A good portion of the FCC rules is almost cut and paste from ITU standards which apply worldwide.
From: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6...@comcast.net> Reply-To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 01:02:44 -0000 To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: There is a pattern in the ROS signal when idling The problem is that the FCC regulations are overly complex and people need a specialized engineering background to interpret some of them. 99% of the licensees probably can't interpret every word in the regulations so they ask for help in this forum when something is not clear. 73, John KD6OZH > > ----- Original Message ----- > W2XJ wrote: >> > Skip >> > >> > An FCC staff member told an interested group at >> > Dayton that if they were qualified to hold their license, they should have >> > the ability to read and interpret the rules and figure it out for >> > themselves. > > That's what the old Radio Communication Agency used to do in the UK as well. > > The problem then was that some people thought they had the authority to > tell other Radio Amateurs what they could, and could not, do.
