Would you also need to mine the silicon for the transistor's and carbon for the 
resistor's to be compliant with 15.23?

Until and unless you have a written ruling, it is up in the air. The unnamed 
friend of a friend, or my buddy at the FCC is not a ruling. If your not 
marketing the device, 15.23 says your free to experiment with it as long as you 
are in good faith technical compliance with the rules.



Quoting Tim Pozar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>       15.23  Home-built devices.
> 
>       (a)  Equipment authorization is not required for devices
>       that are not marketed, are not constructed from a kit, and
>       are built in quantities of five or less for personal use.
> 
>       (b)  It is recognized that the individual builder of
>       home-built equipment may not possess the means to perform
>       the measurements for determining compliance with the
>       regulations.  In this case,the builder is expected to employ
>       good engineering practices to meet the specified technical
>       standards to the greatest extent practicable.  The provisions
>       of 15.5 apply to this equipment.
> 
> Of course 15.5 refers to "Thou shall not interfere and thou shall
> accept all interference".
> 
> It seems to me that this section refers to equipment that is not
> already certified since any equipment that is "marketed" needs to
> be certified.  Even "kits" need to be certified (15.25).  When I
> have talked to others "knowledgeable" in equipment certification,
> they seem to have the same interpretation.  It sounds as if using
> an AP that is certified would not be allowed to be mixed and matched
> outside of its certification.
> 
> If applied to what we are doing, it would seem that we would have
> to develop our own SS radios and antennas to take advantage of
> 15.23.
> 
> Tim
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