[Amps] illegal amps?

[Fuqua, Bill L]

The issue is not only are they illegal to operate on 11 meters, they may not meet the standards for amateur radio either.
CB'ers are not interested in the quality of emissions. Some of the solid state CB amplifiers are supposed to be useful from
7MHz to 30MHz to suggest that they are good enough for amateur use. But if you take a closer look you will notice that
they do not have band switched low-pass filters and they produce loads  harmonics.
   You will have to at least add a low pass filter to these and many will require other work done to them to
reduce splatter (IMD) and operated at lower than specified output levels for the same reason.
  Now. saying that, all licensed amateur radio operators are allowed to build their own equipment provided that it does not
produce any harmful interference and meets Amateur Radio Standards and limits.  You may use as raw materials what ever
you want, including parts, pieces or complete radios from other sources. It is up to the amateur to do what is necessary to
make it a good piece of equipment.
   Just don't expect that "1000 Watt" single 4cx250A amplifier to produce 1000 Watts or even half that and have a clean signal.

73
Bill wa4lav
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From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of EP Swynar [gswynar at durham.net]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 11:31 AM
To: Amps at contesting.com; af2c at njdxa.org
Subject: Re: [Amps] illegal amps?

Hi Jay,

Don't knock 'em!

Instead, get in on some of the action & get yourself a good that might be
readily converted to legit Ham radio use.

That's what I did years ago with a Palomar-150...what a great adjunct it
became to my Radio Shack HTX-10 mobile 10-meter transceiver. I ran more
power from my car than a lot of guys did from home!

I worked a LOT of DX with it when 10 was open, both SSB as well as AM...

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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----- Original Message -----
From: <af2c at njdxa.org>
To: <Amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: [Amps] illegal amps?


> And you thought that ebay wasn't selling CB/11m amplifiers!  Look again at
> the ebay items below!
>
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> 73,
> Jay/AF2C
>
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