Ed wrote:

...
I'm pretty sure a ham CAN use a 5KW PA, as long as he limits the power
out to the maximum allowed under our FCC rules. Its not the hardware
that is not permited, its the actual power out that counts.

Ed K7AAT


I am fairly confident that is true, and running such a rig at an "idle"
would certainly guarantee a loooooong lifetime for the finals! ... but,
with lawyers, you never know.

Anyway, a paranoid ham can certainly keep one in the basement for "The
Big One!"

But, my post which started this thread was rather cryptic in its'
intent; and, in my haste I failed to make that intent obvious. I meant
to show what can be accomplished with censorship and why it is a most
diabolical and evil weapon. Especially since the censor can "load the
dice." A bully, a biased media, a pseudo-government entity--such as the
arrl, etc., when, in the background, attempts to influence the public,
that publics' options and access to ideas, well, this has always managed
to get my blood to heat.

One thing I like about the r.r.a.antenna news thread is that we have
"nuts" here, and sometimes that is exactly what is needed to seed new
ideas, designs, etc. Or, to go where no mind has gone before (or is
that StarTrek? grin)

Someone, somewhere, quite possibly from this group, will go to bed one
night, much like John Kanzius. That someone will awake during the
night, perhaps, and end up constructing the "new antenna" from his wifes
pie plates. It may "change things."

Well, at least I think that much more plausible then someone from
r.r.a.m (hey, is that a pseudonym for arrl? wink) awaking and saving
the world with their rig and moderated newsgroup! ;-)

Regards,
JS