On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 07:07:50 -0500, "Dee Flint"
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And the "legal no-no" (§97.315, §97.317) does not apply to homebrewed
amplifiers, which the item in question appears to be.
Amateur-to-amateur sales are also exempt.


Didn't the FCC change that in the last year or two? Since it didn't
successfully keep the amplifiers off the CB band anyway, I believe they
dropped that restriction.


§97.315 and §97.317 remain in effect.


Well it looks like that item (WT Docket 04-140) is still in limbo. Part
of
it does include changing the amplifier rules but it hasn't been
implemented.

IIRC, those rules date back to 1978.

They're a result of widespread use of external "linear" amplifiers by
cb and freeband users.

FCC thought that outlawing the manufacture and sale of such amplifiers
would
decrease their use, which is completely illegal. Of course no such
effect
occurred, and the manufacture, sale and use of such amplifiers by cb
and
freeband users continues even today.

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Yes, the reason and date are correct. There's an extensive discussion of
the docket on the ARRL website.

Because the current rules have not stopped the illegal CB use, the FCC
proposed to eliminate these restrictions but has not yet acted to do so.
The use of these amplifiers is already prohibited by the CB regulations and
the additional regulation had no impact since there was no significant level
of enforcement.

Reminds me of a state that hired a consultant to evaluate what new laws were
needed to reduce the number and severity of car/bicycle accidents. His
conclusion was that the state needed to enforce the laws already on the
books and that no new laws were needed.

the only p"problem" with your line of reasoning in this matter is that
it is in fact logical, and that the Govt is involved

to end the reg today would be an addistion in some eyes that the FCC
made a mistakes in writing them and no crat wants to admit a mistake
eiter his own or that of anynother crats lest he be denounced as
makking a mistake himself some day

the same reason keep in place the silly about rnage of conatct (being
100 or 150 miles I don't recall) on a band that can support long range
with breaking the other rules even I have borke that by accientedt
near the last peak thinking i was tlaking to someone around
springfeild (without checking it was ILLinois ) til is became clear
iit wasn't) thus breaking the rule

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE



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