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

w8hw at comcast.net w8hw at comcast.net
Mon Jan 2 09:12:29 EST 2017


Bill you are so correct, it would be a sad day if the homebrew side was 
squeezed out. It was a sad day when companies like Heathkit disappeared. Now 
we hear complaints that someone purchased a box, plugged it in and could not 
figure out how to push the buttons on it.

73, Bruce, W8HW

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Thompson
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 05:36
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] FCC Denies Expert Linears' Request for Waiver of 15 dB 
Rule;

For most of the 40odd years I've had my licence, it's given me a
unique privilege: that of being able to operate a transmitter
which hasn't been checked, tested or type approved by someone
else. No other public or commercial user can. The exam
requirements go into theory a bit beyond 'basic stuff'. I assume
that applies elsewhere too.

The UK now has a entry level which excludes homebrewing or
modifying gear, limited to 10W and requiring commercial gear
certified to meet EU EMC regs (not that anyone enforces either).

I hope that's not the thin end of a wedge. I recognise ham radio
has become primarily about assembling and operating a station
rather than designing and building one but I think the hobby would
be much poorer if the homebrew side was squeezed out.

Steve

> The basic underlying reason for licensing hams was to prevent the
> utter chaos on the air that was prevalent before licensing. The
> licenses are all about operating, not technical skill beyond the
> basics to get on the air:  Making a resonant antenna, understanding
> SWR, and the like. Basic stuff.
>
> Now days there is also a political issue. There are about 700,000
> hams, many or most of whom vote. That is a constituency no politician
> wants to offend.
>
> As to the rest of our post:  Whatever.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT

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