On 10/21/2017 1:28 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote: > The FCC (or was it ARRL) is doing a study/survey about the increasing > noise floor in the RF spectrum. It no longer surprises me that the floor > is rising when the US approval process is so lax.
It started going downhill when the FCC in its infinite wisdom (my employer at the time) decided to shift most of its responsibilities, including the equipment approval process, to the private sector. Depending on what the relationship between the testing lab and the manufacturer is, the testing may be above-board or just "stick on a label". Then we have the problem of the "laboratory queens" where devices submitted for testing are tweaked into compliance just for that purpose and they bear little or any resemblance to the devices shipped to the market other than cosmetic. The cheap-o Chinese radios are a prime example. The volume of electronic devices shipped from overseas has so overwhelmed both the FCC and the US Customs that they have stopped requiring and processing the former Declaration of Conformity (FCC Form 740) for importation. Enough ranting.... ---- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
