[Amps] Re "illegal" amplifiers

[Donald Fox]

Good Sunday morning everyone from SW Ohio:
Having graduated high school some 40 years ago, I'd like to believe I've continued to grow and mature beyond those days.
As far as I understand, this is an amplifier reflector where everyone is welcome to ask questions, seek help, and/or share things they have learned about RF amplifiers. Back in high school, and in life in general, we all see people engaged in things we may or may not condone or be interested in. Adults are supposed to be able to make a choice for themselves to engage or not without trying to control what everyone else does.

The idea that anyone suffers a change in his/her stress level or physical status based upon something like this they see or read is beyond ridiculous. If you don't like cottage cheese (I don't), do you break out in a sweat or feel ill when you see it or hear someone discuss it? I sure hope not. As an adult, I ignore it and move on.

Here's a scenario:
Person A has an amplifier that will output 1550 watts. They fire it up, hook up an antenna on a band of their choice, and hit the CW Key and transmit their call at 1550 watts. Clearly illegal by FCC standards, but what harm has occurred?

To those who are truly bothered by such a conversation, you have my sympathy, and I encourage you to disengage from this reflector posthaste so you can live a better more drama free life.

This topic has been compared to vehicles. I'm also an auto enthusiast, so I can appreciate the parallels there. Just about any modern vehicle on America's roads to day will run 100 mph. This does not mean that the owner has to drive that fast, or should.
Maybe it would help folks who are triggered by such talk to simply drop off a zero or two in their mind, ie a 12,000 watt amp becomes a 1200 watt amp.
See what I did there? I just came up with a coping tool.

I would hope that a number of us might agree that the US is in the midst of some very troubling times at present, and I submit that getting all bent out of shape about things like this are just petty. Let's not forget that ham radio as great as it is, is just a hobby.
If we can't discuss RF amplifiers here, maybe we should all digress to cottage cheese. At in that case, it's all curdled milk!

Respectfully submitted with a bit of humor and a touch of sarcasm.

Don  N8ECH