[TenTec] OT: RFI from Plasma TV?

Carter, K8VT k8vt at ameritech.net
Tue Nov 20 14:52:27 EST 2007


Ron Castro wrote:
> You're right!  Little of this stuff gets tested and the "self 
> certifications" are a joke.  Here is one of many articles about XM and 
> Sirius converters that put their signals on 88.1-88.9 MHz so you can pick it 
> up on your car radio.  Three quarters of the units tested violated FCC Part 
> 15 regulations with one of the units testing at over 200 times the legal 
> signal level!
>   
Well, we don't have anywhere enough inspectors to test the food and 
medicine coming in from foreign countries; why would we expect the FCC 
to have enough staff to inspect all the electronics coming into this 
country???


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