"Richard Cranium" wrote in message
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"Jerry Oxendine" wrote in message
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"Richard Cranium" wrote in message
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(twistedhed) wrote in message
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You are being targeted for busts in 2004. You keykweenz are going to
get nailed. Read below and get ready to feel the heat. We can't wait
to post the FCC notices on the NG, it will be great fun.
Make certain to laugh when one of your ham friends goes down, too. We
might believe that you're unbiased if you do so. (that'll be the day!)
FCC rule 2.815(b): After APR 27, 1978, no person shall manufacture,
sell or lease, offer for sale or lease (including advertising for
sale or lease), or import, ship, or distribute for the purpose of
selling or leasing or offering for sale or lease, any external radio
frequency amplifier or amplifier kit capable of operation on any
frequency or frequencies between 24 and 35 MHz.
Signed,
Your Losers and Faggots, the AKC
Equipment in and of itself and mere possession of such equipment is
not illegal. Only certain uses of some equipment can be considered
illegal. No matter what you would like to believe.
I could have an entire house full of amplifiers and the FCC couldn't
touch them without presenting PROOF of illegal use. Read the CB rules,
Yes, (I'm not part of the antis-) you can have lots of illegal amps and
not
get cited. And you could "collect" them on a shelf to keep forever. If
you
have not committed some *other* infraction, then it is a moot point.
You
have to do something to get FCC's attention
to start with. Then the rules (Rule 10 and 11) apply and *could* cause
you a
'rathuh sticky wicket, eh wot" as the old Brit aristrocrats used to say.
And the rule (and it has been quoted many times) states as follows:
RULE 10 - Power Output
{A} Your CB station transmitter power output must not exceed the
following values under any conditions:
AM [Amplitude Modulation] - 4 watts carrier power [CP]
SSB [Single Side-Band] - 12 watts peak envelope power [PEP]
{B} If you need more information about the power rule, see Part
95/
Subpart E.
{C} Use of a transmitter which has carrier [CP] or peak envelope
power
[PEP]in excess of that authorized voids your authority to operate the
station.
RULE 11 - Linear Amplifiers
{A} You may not attach the following items (power amplifiers) to
your
type-accepted CB transmitter in any way:
[1] External radio frequency [RF] power amplifiers, also called
linear
amplifiers, or linears;
or
[2] Any other devices which, when used with a radio transmitter as
a
signal source, are capable of amplifying the signal.
{B} There are no exceptions to this rule and use of a power
amplifier
voids your authority to operate the station.
{C} The FCC will presume you have used a linear or other external
[RF]
power amplifier if-
[1] It is in your possession or on your premises; and
Make that AND (all caps), to be correct as per FCC Rule 95.411(C)
That means there must be additional legal evidence, not simply
possession. Something that Georgie-girl and DouGay deliberately will
not understand.
[2] There is OTHER EVIDENCE that you have operated your CB station
with more power than allowed by CB Rule 10.
{D} Paragraph C above in this section does not apply if you hold a
license in another radio service (HAM, etc.) which allows you to operate
an
external RF power amplifier.
So, you can see that it is Rule ll, sec 1 that could
bring about that "sticky wicket".
Not correct. BOTH sections have to be satisfied before any legal
infraction has been committed, not just one part. In fact, it's sec 2
that might be a "sticky wicket". Sec 1 has no teeth by itself.
By getting atten-
tion called to *some* other activities, those ampli-
fiers are now in FCC's headlights, so to speak, and
are in danger of being seized, or causing you a
fine. But, again, you are still right so long as you
don't call attention to those "illegal" radios/amps.
They could sit there forever----just as you said.
J
Yet you encouraged people to use amateur radios for their CB
operations just a while back, Jerry. Those radios put out way too much
power (100 watts PEP vs 12 watts PEP legal limit) and would cause even
more interference if people took your advice!
Would you point out where/when/how I encouraged the
use of Amateur equipment on CB? I simply don't recall
having done such--particularly since I never talk on CB
except very rare occasions. If you have the archival evidence, I would LOVE
to see it. I am not here to argue with you, just to set it straight and
will readily admit
it *IF* I said such a thing. Please provide the exact quote where I said
that.
The way I read the reg, again not to argue with you, there is nothing
illegal about having questionable (?) equipment
in one's possession. However, it states that if such equipment is found, it
will be assumed to have been used
in conjunction with your CB equipment. After all, FCC
doesn't go around looking for "illegal" equipment; as long
as it is not used (such as an amp), the question is moot.
How are they to know *if* you have such equipment? It
is not illegal until you USE it. Am I wrongly reading the
following section?
[1] It is in your possession or on your premises;
That, of course, is predicated on "OTHER" evidence which, I am thinking,
would be the use of a CB set with
an amplifier. If they have this "evidence". it would be in the form of DF,
spectral analysis, or other monitoring, in
which case, is the "other evidence" that, IMHO, is meant
by the additional paragraphs. Someone else have a better take on this?
Jerry