Folks, lets end the argument portion of this thread. This is outside of the list guidelines (just reposted).
> The FCC Certified it, so who cares? If you spend all your time trying to
> figure out why our government has rules that it routinely ignores, you're
> going to drive yourself crazy.
>
> The speed limit on the national highway system is 75mph. Yet the NTSB has
> no problem with manufacturers that sell cars that go twice that fast.
> Meanwhile, you're surprised that the FCC ignores the 15db gain rule?
> Really? Anyone could come up with a thousand examples.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Brett Howard <
[hidden email]>wrote:
>
>> Why be sorry I'm only wondering... I'd thought that over 15dB of gain
>> was against the rules. 10W is 40dBm thus +15dBm is 55dBm or a little
>> over 300Watts.
>>
>> Lyle's aforementioned 35 watts would be 45dBm +15 gives you 60dBm
>> which the KPA500 aint a gonna do... Guess the KPA500 is probably only
>> going to provide around 12dB of gain. While if your measurements are
>> correct the SPE Expert 1K-FA is giving you 17dB of gain.
>>
>> Not challenging you I was just wondering.
>>
>> ~Brett (N7MG)
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:58 PM, W4GRJ <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> The Expert 1K-FA is FCC Certified.....maybe my meter is not accurate
>>>
>>> In any event, I am sorry I ever commented on this reflector with such
>>> responses.
>>>
>>> Jack
>>> W4GRJ
>>>
>>>
>>
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