How do these amps get into the US?
Easy. Someone travelling outside the US purchases one or two for their own
use and brings them home with them.
Is it legal to import one?
If it's for your own personal use, I don't see why not. The prohibition is
on manufacturing them for commercial sale, not on owning them or building
them for your own personal use (within limits)
Is the 24-35 MHz amplifier ban due for modification?
Absolutely. It was a bad law when passed, even though there were reasons.
And considering how much personal communications has changed in the last 20
years, I don't think we have to worry about a glut of illegal CB amps
returning to 27 MHz. Anyone up for co-writing a petition for rule making?
I'll help!
73, ron wn3vaw
"And they give you cash,
which is just as good as money!"
Yogi Berra, AFLAC Commercial, 2002
----- Original Message -----
From: Winston F. Jones <winjones@ix.netcom.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:00 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Tokyo Hy-Power QRP amps
I've been reading postings about a Tokyo Hy-Power HF amp that will amplify
5-10 watts to 50-plus watts on all HF bands of 80-10. It sounds like it
would be a good mate for the Argonaut V and other similar QRP rigs when you
want to run QRO.
The Argo 509 plus the 405 amp were a good pair in their day before the FCC
put an end to their manufacture.
My question: How do these Tokyo Hy-Power amps get into the U.S. and is it
legal to import one from Japan or another country?
Personally, I feel it's time for the FCC to make the amp law more reasonable
since so many low-power ham rigs are now being manufactured and there's a
new market for such an amp. It seems to me that a simple requirement of
having to have a ham license to buy one would be good enough to keep them
from the illegal market.
73, Winston K4CWQ
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