Scoot NF3I wrote:
> As I understand the rules, it's OK to sell amplifiers so long as they
> are cut off from operation above 22 MHz.
Well, I think the rules actually prohibit the sale of amplifiers intended
for use below 144MHz without a grant of type acceptance. You can't just
build an amplifier that only works to 15m and sell it without type
acceptance. It just so happens that one of the conditions of type
acceptance has to do with gain above 22MHz.
> ...This to prevent CB operators from buying them (as if they can't find them
> anyway...they buy crap, and we can't find anything decent)...
>
> This same rule prevents companies from being able to (legally) sell 6m
> amps or kits for them without type acceptance, which may cost thousands
> of dollars to obtain. It's be OK if you were to sell 10,000 amps at a
> profit of $50 each, but if you're gonna sell maybe 100 of them at $30
> each, the $3,000 cost of getting type acceptance makes it infeasible.
Do you know anyone that has actually had a 6m amplifier type accepted?
If I read the rules correctly, it is essentially impossible to get a
6m amplifier type accepted; the ones for sale now are covered under the
grandfather clause in Part 97.
There are exceptions to the type acceptance requirement that allows
amateurs to do commerce in non-TA amplifiers, and build/modify a
limited number of them.
Dana K6JQ
Dana@Source.Net
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