Folks, lets end the argument portion of this thread. This is outside of the list guidelines (just reposted).
Keep it cordial. 73, Eric elecraft List Moderator www.elecraft.com _..._ On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Tim Tucker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]> 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:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
