[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 31, Issue 60

[Will Matney]

Tony,

Amen! It seems some get uptight about the mere mention of using anything concerning 11 meters when the equipment is made the same as amateur equipment and/or can be readily adapted to it.  I think some who hold that paper ticket thinks using something like this is beneath them, or that paper ticket might make them better than some without it. That is the very reason, I proudly dropped my piece of paper back in the 80's. That piece of paper don't make one an amateur radio operator, ones knowledge does. Matter of fact, I know some 11 meter folks with more knowledge than a bunch of licensed amateur folks. Also, some of the very amateurs who hold that piece of paper were the very people who designed and built a huge amount of those 11 meter amps! So to say that the information here is not useful to any amateur in that he may consider using these 11 meter amps as amateur amps is as Senator Byrd once said to a reporter about his question, it's twaddle.

Best,

Will

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On 7/31/05 at 8:39 PM Tony King - W4ZT wrote:

>Seems that Will brought the subject up because there are a lot of CB 
>amps that are candidates for conversion to amateur service... not the 
>other way around. Seems like a good way to put get into a moderate power 
>PA or IPA for low dollars and a little technical expertise. As such, 
>doesn't need to be type accepted any more than a home brew amp.
>
>73, Tony W4ZT
>
>w5grg wrote:
>> How come people are discussing CB amps on this reflector? Is this thing 
>> FCC type accepted? I guess this list is one where it is ok to post ebay 
>> info.
>> Thanks 73's George W5GRG
>
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