[Amps] New FCC Amplifier Rule

[Vic K2VCO]

Pete Smith wrote:

> This is intended as a less-onerous replacement for the old rule, but
> it strikes me as not well thought out.  How could you inexpensively
> disable an amplifier between 26 and 28 MHz while permitting full gain
> on 28.001 MHz, particularly if the limitation had to be hard to
> disable? I guess it would be easy enough in highly-automated
> amplifiers through firmware, but would it effectively doom simple
> manual amps?

As another unintended consequence, the freebanders might just move up 
above 28 MHz. into the CW band!  When will they learn?
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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