Michael, your message is full of gibberish.  Are others seeing the same
thing?  The email is difficult to read.



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Michael Thurman
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 1:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: big power

I hate that there are power limits, but at the same time i also think =
hat a lot of people use way too much. It is sad that on the lower bands =
when you have a perfectly adequate signal, they  say they  can=92t hear =
you but gov eyou a 59 and respond to everything yous ay proving they can =
eha ryou just fine, but don=92t want to talk to you because you are not =
40 over with no noise while they run attenuators and have their rf gain =
rolled back  to 10 O=92clock=85 and this happens a lot on 80 meters. i =
also hate that good amplifiers are so expensive. I do think hat if they =
are going to have rules that they need to be enforced however, and these =
guys running 15kw need to be shut down. Why would any legitimate ham =
ever need to own an amplifier capable of running 10 times the legal =
limit?
home brewers are fine, cause they obviously ar building for the =
pleasure, but someone who just goes out and drops 24 grand on a monster =
amp like ethat for amateur radio is beyond ridiculous in my opinion. you =
can=92t tell me that they spent tha touch money and neve rintend to =
operate over the legal limit.

On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don't know how they get away with running that much power unless the =
=3D
> powers that be really don't care. LOL=3D20
> Just like I think its silly for 2 guys to get on 20M and point there 5 =
=3D
> plus element mono banders at each other, maybe they're a hundred  =
miles =3D
> apart and run 1.5KW and plan a pizza meeting at a local restaurant. =
LOL=3D20=3D
>=20
> but that's just me. Up here in Newfoundland, there's a couple of =
locals =3D
> who check into the local 75M net running 1.5KW and they have a sort of =
=3D
> round table after and they're in a 100 mile radius of each other. =
(HIHI)=3D20=3D
>=20
> 73:=3D20
> Mike VO1AX=3D20