NT2C wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:14 am
This is not anything really new, [...]
However, regardless of how much effort the FCC puts into enforcement on this, illegal is illegal and ZS rules on posts and threads containing such things will be enforced.
Yeah, I know this makes me unpopular with some members because of my rather zealous enforcement of such rules (sometimes in error, admittedly) but a mod's gotta do what a mod's gotta do and I'm the closest thing to a comms expert as we have on the mod team at the moment so it falls to me to do it.
Are you saying I posted something against ZS rules? Or that after October, posting anything about Chinese import radios will be against the rules? Is this another vague regulation enacted by a low budget, appointed authority?
You're right though of course, not new. How many years have Chinese import radios been sold in the USA? How many years have HAMs been regulated to operate within certain frequencies? How many years has this been a problem?
What is new is that lots of existing equipment being used legally, will now be illegal.
And I'm not even sure this is a thing anyhow because my Baofeng is listed as FCC part 90 Compliant and has an FCC-ID. There is a paragraph in DA 18-980 that says the radio must either be FCC complaint OR only operate within the specific bands for HAM. I was hoping for some clarification on that.
FCC wrote:Prior to purchase or operation, individuals should ensure that a device is either labeled as FCC-compliant -OR- operates solely within amateur frequencies
So if its marked part 90 compliant does that mean its 100% FCC compliant under FCC DA 18-980 since the words FCC compliant are marked on the radio?
And does 'operates solely' mean its capabilities of operation are limited by design, or it's actual use for TX is limited by the operator?
It's just not clear. F for effort though.
Please advise, thanks.