[Amps] Solid State HF amps and kits

[WYsixK]

Now I read this again and realize that Steve Katz mentioned the ways in
which the RFE amps failed to meet FCC requirements.  So is the issue
not that the FCC dislikes kits per se but that the kits that are
offered do not meet FCC requirements?

I checked out the Communications Concepts web site and see that the PCB
for thier 1000 watt solid state amp is $27.  What's outrageous about
that?

Michael

--- Jim Strohm <jstrohm@texas.net> wrote:
> Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com> says --
> 
> >The only comment I can make about the RFE products is that they are
> for sale
> >"outside the U.S. only," and are clearly indicated for "export
> only," as
> >they are not FCC Certificated, they are not on the list of
> Certificated
> >equipment, they violate CFR47 Part 97 wording with respect to
> frequency
> >range, drive required and RF sensed keying, and may not meet Part 97
> >emissions standards with regard to harmonic and spurious signals.
> >
> >They were selling on the open market to U.S. hams, and the FCC cited
> them
> >for this several months ago, it was all written up in the Federal
> Register,
> >so it appears they have re-emerged as a "for export only" company
> per their
> >website.
> 
> 
> In an interesting twist, RFE claims on its website that CCI
> (Communications
> Concepts Inc.) has a "monopoly" on selling "HF leen-yar" kits in the
> US.
> 
> A review of CCI's site reveals that they sell the kits not as
> "complete"
> kits, but as sets of kits.  And they dodge the law by claiming the
> kits are
> for "prototype" purposes, and are sold without assembly instructions.
> 
> The prices CCI charge for PCBs are almost obscene.  I'd love to show
> up at
> Dayton with a truckload of allegedly surplus Motorola-badged boards
> tagged
> with the app note or engineering brief number only, and offer them at
> $10
> each, three for $25, 15 for $99, mix-and-match.
> 
> Of course, I could never do that -- it would be a violation of the
> Circle M
> Ranch's trademark(s).
> 
> Jim N6OTQ
> 
> I wonder -- can RFE sell its kits to hams in Cuba?
> 
> 
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