[Amps] A few nice ones on Ebay

[James Colville]

*"It is not too distant a time where the "first personal" 10-4, etc crap
will be considered normal..."*

None of that CRAP on CW or RTTY!    First personal! How much sense does that
make? It's not even proper english!

73
Jim W7RY



On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Gary McAdams <g.m.mcadams at comcast.net>wrote:

> On 4/10/2010 1:57 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 23:14:45 -0400
> > From: Jeff Carter<amps at hidden-valley.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] A few nice ones on Ebay
> > To: amps at contesting.com
> >
> >
> > Respectfully, I must point out that your analogy breaks down at the
> > point where it isn't illegal to stuff a Hemi into a Mini.
> >
> > I seem to recall a time when 11m was limited to 4 Watts.  The FCC used
> > to enforce the rules on this.
> >
> > ##  You mean they used to waste  resources and taxpayers $$.
> > 25 w into a GP is a no-no.     But 4 W  into a 7 -el yagi is..'ok'
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Hello, all...
>
> Yeah, we've been hearing these arguments for years, as if "technical
> ability" trumps legality.
>
> So what if the "freebanders" are technically competent? The first thing
> that they use their ability for is to thumb their collective noses at US
> and international law.
>
> Some technical ability... Haw!
>
> But... Having said that, they, the so-called freebanders, for the most
> part actually don't cause much interference to legitimate users of the
> nearby spectrum.
>
> The real garbage comes from the high-power clowns in the original 23/40
> channel CB band. You know the ones, with the "mono-band" amps with no
> filtering that thrash and trash the entire 25-30 MHz spectrum when they
> go to the "shootout".
>
> Yeah, those guys. I'd rather have ten "freebanders" using converted ham
> gear living in my neighborhood than one of these trashy Alpha-hotels!
>
> So, yeah, the original argument that the refugees from CB can be good
> Amateur operators is a bit weak when they bring their bad habits with
> them. The real problem that I see is that the refugees are beginning to
> out-number the original inhabitant's on our ham bands.
>
> It is not too distant a time where the "first personal" 10-4, etc crap
> will be considered normal...
>
> That's the point where I for one will find another hobby.
>
> Can't wait until sunspots re-appear and ten meters really opens up...
> What a circus we're going to see then...
>
> 73 Gary
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