[Amps] FCC Denies Expert Linears' Request for Waiver of 15 dB Rule

[qrv at kd4e.com]

This is out-of-context proof-texting.

"technical skills" are not merely hardware.

IMHO, YMMV ...

> I completely agree with WA3JPY.  You who want this all-inclusive,
> let's all have a warm fuzzy because we all have ham tickets, ham radio
> take note:
>
> In Part 97, the FCC _requires_ licensees, who are the recipients of
> _grants_ to continue to advance the radio art, by improvement of
> communications _and_ technical skills.  Your license is a GRANT, in
> the way a scholarship is a grant.  You are supposed to IMPROVE.
>
> No, you don't get to blow off the technical stuff and play with some
> toys if you want to be a legitimate grant holder.