Scott Dorsey
September 24th 06, 04:30 PM
Brenda Ann > wrote:
>"al goss" > wrote in message
>> type accepted means CB gear must be
>> not amateur radio gear.
>
>I think what people may be thinking about is that ham gear must be Part 15
>certified (for the receiver) if it's commercially built, whereas home brew
>gear need not be.
True, but Part 15 testing has nothing to do with type acceptance. AND,
amateur radio gear is still required to meet the Part 15 radiation
specifications even if the equipment is homebrew. You don't need to
send it off to a certification lab, but if you're radiating trash out
of band, you're in violation of the law.
I'll say that the broadcast service normally requires type acceptance
on transmitters as well, BUT there's still an exception for homebrew
broadcast gear... your local AM station can put a homebuilt transmitter
on the air as long as it meets the technical specifications and it has
a nameplate on the front stating that it was homebuilt. (The wording
required is quite specific but it's listed in Part 73.)
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>"al goss" > wrote in message
>> type accepted means CB gear must be
>> not amateur radio gear.
>
>I think what people may be thinking about is that ham gear must be Part 15
>certified (for the receiver) if it's commercially built, whereas home brew
>gear need not be.
True, but Part 15 testing has nothing to do with type acceptance. AND,
amateur radio gear is still required to meet the Part 15 radiation
specifications even if the equipment is homebrew. You don't need to
send it off to a certification lab, but if you're radiating trash out
of band, you're in violation of the law.
I'll say that the broadcast service normally requires type acceptance
on transmitters as well, BUT there's still an exception for homebrew
broadcast gear... your local AM station can put a homebuilt transmitter
on the air as long as it meets the technical specifications and it has
a nameplate on the front stating that it was homebuilt. (The wording
required is quite specific but it's listed in Part 73.)
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."