On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:59:35 GMT, "Guy P. Distaffen"
wrote:

"Al Klein" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:07:29 -0500, "Dr.Ace" wrote:

Home brew ham gear does NOT require ANY "type acceptance" at all..
Commercial ham gear must be type accepted.

There's no type acceptance for ham gear.

My understanding for the US, is that according to the FCC, if you sell
ham gear as a business, it has to be type accepted

There no FCC procedure for "type acceptance" of ham gear, so ham gear
can't *BE* type accepted.

There's certification for commercially produced ham gear, but that's a
totally different process from type acceptance, and it looks for
totally different things. Calling certified gear "type accepted" is
like calling a ham a CBer - using the wrong term (which seems to be
common practice in English for a couple of decades now)

Also, if you sell an amplifier as a business, it can't operate the 12 or
10 meter band. However, it can be modified to operate it

But not by something as simple as cutting a prominent wire that's
labeled "don't cut this wire". By changing capacitors and inductors,
yes - but that's home-brewing.

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:31:56 -0400, Al Klein
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:59:35 GMT, "Guy P. Distaffen"
wrote:

"Al Klein" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:07:29 -0500, "Dr.Ace" wrote:

Home brew ham gear does NOT require ANY "type acceptance" at all..
Commercial ham gear must be type accepted.

There's no type acceptance for ham gear.

My understanding for the US, is that according to the FCC, if you sell
ham gear as a business, it has to be type accepted

There no FCC procedure for "type acceptance" of ham gear, so ham gear
can't *BE* type accepted.

There's certification for commercially produced ham gear, but that's a
totally different process from type acceptance, and it looks for
totally different things. Calling certified gear "type accepted" is
like calling a ham a CBer - using the wrong term (which seems to be
common practice in English for a couple of decades now)


Agreed.

Also, if you sell an amplifier as a business, it can't operate the 12 or
10 meter band. However, it can be modified to operate it

But not by something as simple as cutting a prominent wire that's
labeled "don't cut this wire". By changing capacitors and inductors,

Hmmmm It took me about a minute to put mine on 10, but I knew what to
do and where to look. A couple of the older ones took a few minutes
more. I really wouldn't call it making a modification, BUT the gain
of those amps is limited so even if some one did put one on 11 they
wouldn't get much out driving it with 10 watts. Admittedly it'd be
more than the legal 5 watts though. OTOH it'd be like purchasing a 18
wheeler to drive the kids to school.

yes - but that's home-brewing.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com