I made a phone call to double check if these were produced under license from Palomar and was told they had no connection to the units in any way. The oversize low profile heatsink is the same as well. The four stage power selector switch is also the same configuration of the original. The layout is the same as the amplifier built back in the 80s. The unit has the original negative feedback and lowpass filter circuits. This unit has 4 of these devices and is Class AB1 biased. This Cobra is a duplicate of the Magnum but with Motorola MRF 454 transistors, which are a true sideband device. And sellers appreciated having a name that commanded top dollar. In a black market, beggars can't be choosers, so many buyer went along and hoped they got the real McCoy. Many of these units created a mess on the air with all types of harmonics and distortion. They didn't incorporate the filtering and regulated biasing or even the logical layout of the originals. These counterfeit units were of inferior quality and design. Few people new the way to identify a counterfeit, was by the Palomar name still being displayed on it. They started to use the Magnum name alone as this was recognizable as their top of the line band. They didn't want to be dragged though court and defend the production of these amplifiers, even though they sold them to countries were they were legal. Very few people new that long before the bust they had come to an agreement with Palomar Engineers to no longer use the name even though they were the original holders of the name. They managed to get off with a small fine, and they don't ever want to go through that ordeal again.īefore and after the bust many linear manufacturers used the Palomar name for their products because it was the most recognizable for it's quality and performance. The Palomar folks no longer use the Palomar name or produce linear amplifiers since they were busted many years ago. It is a copy of the old Palomar Magnum linear amplifier. The heatsink and front panel layout looks very familiar. Because of this, the FCC determined that a $5,000 increase from the base fine was warranted and imposed a fine of $15,000.This is the other unit that my customer brought in for test. In this case, the local FCC office had previously sent two written warnings to the resident warning him that using an amplifier with a CB transmitter violated the Communications Act and the FCC’s Rules. The base fine for unlicensed operation is $10,000, and the FCC has discretion to increase the fine based upon the circumstances. to certificated CB transmitters in any way.” The FCC assumes that a person is using an amplifier if it “is located on the individual’s premises and if there is other evidence showing that a CB station was operated with more power than allowed by the Rules.” Under this test, the FCC found that the Oklahoma resident operated his CB station with the amplifier since the agent saw the amplifier at his residence and the signal coming from the home demonstrated “that his CB station was operated with more power than allowed by the Rules.” However, one of those rules is that “CB operators may not attach external radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers. The Communications Act of 1934 (the “Act”) prohibits anyone from transmitting “energy or communications or signals by radio within the United States except under and in accordance with the Act and with a license.” CB operators are not required to have a license because the FCC’s rules authorize their operation, but only where that operation otherwise complies with the FCC’s rules. The agent traced the path of the coaxial cable coming from the antenna, which led to a linear amplifier hidden behind a couch that was also “warm to the touch.” He showed the Enforcement agent the CB transmitter, which was warm to the touch, but not connected to the coaxial cable from the rooftop antenna. However, the occupant eventually appeared at the door. When the agent sought to speak with a resident of the house, the occupant initially refused to answer the door and another person told the agent that the resident was not home. The agent saw an antenna on the roof of the house, as well as a coaxial cable running from the antenna into the home. Last month, the FCC issued an NAL against an Oklahoma man for operating a radio transmitter from his home without permission from the FCC.Ī local FCC Enforcement Bureau agent using direction finding techniques detected strong signals coming from a home in Oklahoma.
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