[BC] Busted! (WAS:AM Radio Kit)

[Jerry Mathis]

On 2/4/06, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:
>
> 100mw sounds a bit high. Back in 1993, I calculated that 18.7nw into an
> isotropic antenna would hit the FCC limit for FM (see
> http://sujan.hallikainen.org/rw/insite/insite73.html). Also, transmitters
> that are sold are required to be certificated (see
> http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2006/15/201/). Further, only the
> antenna the manufacturer certified the device with may be used (see
> http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2006/15/203/).
>
> It sounds like you have a non-compliant device. Ramsey was recently fined
> for selling such devices.
>
> Harold
>
>
> Really, if you follow the FCC Rules for FM, you can't transmit beyond
about where you can throw a rock. They might as well ban it altogether and
save themselves the trouble. Why do they even have the Rules?


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JM