Hi Phil, The following is a direct quote from an email sent to me by Ed Hare, W1RFI, on December 5, 2002 regarding my questions on Part 15 rules as applied to amateur radio equipment. Ed is the ARRL's laboratory manager and heads up much of their work on BPL. He also confirmed this at the time with Chris Imlay, chief FCC counsel for the ARRL.
Ed stated in his email, "Part 97 equipment does not have to be FCC Certificated, with the exception of HF amplifiers. Much of the VHF equipment that we see with FCC ID numbers is also a scanning receiver, so needs to be Certificated on that basis. If this is a Part 97 transmitter, and do note that a number of them do indeed transmit somewhat outside the ham bands, no Certification would be necessary." 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President FlexRadio Systems 8900 Marybank Drive Austin, TX 78750 Ph: 512-250-8595 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flex-radio.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip M. Lanese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 7:14 PM > To: Gerald Youngblood; 'Jim Lux'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FCC equipment authorization > > Gerald & Jim > > The SDR-1000 may require certification as a Part 15 Class B > unintentional radiator because of it's connection to > computing equipment, its use in home environments, the > transfer of digital control data back and forth between a > computer and devices within the SDR that the FCC may > interpret as digital and/or auxiliary computing equipment. > > " > FCC Part 15 Subpart B is for unintentional radiators. The > category of unintentional radiators includes a wide variety > of devices that contain clocks or oscillators and logic > circuitry but that do not deliberately generate radio > frequencies emissions. Among the common unintentional > radiators are personal computers, peripherals, receivers, > radios, TV sets, and cable TV home terminals. > FCC Part 15 Section 15.101 has a very informative table for > unintentional radiators. Two levels of radiation and > conducted emissions limits for unintentional radiators are > specified in FCC Part 15 Subpart B. The two levels are Class > A digital devices, the higher less strict limits, and Class B > digital devices, the lower more strict limits. Manufacturers > are encouraged to meet the Class B digital device limits. > " > > The TCB (Telecommunications Certification Board) personnel I > spoke with today recommended very careful reading and > interpretation of the Part 15 regulations (and cross > references) as applied to digital devices. > > Phil, K3IB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Youngblood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Jim Lux'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FCC equipment authorization > > > > Jim, > > > > The SDR-1000 is sold as amateur radio equipment under Part > 97 FCC rules. > > The fact that is an intentional radiator for the amateur > radio service > > places it under Part 97 and NOT Part 15 rules. The SDR-1000 is not > > type approved so it is NOT licensed for commercial use outside the > > amateur radio bands. > > > > 73, > > Gerald > > > > Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Lux > > > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:42 PM > > > To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > > > Subject: [Flexradio] FCC equipment authorization > > > > > > Is there a FCC authorization for the SDR1000? > > > Seems like it would be needed, since it's an intentional > radiator, > > > not just a bag of parts, etc.... > > > > > > > > > James Lux, P.E. > > >
