"Leland C. Scott" wrote in message
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The FCC also has proposed essentially eliminating its rules prohibiting
manufacture or marketing of Amateur Radio Service power amplifiers capable
of operating between 24 and 35 MHz. Originally put on the books in 1978 to
keep high-powered amateur amplifiers out of the hands of CBers, the rules
now "impose unnecessary restrictions on manufacturers of Amateur Radio
equipment and are inconsistent with the experimental nature of the Amateur
Service," the FCC said in its NPRM. The Commission noted that its Part 95
rules governing the Citizens Radio Service already prohibit use of external
power amplifiers with CB equipment, which must be FCC certificated.

The Commission further proposed amending §97.315, "Certification of external
RF power amplifiers," and §97.317, "Standards for certification of external
RF power amplifiers," of its amateur rules "to clarify and simplify the
exceptions in our rules." The FCC also wants to eliminate §97.3(a)(19),
which defines an external RF power amplifier kit, "because of the
uncertainty created by this rule."