What's all the fuss about? Why did the FCC stop RFE from selling the
amps? Too much gain or too dirty or what?
And does the FCC really have a problem with kits per se? Or are these
kits for amps that don't meet FCC's certification requirements?
Michael
--- Jim Strohm <jstrohm@texas.net> wrote:
> Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com> says --
>
> >The only comment I can make about the RFE products is that they are
> for sale
> >"outside the U.S. only," and are clearly indicated for "export
> only," as
> >they are not FCC Certificated, they are not on the list of
> Certificated
> >equipment, they violate CFR47 Part 97 wording with respect to
> frequency
> >range, drive required and RF sensed keying, and may not meet Part 97
> >emissions standards with regard to harmonic and spurious signals.
> >
> >They were selling on the open market to U.S. hams, and the FCC cited
> them
> >for this several months ago, it was all written up in the Federal
> Register,
> >so it appears they have re-emerged as a "for export only" company
> per their
> >website.
>
>
> In an interesting twist, RFE claims on its website that CCI
> (Communications
> Concepts Inc.) has a "monopoly" on selling "HF leen-yar" kits in the
> US.
>
> A review of CCI's site reveals that they sell the kits not as
> "complete"
> kits, but as sets of kits. And they dodge the law by claiming the
> kits are
> for "prototype" purposes, and are sold without assembly instructions.
>
> The prices CCI charge for PCBs are almost obscene. I'd love to show
> up at
> Dayton with a truckload of allegedly surplus Motorola-badged boards
> tagged
> with the app note or engineering brief number only, and offer them at
> $10
> each, three for $25, 15 for $99, mix-and-match.
>
> Of course, I could never do that -- it would be a violation of the
> Circle M
> Ranch's trademark(s).
>
> Jim N6OTQ
>
> I wonder -- can RFE sell its kits to hams in Cuba?
>
>
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