Re: [Amps] proposed rule changes about amps

[R.Measures <r@somis.org>]

On May 28, 2004, at 7:24 PM, Thomas Hix wrote:

> What do you think about the FCC proposals which will once again allow 
> the manufacture of amps designed to operate on frequencies above 15 
> meters.....without modification that is....

  The new rules will reduce the income of CB technicians who made 
money by modifying "legal" commercially-manufactured amateur radio 
amplifiers to cover 27MHz.
-  The FCC's 50w minimum drive requirement does not affect serious 
CBers since they typically purchase amateur radio transceivers in the 
100w to 200w range - which they plan on using on the Ham bands when 
they obtain an FCC license.
-  The sad thing about the interference problem is that the Goldwater 
(W7UGA) Act  gave the FCC the needed rules to see to it that the public 
would not be sold electronics equipment that was susceptible to radio 
signals, however, EIA lobbyists enriched the campaign contribution 
warchests of Congressmen who agreed to block monies the FCC's needed to 
enforce the Goldwater Act.   The amount money saved by electronics 
manufacturers was humungous --  for example, a typical electronic 
telephone requires c. 5¢ worth of additional resistors at the inputs of 
its ICs to make it immune to strong radio signals.    On a billion 
telephones, a nickel per unit is $50-megabucks saved.

Epilogue --  The only person who seemingly gained anything from the 10m 
amplifier ban was the (now-ex) FCC employee (R. K.)  who was taking 
greenbacks under the table to expedite  re-type accepting commercially 
manufactured amplifiers under the new rules.  However, when the FCC 
found out about his game, he was made an offer he could not refuse and 
resigned.  As I understand it, R. K. got a job as an attorney with a 
Washington D. C. law firm.

later

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