In that regard, a lot of folks seem to forget about a little item in Part 97 of the FCC rules:
Sec. 97.313(a) An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications. But then again, when I was a kid I remember my dad scratching his head in amusement over a couple of local fellow hams running their Collins kilowatts on AM... to talk across our small town. Guess things haven't changed much.... 73, Al On Wed June 22 2011 10:37:19 am Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > That's one of the nicest things about 30 meters: 200 watts maximum, no > matter what. So all these concerns are moot. > > I think it would be great if we had at least one MF Ham band with a maximum > power of 10 or 20 watts. (I'd promise not to gripe about the occasional > contest there, Hi) > > It's disappointing when I call someone on one of the QRP frequencies and > find out he's running a kilowatt. Happens all too often. > > Ron AC7AC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
