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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Arv and all, I probably should not have started this.? Over the years this list has become almost like an online radio club to many, myself included, and it is easy to stray.? I read something that
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Doug W
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Re: Ideas for "bulletproofing" the uBitx
Then have fun! Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BITX20] Ideas for "bulletproofing" the uBitx The QRP-labs 10W IRF510 push-pull amp is extremely well
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MadRadioModder
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#85012
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Ubitx
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Bobbie Webb <bobbiewebb1@...>
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#85011
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Wonder what the OP intent was to post this on the BITX20 group?? This group is focused specifically (and loosely) on support for those who have purchased, or are considering purchase of, the BITX20
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Arv Evans
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#85010
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
I am far more concerned about big money buying congressmen than I am about some people getting a welfare check when they possibly should not. Agreed. Jack, W8TEE
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: Ideas for "bulletproofing" the uBitx
The QRP-labs 10W IRF510 push-pull amp is extremely well behaved. The raw parts cost for the qrp-labs amp would almost double with RD* parts. But yes, using the IRF510 does present more of a challenge
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Jerry Gaffke
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#85008
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Jack, I agree with you, there are poor people gaming the system. Just that I am far more concerned about big money buying congressmen than I am about some people getting a welfare check when they
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Jerry Gaffke
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#85007
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Jerry: Not true. I was listening to a Chicago radio station (WGN??) and a lady from WI called in. She said she was a high school graduate, 29 years old with 3 kids and a father who skipped on them.
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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#85006
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Jerry: If you're a 15 year old, there are options available to you that aren't available to you if you're a 40 year old unemployed coal miner. Perhaps the most under-utilized job vocational resource
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: Ideas for "bulletproofing" the uBitx
I¡¯ve designed several RD15/16 amps for the full spectrum 1-60 Mhz, and they work great at 13.8VDC. It¡¯s the sweet spot for the parts. The key to making these parts work right is the output
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MadRadioModder
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Here in the US, that would mostly be the rich. The poor can't afford lobbyists. Jerry, KE7ER
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Sketch too big
Old thread, and I see that Reed's code has been tweaked to fit into Nano even with the bloated 1.8.13; But cold rainy day, and I did mention using an Arduino Uno as an ISP yesterday; so gave it a
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Gary Anderson
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Hi Gordon: I was licensed in 1954 and my first transmitter was a two-tube affair I built with direction from my Elmer (Chuck Ziegler, W8FTQ, SK). I think it cost me 11 lawn-mowings to build! Jack,
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Bill: I agree. I, too, have donated equipment to some less fortunate people and am happy to do so. What I was saying was I don't want someone who is living on transfer payments going out and
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Jack, W8TEE <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
I have written about this subject on this forum and it would be redundant to repeat. The bottom line is: those who support the new fee should celebrate the opportunity to part with their money for a
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Dr. Flywheel
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
I think it cost proportionately much more to get the license when I started out. And the radios were far far far far far far more expensive back then. Therefore, I soldered my own together and learned
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Gordon Gibby KX4Z
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
It's all a matter of money. Ham radio doesn't have the money to fund a bunch of high priced lobbyists to grease the skids like, for example, the NRA has. Money talks. It's the Golden Rule...the guy
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Mark M <junquemaile@...>
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
I complain about almost every thing the Canadian government has done/is doing, however the lifetime no fee ham radio managing system is very nice and very surprising. The only thing missing
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Mick
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
I am vaguely remembering that before my time it was rather pricey to take an exam at fcc. In some nations only the well off can afford their fees. I don't like it!? could they wave the fee for folk
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Curt
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Re: FCC sticks it to amateurs - WARNING USA POLITICS
Hi Jack, Quite often people who are barely surviving and probably receive welfare and food stamps, etc..are gifted with used, working radios or have them on loan. I have helped pay the shipping of
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Bill Cromwell
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