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Don Bowey · October 23rd 08, 05:27 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors

On 10/23/08 8:46 AM, in article
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On Oct 23, 9:34*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
geek wrote:
Ebay doesn't care.

They have won in court against illegal knockoffs and counterfeit items and
is only recently banning ivory due to political pressure, not legalities.

This is sadly true. *Ebay does take illegal linears more seriously than
most things, but it's true that if a person is a big seller that makes
a lot of money for Ebay they seem willing to look the other way on just
about anything.

Anyways, why do you care? I know a tonne of DIY'ers capable of making
these that would exceed FCC and UL spec and they never had a ham
license.

Oh, I am sure they would exceed FCC specs... by about 996 watts.

The "Old Boy's Club" is gone, sorry.

That doesn't mean illegal activity should be condoned, sorry.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. *C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Well, It seems that most of the Hams are of the same mindset as the
average american public,"Whats in it for me",,Who cares..So ,it`s
illegal ,so what, ...Let me try to explain my position,, I worked hard
to get my license,60 tears ago, I have been able to use it to
contribute a small bit to society,to disaster communications, ,civil
defense,public service like phone patchs for American service men in
far away places etc,etc...The federal government does not OWE me a
license OR frequencies to operate on..At this point in time, with all
the sattelite and worldwide communications systems that we have in use
today, WHAT DOES HAM RADIO HAVE TO OFFER THAT THE WORLD NEEDS??
NOTHING,NOTHING...How long will we be able to abuse the system and go
un-noticed? If these bootleggers are allowed to mix their Illegal
junk in with bonafied ham radio , where is it all headed? look
around,You don`t see this.. ,FOR SALE: CB amplifier runs1000 watts on
citizens band,no license needed.You do see this.. HAM AMPLIFIER ,,ON
TEN METERS , runs 1000 watts output with 2 watts input...Maybe you
get it,maybe you don1t,,,who cares ,,,,my last post on the
subject ...W4PQW

There is a LARGE difference between (A) caring that CB is being used as a
illegal profit center and (B) feeling that I should share some guilt for it.

I got my first ham ticket in 53, but I haven't received any entitlement from
that. Do I get points for the length of time?

I feel more responsibility for seeing the illegal CB power Amp seller get
caught because I have a Commercial radio license (55), but I still feel no
guilt for the situation.

It's unfortunate for you that you do not see what ham radio has to offer.

I suspect you spend a lot of time on 2M.