[Amps] [Bulk] Re: Time for New Power Meter

[Bill Turner]

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On Mon, 4 May 2015 10:02:56 -0700, you wrote:

>Given that the rule at the time was based on input power to the final stage,
>it begs the question of how could they possibly know without being in your
>shack?  Granted, enforcement then was a far cry from now with station audits
>not unusual.
> 
>Al
>AB2ZY

REPLY:

They DID get in your shack. The procedure was this:  

1 Park a vehicle nearby with field strength measuring equipment.
2. Take the FS reading on a carrier.
3. Enter the house and transmit.
4. Verify that the FS reading was the same.
5. Measure the DC input (presumably with their meters) and issue
citation if justified. 

As another poster pointed out, refusal to allow entrance to the shack
was itself cause for license revocation. 

73, Bill W6WRT