>From the measurements made by ARRL of consumer products show that the vast
>majority of products that claim to follow the rules actually do follow the
>rules.
The two exceptions have been some of the battery chargers and power supplies
imported from various countries and, of course, the grow lights ARRL recently
tested.
FCC does do some spot checking, but mostly in response to complaints.
Yes, the rules permit rather high levels of noise. If hams have S9-ish
interference from a neighboring house, it is likely that the device does not
meet the rules. When ARRL receives those types of complaints, we often
purchase one of the units in question and make measurements and, if there are
emissions-limit violations of more than the few dB of measurement uncertainty
we have, we file formal complaints with the FCC.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Laws [mailto:plaws0@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:55 PM
To: Hare, Ed W1RFI
Cc: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] ARRL to FCC...
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Hare, Ed W1RFI <w1rfi@arrl.org> wrote:
> The FCC has already outsourced certification to the TCBs, Peter. Can you
> elaborate a bit more on what additional outsourcing you think is possible?
>
> Ed, W1RFI
Someone in the thread seemed to think the FCC should be doing the inspections
and on a large scale. Not gonna happen, as you know, and if it did it would be
contractors, not the FCC ... just like it is with whatever testing is done now.
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Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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