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

[Kevin]

UPS still has dibs on it but doesn't use it.
Makes me mad as hell. Somebody ought to petition the FCC to get it back, 
ahem, maybe "the national amateur radio organization"?

On 1/4/2017 2:11 PM, Shon Edwards wrote:
> Speaking of this, does anyone know what happened to that little piece of
> the 1.25 M band we lost a while ago 9220-222 MHz)?  I heard that it had
> been given to UPS, who subsequently just let it lie fallow -- didn't bother
> to use it at all.  And is still that way.  Can anyone confirm the truth or
> otherwise, to this statement?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Shon, K6QT
>
> Shon R. Edwards, MA, AG (Czech Republic)
> Amateur call:  K6QT
> 1039 N 2575 W
> Layton, UT, 84041-7709
> USA
> Home phone:  (801) 444-3445
> E-mail:  sre.1966 at gmail.com
>
> or
>
> Shon Edwards
> 715 Strawberry Creek Private Rd.
> Bedford, WY 83112
> Cell:  (307) 248-2104
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Catherine James <catherine.james at att.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Manfred wrote:
>>> "As long as enough hams prefer to buy radios loaded with multiple
>> features, while not understanding their technical specs, the manufacturers
>> will serve this market and make their business. They will make radios full
>> of features, bells and whistles, and they will make radios that try to
>> cover DC to daylight in all modes, and they will sacrifice performance as
>> much as they have to in order to meet a pre-determined price limit. And
>> many hams will keep buying them."
>>
>> Well, to be fair, we don't have any choice given the options available
>> from the manufacturers.  (I'm ignoring homebrew for purposes of discussion.)
>>
>> I have seen many, many online posts asking for an all-mode VHF/UHF rig
>> that doesn't include HF.  These used to be available, but have
>> disappeared.  Today, if you want to do VHF SSB, you have three choices:
>>
>> -- Modern HF rig plus a transverter
>> -- Discontinued old tech rig such as an IC-275 or IC-821
>> -- Modern DC to daylight rig
>>
>> And the reason they don't exist is that the manufacturers have not found a
>> cost-effective way to manufacture them.  So even those willing to spend
>> more for a modern, up-to-date version of the IC-275 don't have that option.
>>
>> Bells and whistles are cheap, cheap, cheap.  The cost of adding them is
>> negligible because they're mostly just firmware. But when you want higher
>> power, better filtering, higher frequencies, etc. -- anything that could be
>> called "performance" -- the cost rises because the cost of the raw
>> components needed rises.
>>
>> 73,
>> Cathy
>> N5WVR
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R. Kevin Stover
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SKCC #215
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