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Al Klein ) writes:
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:31:36 GMT, Simon
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Since when have CB amplifiers been recognised as boatanchors or is this
topic just spam from unthinking cross posting?


Running more than 4 watts on 27 MHz in the US has been illegal since
CB became legal here - 1961 IIRC. I don't know what the rules are in
Oz.


It's always been illegal, but the amplifiers could be sold. All those
"illegal for Class D Citizen Band use" in the Lafayette catalog on
the CB page decades ago were being sold for CB use. And those and the
more underground amplifiers is what brought about the FCC rule in
the late seventies that put limits on amateur radio amplifiers.
Previously it had been too easy to sell amplifiers that were clearly
intended for CB (the giveaways were the low drive requirements and
the frequency range that wasn't much beyond the limits of the CB band),
but sold under the guise of "amateur radio amplifiers". The new
rules of thirty years ago made all such amplifiers illegal.

Nevertheless, they have nothing to do with boatanchors. They are
made today, they likely don't use tubes, they are intended for CB and
not amateur radio, and likely I'm likely forgetting other reasons.

Michael VE2BVW

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Michael Black wrote:
Previously it had been too easy to sell amplifiers that were clearly
intended for CB (the giveaways were the low drive requirements and
the frequency range that wasn't much beyond the limits of the CB band),
but sold under the guise of "amateur radio amplifiers". The new
rules of thirty years ago made all such amplifiers illegal.

Nevertheless, they have nothing to do with boatanchors. They are
made today, they likely don't use tubes, they are intended for CB and
not amateur radio, and likely I'm likely forgetting other reasons.


Ten-Tec made an amplifier called the 405 for the Argonuat 505 and 509.
It's solid state but due to it's age may qualify as a boat anchor.
5 watts in 50 or so out.

Fairly rare due to the FCC rules, which BTW were dropped recently.

Geoff.

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