overall basic knowledge. The
Wow! I am continually amazed at how many hams have ZERO desire to learn anything about the hobby. I have tried for years at the local club level, to be an 'Elmer', and be available to share my knowle
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Horse manure right back at ya! Giving the privilege is not the same as establishing a requirement. Look at the Extra Class exam - pretty basic stuff, rig
I've had several "elmers" over the years but of late I've been unable to find one here in SE-GA. The few with the skills are either already up to their eyeballs in projects or disinterested in making
I agree. 73 & Happy New Year! Gary KA1J See you on SKN <Snip> _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
I completely agree with WA3JPY. You who want this all-inclusive, let's all have a warm fuzzy because we all have ham tickets, ham radio take note: In Part 97, the FCC _requires_ licensees, who are th
This is out-of-context proof-texting. "technical skills" are not merely hardware. IMHO, YMMV ... I completely agree with WA3JPY. You who want this all-inclusive, let's all have a warm fuzzy because w