The FCC Certified it, so who cares? If you spend all your time trying to figure out why our government has rules that it routinely ignores, you're going to drive yourself crazy.
The speed limit on the national highway system is 75mph. Yet the NTSB has no problem with manufacturers that sell cars that go twice that fast. Meanwhile, you're surprised that the FCC ignores the 15db gain rule? Really? Anyone could come up with a thousand examples. On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Brett Howard <br...@livecomputers.com>wrote: > Why be sorry I'm only wondering... I'd thought that over 15dB of gain > was against the rules. 10W is 40dBm thus +15dBm is 55dBm or a little > over 300Watts. > > Lyle's aforementioned 35 watts would be 45dBm +15 gives you 60dBm > which the KPA500 aint a gonna do... Guess the KPA500 is probably only > going to provide around 12dB of gain. While if your measurements are > correct the SPE Expert 1K-FA is giving you 17dB of gain. > > Not challenging you I was just wondering. > > ~Brett (N7MG) > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:58 PM, W4GRJ <w4...@satterfield.org> wrote: > > The Expert 1K-FA is FCC Certified.....maybe my meter is not accurate > > > > In any event, I am sorry I ever commented on this reflector with such > > responses. > > > > Jack > > W4GRJ > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
