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January 7th 06, 01:27 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc
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(§97.315, §97.317) still in effect
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Dee Flint wrote:
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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.
Layers of laws, but no enforcement. Why is it that I could walk into
any interstate CB shop and see this stuff, but the FCC can't?
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