Hi Charles! For a US audience at least, this sounds like a conflation of two disparate concepts:
1) Radios offered for commercial sale generally require type acceptance but Amateur radio operators can use equipment which is not type-accepted (ie homebrewed) 2) There are certain services which are only authorized for noncommercial use (Citizens Band for example) Maybe what the speaker meant was; in the context of some coworkers who use business band radios out in the field, they can also talk to each other over FRS, as long as they keep those conversations personal in nature (not related to their work). In that sense the speaker is correct (they just used the wrong terminology)- you can use CB/FRS radios to talk 'non-business' topics, even with your co-workers. You can't generally use non-type accepted radios though, unless you happen to be an amateur who homebrewed one and are using it within the rest of the Part 97 requirements... -Ken A. On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:27 PM Grasso, Charles [Outlook] < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello EMC standards gurus!!! > > > > I am being told that the use of uncertified radios (think WIFi) in the > field is permitted > as long as there are no commercial transactions involved. > > > > This makes no sense to me. Am I wrong? > > > > [Working From Home] > > Charles Grasso > > Dish Technologies > > (c) 303-204-2974 > > (h) 303-317-5530 > > (e ) [email protected] > > (e2) [email protected] > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to < > [email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected]> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
