Jim, based on that (which I fully believe), our only recourse is to START
DEMANDING CLEANER TRANSMITTERS.
Just as we focused on DR3 in the past, we need to focus on cleaner transmit
IMD in the future.
I said earlier that none are as clean as the old KWM-2. That was a major
understatement.
I need to add that several of the newer models are very FILTHY.
The picture we are accustomed to with each successive odd harmic's
distortion falling rapidly off is simply not applicable to many of today's
transmitters. It is outrageous that the manufacturers do not note this and
fix it themselves.
We need to be able to post some pictures of this stuff so that everyone will
realize just how serious the problem is.
73
Rick, DJ0IP
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 4:13 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Top receivers
On 5/14/2012 6:33 AM, kc9cdt@aol.com wrote:
> FCC is not doing the job...no surprise...all they want to do these days is
sell frequency's.
Many of us are old enough to remember when the FCC had field offices,
monitoring stations, and field engineers who actually came out and inspected
stations. Broadcasters were inspected on a routine basis, and hams were
inspected when monitoring or complaints caused FCC engineers to suspect
there might be a violation.
All that changed with deregulation and "small government" that "got the
government off our backs." There are far fewer engineers paying any
attention at all to these issues, and all the Commissioners are lawyers.
Technical education? If you doubt any of this, read their biographies.
The FCC CANNOT do any enforcement -- it has no money to do it, thanks to
"small government." Now, SOME of that field inspection was "busy work,"
but much of it was not. There are, for example, AM broadcast stations
seriously violating the terms of their licenses by running omnidirectional
antennas when the license requires a directional antenna, and/or running
more power than their license permits, and the ham bands are full of RF
trash generated by consumer equipment that violates FCC Rules, even Rules
weakened by lobbyists for the spectrum polluters.
Clean equipment, clean spectrum, compliance with FCC Rules is simply not a
priority. FCC priorities are focused on the internet, telecommunications,
telephony, commercial uses of the spectrum, and cow-towing to so-called
Christians who care more about wardrobe malfunctions than whether poor
children have food to eat.
73, Jim Brown K9YC
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