[AMPS] Re: big boy toys

[Bill Turner, W7TI]

On Wed, 11 Mar 98 02:17:10 -0800, Rich Measures <measures@vc.net>
wrote:
<snip>
>>What's the plus 10% for?  I'd never heard of that...feedline loss???
>It's the margin fcc inspectors apparently allow for error, Jon..  
>The fcc guys I have known are not unreasonable.  Their main goal is to 
>prevent interference, not to write people up for trivalities.   
>
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Times must have changed.  I recall reading in old QSTs about licenses
suspended for running less than 10-15 watts over the limit.  Back then
of course, power was easier to measure accurately because it was DC
input, not RF output.

73, Bill W7TI


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