[Amps] Amplifier Rule Changes in the new R&O

[Pete Smith]

I couldn't agree more, Paul - but my point was precisely that it DOESN'T change anything for manual amps - the only way to meet the requirement is to continue to stop at 15 meters.  I'm a little concerned, though, that the "NOT easily modifiable" requirement might even preclude sale of existing manual amps, unless their certification is grandfathered.  After all, don't some of them require just cutting a single wire or changing the plate  choke?

73, Pete N4ZR

 At 09:07 AM 10/14/2006, Paul Christensen wrote:
>>"In my opinion, confirmed by reading the R&O, this change is absurd.  In order not to exhibit the ability to amplify in 26-28 MHz, yet have full gain in the 10-meter ham band, any new amplifier will HAVE to incorporate expensive electronic means of blocking that frequency band.  Did anyone with an ounce of technical knowledge read these things?"
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>Pete, this section of the R&O essentially amounts to a status-quo change. Perhaps the most significant change relates to the ability to offer complete kits -- which may work to Elecraft's benefit.
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>There's nothing to stop an 11M operator from contracting with another to build an amp kit.  This rule could even spring a cottage industry of  "kit builders."  Accordingly, the new rule could in fact create a condition for even more 11M amp activity.
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>It would have made more sense if the R&O included an amended rule in which...
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>"It is unlawful for any person or entity to transfer title, convey, or sell an amplifier in assembled or kit form, including full or partial kits for which operation is capable between 26-28 MHz to any person or entity other than a licensed amateur radio operator or qualified and FCC-licensed industrial, commercial, or military entity."
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>Paul, W9AC
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