"I didn't have to do anything special, Dave. I just typed in KE3 in the
grantee box and scrolled down the resultant list until I saw the full ID
number.
It was about 75% down the list if 116 items that KE3 has certificated.
Perhaps you simply overlooked it."
I look up FCC ID #'s, and grantee codes often, sometimes up to several
times a day. For at least fifteen years, I can tell you, more often
than not, you will NOT get a result with the full number, entered as
indicated.
Don't waste you time, life, breath, what-have-you, expecting it to work
right the first time, or at all.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes it does, and even then, may not work more
than once or twice in a row, or work again an hour, or day later, if
ever again. Why? No idea, other than it's something the FCC is running
as best they can.
I recommend the following:
I suggest using their "Advanced Search", which is labeled "generic" in
their own link:
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm
Enter the first three digits of the code.
If that ultimately doesn't work, enter the first five. Although there
was a change from 3 to 5 digits in grantee codes, the system doesn't
specify which codes, when, or to whom, and five-digit grantee codes on
devices are often written as 3, the "norm", then a hyphen, or not. To
make matters worse, some legitimate three digit codes were re-printed as
five on products. If three doesn't work, try five, and see what
happens, and good luck, you still may not get a result.
The rest of the code often doesn't work, even if you find it later, and
enter it as the FCC has it in their own database, provided to you. What
they say, think, tell, or show you, has nothing to do with you, what you
have, what you think, what to expect, what they'll do next, if at all,
ever, et cetera... You enter ABC 12345, no results. You enter ABC, and
they return ABC 12345, you enter again, since it's clearly there,
nothing. Copy and paste, nothing, try again later, maybe something, or not.
I recommend entering the first three digits of the FCC ID#, or grantee
code at the top, nothing more, setting the number of results to return
to something like 100, 250, or 500, and searching the results with
whatever "word find" you have, to find the rest of the unique code. For
my browser, it's Edit -> Find In Page.
If that doesn't work, go back, and try the first 5 digits of the code.
If THAT doesn't work, keep in mind, that for the past several decades,
the FCC doesn't list everything, and before a certain point, nothing at
all. Some time ago, the extent of the "code" on a device was
"Accepted", "Type Accepted", "FCC DATA #1" (guess how many items had
that?), or anything else on a product that suggested something. And
more often, more recently, they've been cutting deals with companies to
keep items unlisted, or worse, list the item, and provide nothing more
than a notice of confidentiality, so you know it's there, you're just
getting boned because some corporate flunky sent a form letter to the
FCC requesting they hide their product info, and a comparable FCC flunky
said, "OK".
Form letter? Yeah. In old records, you'd see a formally filed request,
and review, or hearing transcripts, with case response, as it's all
public record. Now, you'll see the same systematic documentation
process, with a fill-in-the-blank letter downloaded off the web,
sometimes only partially filled, but things like <ENTER COMPANY NAME
HERE>, <ENTER JOB TITLE> left on the form, missing signatures, companies
that don't exist, dates a few years into the future, partially completed
info, et cetera, followed by the FCC approval letter, and rubber stamp
watermarks. Dig around enough, and you may find some receipts,
'Confidentiality letter filed - Remittance $300 - Approved', or
something to that effect.
It's a real cluster.
Kurt
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