[Amps] Recommendation?

[Steve Katz]

> What's all the fuss about?  Why did the FCC stop RFE from selling the
> amps?  Too much gain or too dirty or what?
> 
> ::Simple.  They didn't get the amplifiers, in wired or in kit form,
> certificated by the FCC, which has been a requirement for about 20 years
> now.
> 
> 
> And does the FCC really have a problem with kits per se?
> 
> ::Not at all.
> 
> 
>   Or are these
> kits for amps that don't meet FCC's certification requirements?
> 
> ::We'll never know if they meet the requirements or not, since they are
> not certificated.  But many would not, simply based on the features
> offered, like amplifiers covering 22-60 MHz, amplifiers requiring low
> drive levels and having carrier operated relays, etc.  The "do's" and
> "don'ts" are clearly outlined.
> 
> ::-WB2WIK/6
> 
> 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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