[TowerTalk] Command Post

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Just because an amp can run more than 1500 watts does not mean that the
operator is doing so.  

It is nice to have some headroom on an amp.  Tune it up and up the drive to
legal limit.  


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-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Brian Gieryk
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:13 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Command Post

So you run illegal power?

My understanding of the rules, is that you are allowed 1500 watts, PEP
MAXIMUM.

And just because folks do not have an interest in HF or contesting, does not
make them any less of a "ham"

This person asked a question, and now is getting nothing but GRIEF.

It almost makes me sick the response this poor soul has gotten.

Brian Gieryk
KE6IYC


On Mar 26, 2009, at 9:44 AM, John King wrote:

>
> While these posts don't address contesting, they do involve the use of 
> towers, antennas and Amateur Radio in general.
>
> These posts remind me of a local Sheriff who has issued a press 
> release here in  Louisiana to the effect that his office is going to 
> erect a tower, a repeater and antennas and GET hams licensed to 
> operate on "his" repeater in emergencies.
>
> That doesn't sound like something that would be in the best interest 
> of Amateur radio. Where will he get a frequency? Who will stoop to VE 
> these "shack on the belt Hams"? Seems like Citizens Band Radio with a 
> new twist. Sounds like "don't waste an emergency" because it is "a 
> means to an end" and that "end" sounds like the "end of amateur radio" 
> as we know it.
>
> As an Amateur Radio Operator licensed for 51 years, this new twist of 
> an otherwise wonderful Hobby and Public Service makes me SICK!!
>
> I have a 40 ft. Diesel pusher motor Coach with two Icom 706 MKIIG 
> transceivers, an Icom 718, a 2KW PEP solid state amplifier, a Heath SB 
> 200 amplifier and a Predator Screwdriver antenna. It is not a "Command 
> Center" but do you think I might get a GRANT??
> 73, John, K5PGW
>
>
>
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