On Nov 15, 2007 8:24 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't forget that, aside from CE marking, you are deemed to be techniclly > competent as an Advanced licence holder and can therefore build your own kit > and operate it within the terms of your licence. You are right in saying that > you can import your own kit for your own use and if you sell it, it is not as > a business for general sale of lots of these. > Coincidentally the December RadCom EMC column, page 43, has a discussion that is relevant to this.
It explains that the regulations apply to goods that are "placed on the market" or "taken into service". New goods sold commercially are "placed on the market" but (the article states) it is clear from examples like very noisy (and CE marked!) Chinese made switch mode wall warts sold on eBay that the local Trading Standards are doing nothing about enforcement (and from personal knowledge they have neither the manpower nor the technical competence to do so.) Second hand goods sold on eBay or at a flea market are not "placed on the market". However, the purchaser is "taking it into service" and therefore becomes responsible for its EMC compliance. Although, as you say, we as radio hams should be competent to decide whether our equipment meets the standards or not, the average person buying a wall wart battery charger or whatever certainly isn't. Therefore this whole CE marking busines seems to me to be a total waste of time, as it is either unenforced or unenforceable. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
