"I have a conference call set up for Tuesday with the FCC's OET and another department..."
May I suggest that unless this radio runs full duplex and is proven to have significant sensitivity, there is probably a more appropriate forum than the AMSAT-BB... One person's time/space consuming effort to ban foreign radio imports belongs on one of the Ham blogs, not here. Roger WA1KAT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbra...@earthlink.net> To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:21 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Illegal - for U.S. - Commercial Equipment > I have a conference call set up for Tuesday with the FCC's OET and > another department. We all can agree that "pure amateur radios" are > exempt from Part 97 certification procedures. But I will be > documenting - with facts and direct legal citations - whether or not > U.S. hams can use non-certified commercial gear (HTs that cover > 138-170 and/or 400-470) on the amateur bands in the U.S. > > I will not be reporting my findings here. I'll post it on my amateur > site's blog. And have been approached by two publications (well, two > print mags and one online mag) to write an article on this, which is > in the works. > > > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS > http://www.clintbradford.com > 909-241-7666 _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
