LINEARS?
ARE THEY BAD?? BY 101
WELL.........LETS TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE.........
TO THE GUY WHO KEEPS A COPY OF PART 95 NEXT TO HIS
REALISTIC NAVAHO AND SPENT ALL DAY MEASURING HIS ANTENNA AND MAST TO MAKE SURE THE HEIGHT DIDNT EXCEED 60 FEET AFTER HE PUT IT UP,THE WORD "LINEAR"IS PROBIBLY IN THE SAME
LEAGUE AS THE WORD"SATAN" AND ANYONE WHO WOUID USE ONE OF THESE EVIL DEVICES ARE SURE TO BURN IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY.........

FOR THE REST OF US,THEY ARE A  COLD FACT OF LIFE....
BACK IN THE 70'S WHEN THE F.C.C HAD TEETH THEY DID GO LOOKING FOR TROUBLE,AND THEY MADE MORE THEN ONE SWEEP
THROUGH MY AREA IN NEW JERSEY.

AS THE 70'S TURNED IN TO THE 80'S AND THE COMMISSION GOT MORE AND MORE UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED
REPORTS OF F.C.C RAIDS FADED AWAY
ABOUT THE WORSE THAT DID HAPPEN WAS THAT YOU MIGHT GET
WHAT WE CALLED THE"VARICK STREET SCARE LETTER".
IT CAME TO YOU FROM THE F.C.C FIELD OFFICE AT 201 VARICK STREET,NEW YORK CITY AND IT CAME REGISTERED MAIL.
THE LETTER OUTLINED THE POSSIBLE FINES,UP TO $50,000
IF I REMEMBER RIGHT,AND THAT A F.C.C FIELD AGENT WOUID BE VISITING SOON.......
A REGISTERED LETTER FROM A GOVERMENT AGENCY WAS ENOUGH TO SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF MOST PEOPLE,SO IM SURE THIS WORKED VERY WELL,AND I DONT REMEMBER EVER HEARING THAT THEY ACTUALLY EVER DID SHOW UP.

WE HAVE HAD IT PRETTY SMOOTH THESE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO,
FREE TO PURSUE OUR HOBBY IN REALITIVE PEACE,AS LONG AS WE DONT BOTHER ANYONE ELSE WHILE DOING SO,
THE ONE EXCEPTION I KNOW OF,
AND IM SURE MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE READ ABOUT IS THAT GUY"WILLIAM FLIPPO" OUT OF JUIPTER FLORIDA,
THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE A FULL BLOWN FUCKING LUNITIC WHACKO
AND IF I HAD HIM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
ID BE THE FIRST ONE TO PUT HIM OUT.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE MY GROWING UP DAYS IN THE 70'S
CABLE TELEVISION IS EVERYWHERE,TELEVISIONS ARE MUCH TIGHTER WHEN IT COMES TO FILTERING,ALL THOUGH
SOME OF THE REALLY SHITTY CORDLESS TELEPHONES ARE PRETTY BAD,AND MAKE GREAT 11 METER RECEIVERS
FOR THE MOST PART WE'VE GOT IT PRETTY GOOD AS LONG AS,LIKE I SAID BEFORE WE DONT BOTHER ANYONE ELSE WHILE DOING SO.
THATS WHY I HAVE ALWAYS STUCK TO TUBE AMPLIFIERS IN THE HOUSE AT LEAST.
GROWING UP THATS ALL WE HAD,TUBES ARE  AS A RULE MUCH CLEANER ON THE HARMONICS THEN ANY TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER
AND TO ME,A KID WHO GREW  UP UNDER THE LIGHT OF A QUAD OF"8950'S OUT OF MY OLD MANS SKIPPER 300 PALOMAR,
TO THIS DAY,THERE'S STILL NOTHING LIKE IT.

AFTER THE PRICE OF SWEEP TUBES WENT THRU THE ROOF,I MOVED ON TO THE AMATUER AMPLIFIERS WITH RESONABLY PRICED GLASS
LIKE MY GONSET 101,SB-200'S AND 220'S ,A FEW DENTRONS,AND MY 2K CLASSIC "X" HENRY THAT I SOLD TO FRANK TRIPLE 8
NOW THESE ARE AMPLIFIERS!!!
AND BESIDES,WHO WOUID YOU WANT DOWN THE STREET?
A GUY ON A OLDER HF RIG BACKED UP WITH A TUBE AMPLIFER,
OR THE 19 YEAR OLD KID IN THE MOBILE HOME NEXT TO THE AUTO WRECKERS WITH HIS 2950 WITH ALL THE AUDIO CLIPPERS CUT OUT,AND HIS NEW PALOMAR 600 THAT HE GOT ON SALE FROM "H&Y" FOR $119.99 THATS POWERED BY THE BATTERY OUT OF HIS "83" TRANS AM?
RUN A CLEAN STATION,DONT BOTHER THE HAM OPERATERS WITH SPLATTER ON THE HF BANDS,
AND ABOVE ALL,BE NICE
NOBODY WANTS LISTEN TO SOME JERK BEATING ON HIS CHEST
WITH HIS "CHANNEL MASTER&TOWER OF POWER "BULLSHIT

THATS MY STORY AND IM STICKIN TO IT

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