[AMPS] Commander 2500E

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>
>Hi all...
>
>Phil, re your comment (below), such illegal goings-on may not be unique to
>one manufacturer, but NEITHER are they engaged in by ALL.
>
>For the record, neither ALPHA/POWER nor its predecessor ETO has ever
>knowingly promoted or sold amplifiers in violation of FCC rules applicable
>to the amateur (or CB) radio service. Neither, I'll wager, have other
>legitimate and ethical manufacturers who value their reputations (e.g.,
>Ten-Tec).
>
>Some "FYI" for those who may care:
>
>FCC type acceptance rules imposed in 1978 have been a pain in the neck to
>all of us who engineer, manufacture and market ham amps. 

According to a retiree of the FCC's legal department, for a while, FCC 
type acceptance could be hastened by making a cash donation to an FCC 
attorney whose initials are R. K. .  When the scam was uncovered by the 
FCC's legal dept., the guilty party was asked to retire early.  The 
laugher is that wiring around the type-approved CB filter and moving the 
15m tank tap takes very little time.  

>In addition, the
>virtual absence of enforcement over the past decade or so has given a
>competitive advantage of sorts to manufacturers willing to flaunt the rules.
>
>I very strongly dislike government control of and interference in our lives.

€  So does Dollar Bill Gates.  So did John D. Rockefeller.  So does VISA 
and Mastercard.  

later, Dick 
>
>
>Clip from original message by K5PC:
>
>> [[Snip...]]
>
>> It is rumored that the guys drive up to the factory loading dock at
>> an appointed time, and slip them into the trunk. Most of the buyers
>> have no license, but no questions are asked. This kind of dealing
>> is as old as ham radio itself; not unique to any one dealer/manufacturer

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