[Amps] New FCC Amplifier Rule

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And the FCC broke the international rules or agreements about operators 
knowing CW below 30mc....yes megacycles.

Tom W8JI wrote:
>> Hal's question:  "Why in the Hell was 11 meters ever 
>> taken?"
> 
> The 11 meter band was used for commercial 2-way and radio 
> control also, but the "I can do anything I want" CB 
> mentality ruined that also.
> 
> The FCC's original intention was good. CB was intended to be 
> a cheap simple replacement for farmers, service, and others 
> requiring necessary personal or business communications to 
> have access to a cheap and easy to license service. When CB 
> started the only exception to this were people who used CB 
> as a hobby by building legal CB transceivers.
> 
> In the neighborhood where I grew up there were two CB'ers 
> who both built their own legal 5 watt transceivers and used 
> callsigns, and three amateur operators. It wasn't until the 
> 70's that CB fell apart and became a gathering place for the 
> "I can do anything I want" crowd. The FCC's real error was 
> in assuming people would follow rules. They were used to 
> that happening and it was a surprise they couldn't deal with 
> when the morons surfaced in mass.
> 
> 73 Tom 
> 
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