Even the Elecraft 100 watt amps are integrated with either the K2 or K3 control logic so they cannot be used as a stand-alone amplifier with other transmitters.
The only reason I have ever seen from the FCC for the amplifier certification and 15 dB gain limitation is to discourage the CB 'bootleggers'. Certainly building a stable, clean amplifier that would take even a few milliwatts to 1000+ watts is a straightforward design exercise. There's no real problem with using more than one stage of gain if there was no 15 dB limit on the system gain. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Igor, I think, at least in part, the regulation is intended to make amateur amplifiers less attractive to users of the Citizen's Radio Service. Rather than being able to go from 5W to 1000+W with a single, relatively inexpensive amp, an amp to get from 5W to ~100W is needed in order to drive the KW amp.. And except for Elecraft, I'm not aware of any other 5->100W amplifiers. 73, Dave KQ3T ______________________________________________________________ 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
