Fanning the Flames of an Unstarted Fire
The opening post by TheLegacy contains confusion and contradiction which risks fire in an uncrowded theater.
We are talking about two different documents neither of which is linked until now, when I'll give you Michelle Bradley speaking for REC Network:
REC Network Statement RE: HR-583
It is important to understand that Ms. Bradley's Statement is NOT HR-583, which thus far has not been linked in this thread.
Ms. Bradley should be running things!
Thelegacy and her would make a great team.
"We all agree and have united together, and we all appoint you, TheLegacy, to contact Congress and the FCC on behalf of all of us!"
Darn right Mark me and Michelle could make things work but as I have stated before because of what OET (Office Of Engineering And Technology for those who don't know what OET means as when Station 8 mentioned he has talked with the Office of Engineering And Technology at an ALPB meeting no one knew what he was talking about). Anyways back to something I'm bringing up as I am a C-Quam AM Stereo user and advocate as a member of the C-Quam AM Stereo forum in which myself along side with some Album Rockers (WION in Ionia, Michigan) are working HARD to FORCE the reserrection of C-Quam AM Stereo as AM's last and final march before the green mile of Death.
Because in the OET bulletin which clearly says Home Brew and nowhere does it say a kit. Michelle's take was that unless that kit was certified technically its illegal but too due to AM's dying status she thinks the FCC won't go after me for my C-Quam AM Stereo transmitter and guess what... They came to my house for a second time in 2019 with my C-Quam AM Stereo running, my promotion for C-Quam AM Stereo running every so often and they didn't even knock on the door to talk with me. They walked RIGHT up to the antenna then my wife said she saw them get out something she doesn't know what a field intensity meter looks like but from what she describedd that was what it was. They took the box with them and followed a straight line to the left of the antenna and stopped and then took off down the road and they never came back. So obviously Michelle was right. So its C-Quam all day long but why her stance that we can't no longer talk about the ASMAX2 transmitter is beyond me. I didn't get in trouble so why the ban on it? Why the concern? Well we'll just see at the C-Quam forum what Greg Bushwald an advocate for C-Quam's return thinks of this because if the FCC can come to my house and see I'm using a C-Quam transmitter and to the best of my knowledge unless Procaster or Rangemaster has prototypes of C-Quam transmitters it sold to only a few vast members that should have cleared that all up.
She said that you can't discuss the ASMAX on the forum because it's not certified and I think she has a rule that an uncertified transmitter can't be discussed or offered for sale.
Can't that transmitter also exceed 100mW?
But you can see from the visit that the FCC cares most about interference and field strength, even more than a ground lead length.
How very true. Because I can already tell you well I probably won't go into it. The point is that you're right about the ground lead rule.
I'm not about running gobs of power versus a good antenna that is sufficient. That's another reason I'm thinking about putting my antenna and transmitter on a boat because you're making it more efficient and us getting the range without trying to overload someone's radio.
To answer your question I did find out that if you run about 24 volts instead of 12 as a power supply because the European model is the same exact transmitter then yes you could potentially run over a hundred milliwatts. But to make things equal you can make any transmitter go over the limit by doing the same thing. But you would risk burning out your transmitter if the parts are not meant for that kind of power do you see what I mean? All things equal.
ANSWER TO THELAGACY ABOUT MICHELLE: She doesn't want talk about those things because of the nature of the business she is in. She has a very good reputation in front of the FCC and does not want that reputation sullied unnecessary chat about uncertified devices. Why invite the referee into the game?