Jim - I believe it was to make CB amps illegal and unprofitable. Also, Ham amps were not permitted to operate on 10 meters for the same reason - to make them unattractive to CB operators. Monty K2DLJ
> Is there some obvious reason why the FCC chose 15dB as the gain limit? > > 73 > > jim ab3cv ______________________________________________________________ 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