Message from discussion Politically incorrect CB topics ...

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From: speig...@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Arlen Speights)
Subject: Re: Politically incorrect CB topics ...
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1992 05:22:03 GMT
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ikl...@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) writes:

>In article <1992Apr23.025656.13...@nmsu.edu> jslat...@kirk.NMSU.Edu (J Slatten) writes:
>>The talk is kind of quiet around here, so I thought I'd bring up some nasty  
>>words, bound to get my mailbox full of flames (which will be ignored).

>>1) "linear amplifier"
>Every country with CB has limits on transmitter power.  Any amplification
>above that point is illegal.  The FAQ has power limits for countries where
>residents have sent me the numbers: UK, Australia, Japan, France, and Germany.
>I had the numbers for the USA already, of course.

Well, to put in my two cents, I thought it was a bit odd to discourage
discussion of linear amplifiers simply because they're illegal.  Using
them, of course, IMHO should be discouraged, etc. but they seem to be
so ubiquitous, especially among truckers, that discussion of them would
seem to be a natural part of this newsgroup.  I've heard more channel
19 discussion of linear amps than otherwise, it seems.  Once while passing
a "Pickle Park" in mid- Virginia, I heard a trucker trying to sell a 150w
linear; a prospective buyer turned out to be transmitting from North
Carolina.  Sheesh!  It seems that the FCC could easily double its budget
by inspecting and fining freight trucks at weigh stations.  Of course,
they'd have as much surprise factor as D.O.Trans. inspectors and Smokies.

Arlen P. Speights