Re: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
Yaesu has always catered to CBers, it started with the 101 series of radios .The FT-757GX was also a super popular radio for CB operation in the early 80's. All you to had to do is open the cover & flip a little black switch on the dial board and you had full general coverage transmit. When I was on CB in the 80's everyone I knew had a FT-757GX on CB I even have a factory mod paper to tell you exactly how to put the FT-102 on CB with all factory yaesu part numbers to make the conversion easy .you can't blame them ..CB was a big untapped market ..Plus it was a good thing because the ham rigs were super clean & cause no interference, unlike modified CB radios... 73 john
Re: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Why bother with this . FCC don't care , I don't care, Ebay don't care these amps have been for sale for the last 20 years & will always be .find something else's to do I would tend to agree, if they kept them clean and on 11m. Problem is, they sometimes splatter all way thru 10m., and many are operating illegally inside our band. Also, the TVI and RFI problems caused by these dirty amps are very often blamed on any nearby hams that happen to live in the area. As long as their signals stay within the confines of "11m" I don't care if they let it all hang out. The FCC created the problem over the objections of the amateur community; let them worry about that, instead of something so micky-mouse as peak envelope power. No point in losing sleep over something we can do nothing about. It will do just about as much good as complaining about the hot, nasty, humid weather we have in this part of the country in the summer. Don K4KYV _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
RE: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
From: "Ed Sieb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...when Yaesu released the FT-101, with 11m built-in, the whole 11M band finally went to hell in a hand-basket, and took 500 kHz either side with it. Back in the early 1980's, I ran the service dep't of a 2-way radio/ham radio outfit, and we did a lot of amateur radio service work from all over North America, including warranty work for Yaesu. Well over 80% of the FT-101 series we got in for repair (excluding the FT-101ZD, which is a totally different radio), whether owned by licensed hams or not, had 11m xtals installed, with transmit enabled. The earlier versions came with the xtals installed as a standard feature, with "11" indicated on the band select control. On later models, they changed "11" to "aux" and the 11m. band xtals became optional and had to be ordered extra. The rig came receive-only for this band, but I recall it was a matter of either cutting or installing one wire to make it fully transceive. According to the Yaesu manual, the orginal 11m. "receive" capability was offered as a feature so hams could listen for CB activity to tell when 10m. might be open (yes, of course!) Later manuals said the "aux" feature was supposed to make it possible to receive anywhere you chose outside the ham bands (one 500 kHz segment only), but it only worked in the vicinity of 27 hHz. It would have taken a major modification to make it work elsewhere on HF. That was just after the CB boom had peaked out, and the vast majority of new hams had got their start in radio via CB. When I became licensed in 1959, most hams including myself got their start via shortwave listening. When the CB boom finally crashed to rock-bottom around 1982 or 83, the outfit I worked for went out of business, and so did many other amateur equipment suppliers, except for the big ones like AES and HRO. VHF 2-way alone wasn't enough to sustain the company where I worked, especially after the FCC deregulated the Land Mobile service and the commercial radiotelephone licence (by then degraded to "General Radiotelephone") was no longer required to legally repair and install commecrial and government 2-way radio systems. Every small town police and fire department in the country decided they could save money by relying on a local CB'er who happened to work in their department to keep their radio system going. Does that tell you anything about the amateur community that exists today, and the fact that the ham bands in the US were rapidly going down the toilet when Riley came on the scene? Don k4KYV _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
RE: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
It isn't "20 years". This stuff's been going on actively, and organized since at least 1973, when Siltronix, Browning, and others started marketing "VFO-sliders" for CB's. Then when Yaesu released the FT-101, with 11m built-in, the whole 11M band finally went to hell in a hand-basket, and took 500 kHz either side with it. The Siltronix 1011A 100W SSB transceiver is today a much sought-after collector's item. Covered 26.5 through 29 Mhz. Was a CB version of a Swan 270. I recall seeing "Boosters", "Footwarmers", "Boomers" and similar amps back in the '60's. Ed - VA3ES > > > Twenty years of :Law Breaking" still does not make it RIGHT ! >
Re: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
Very FB Brian, We need more folks writing the FCC on these matters. Twenty years of :Law Breaking" still does not make it RIGHT ! About time we all stop saying sheesh ! Who Cares! es DO something. Tom - K0PJG - Original Message - From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:39 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales > Dear Riley Hollingsworth & FCC, > > Please look into these illegal companies and their activities. > > Two issues: > > 1 - CBR Electronics Inc. > > http://www.cbrelectronics.com/keydowns.html";>Click here: > keydowns.page > > 2 - E-BAY INC. > > Also eBay is running a lot of ilegal advertisements now! > > Take a look at these items currently selling now as we speak on > ebay.1375120931 , 1374519437 ,1374954044,1374119655 . > Also see: > 1374401241, 1374437180, 1374749715, 1374941097 > > These are ALL ILLEGAL CB amps being brazenly allowed by eBay. > They are not legal to be sold for amateur use either, since > they cover the 27-28 MHz bands which is against federal law. > > Others are telling me that eBay is now unwilling to take action > to remove such ads they are running for illegal amplifiers. > > Fraudulent sales of illegal equipment needs to be stopped! > > > > > ___ > AMRadio mailing list > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
Re: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
Why bother with this . FCC don't care , I don't care, Ebay don't care these amps have been for sale for the last 20 years & will always be .find something else's to do John
[AMRadio] Illegal 27 & 28 MHz amplifier sales
Dear Riley Hollingsworth & FCC, Please look into these illegal companies and their activities. Two issues: 1 - CBR Electronics Inc. http://www.cbrelectronics.com/keydowns.html";>Click here: keydowns.page 2 - E-BAY INC. Also eBay is running a lot of ilegal advertisements now! Take a look at these items currently selling now as we speak on ebay.1375120931 , 1374519437 ,1374954044,1374119655 . Also see: 1374401241, 1374437180, 1374749715, 1374941097 These are ALL ILLEGAL CB amps being brazenly allowed by eBay. They are not legal to be sold for amateur use either, since they cover the 27-28 MHz bands which is against federal law. Others are telling me that eBay is now unwilling to take action to remove such ads they are running for illegal amplifiers. Fraudulent sales of illegal equipment needs to be stopped!
