Hi Neil,
Although the example story deviation was excessive, I'm not
sure the citation would have actually stuck in a band where
wideband experimental amateur radio modes are allowed. The
results could have played out a number of different ways.
I have found cases where the inspection people were quite nice,
very smart and interested in making sure the spirit of the law
is pretty much in effect. I've also found cases where the
converse was the deal of the day.
The best thing one could hope for is to stay off the FCC's radar
screen by being realistic (not a division of Tandy Corportation)
and keeping your paperwork straight.
A lot of people will call upon the authorities to deal with a
problem and then act surprised when the inspectors also want to
check out the reporting parties equipment and licenses. Beware
of what you ask for the other person as it will surely also
happen to you...
cheers,
skipp
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>
> Quite a number of years ago, I knew of an FCC inspection of a
> repeater site in southern California - apparently the inspector
> didn't know what he was looking at.
>
> As the story went, he removed the output of the exciter to
> measure the RF power there ... The exciter consisted of a rack
> mounted Motorola U44BBT.
>
> I don't remember the rest of the story but the system owner got
> cited for excessive deviation - was running +/- 10 kHz or so.
> This was in the amateur band ... before most of the systems had
> gone to +/- 5 kHz.
>
> Neil - WA6KLA
>
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