ARRL may initiate changing that law. Proud hams could drive that change.
With current LDMOS devices lots of money can be saved with one stage
amps. That change would accelerate switching from tube amps to
technically much more advanced LDMOS amps. Less energy consumption,
smaller shack space required. Another question is are there more hams in
USA or CB operators?
73, István ha4zd
On 04/04/2015 00:01, Oliver Dröse wrote:
> On a deeper level, to design an amplifier with that much gain is bad
design
Huh? Why is that, Joe? We now have devices capable of 22 or even 30 dB
of clean amplification. Why should we not use it? Just because FCC
does not allow it in the U.S.? I'm not bound to FCC rules and I'd
rather prefer to drive such an amp with 1 or 3 watts from the KX3 to
get 1 kW out than to cascade the transceiver with a driver amp and
then a final amp. Of course I'm just bound to German law which does
not contain any "stupid" (pardon me, but it is!) amplification limits,
just the maximum allowed power. How we generate it is up to us radio
amateurs overhere. That also means responsibility, of course. :-)
Happy Easter!
Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA
http://www.dh8bqa.de
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