[RFI] ARRL to FCC...

[David Cole]

Mike,
Respectfully no one is trying to flush out an entire process down to a
budget level here-- but you, and then only to shoot down an idea...  

I think that the spot check idea is a fine idea... I also think that
with sufficient thought it might even be doable!  

It is so easy to wait for someone to suggest something, then shoot it
down...   

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On Sat, 2014-03-29 at 19:33 -0600, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> How many people in how many locations will be needed to spot check all 
> these items entering the country? Who exactly will be paying for this?
> 
> The other problem is that the maker has no clue who is buying their 
> crappy light bulb or ballast.  Are we now going to have to give our 
> names and contact information for every item we buy so that in the event 
> something goes wrong chinafacturing can contact us all so they can 
> refund our money for their crap or replace it?
> 
> Never ever ever going to happen.
> 
> Mike W0MU
> 
> On 3/29/2014 6:50 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
> > An occasional spot check wouldn't bring world commerce to a halt! If 
> > an item fails
> > and it's found that the mfr left out critical filtering components, 
> > the whole load goes
> > back to China.
> >
> > On 3/29/2014 3:43 PM, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >> On 03/21/2014 02:48 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> >>> Do you really think we need more gov't to be involved with inspecting
> >>> and testing EVERY item that is made so that it does not hurt people,
> >>> cause interference and on and on and on.  We would never see another
> >>> product brought to market.
> >>>
> >>> We don't live in a perfect world and expecting something like this with
> >>> a gov't that is 17trillion in the hole is crazy.
> >> Proactively having the government check everything does seem
> >> impractical, indeed.
> >>
> >> However, putting rules in place that oblige manufacturers
> >> and/or importers to replace faulty equipment at their expense
> >> (instead of stiffing the consumers) might be a good deterrent
> >> to people sticking FCC stickers on untested equipment...
> >>
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