WHY is everyone getting their panties in a wad?!!!!!! Joe was just being Joe. His reply had nothing to do with the OP original question.
BTW. ....... The rule states " not to be Sold Commercially " IF! If the Amp was not bought from a local (USA) Commercial vendor, no harm was done. He could have obtain it from another Lic Operator. There is no Rule stating he cannot have an SPE Expert 1.3K - FA Amp in his possession. LIGHTEN up, this is a Hobby. ((((73)))) Milverton / W9MMS. From: Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question K3 ALC w/SPE Expert 1.3K-FA amp On 4/3/2015 3:01 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote: > Of course I'm just bound to German law which does not contain any > "stupid" (pardon me, but it is!) amplification limits, just the maximum > allowed power. How we generate it is up to us radio amateurs overhere. It's not "stupid" when you become aware of the history. At one time there were no amplification limits. The problem wasn't with the amateur community. The problem was with the renegade CB community that was using the available high-gain amplifiers improperly and in violation of US law and with the manufacturers who were catering to them. The problems that were created became an enforcement nightmare consuming too much of the available enforcement resources. There had to be some technical limits that we could use as an enforcement benchmark on the manufacturing level before the devices got into the wrong hands. I don't know if the same problems existed in the European ham communities but it was overwhelming here. Disclaimer - I spent three decades on the FCC enforcement staff directing, inter alia, local CB enforcement including locating, shutting down, seizing, and forfeiting illegal CB equipment and assessing monetary forfeiture penalties to the operators, manufacturers, and dealer. I know that field quite well. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to tnny...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com