RadioBanter - View Single Post - is an STA needed to transmit data on CB channel 40?

June 20th 06, 04:36 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

wrote:
All,

While I am more than willing to test this setup out for my brother on a
pair of CB radios, I told him I might need an STA from the FCC to
communicate data on CB channel 40. He tells me that in an emergency,
anyone can use any frequencies they want, any power, any mode. I told
him true, but that does not help me as an OEM getting fined for testing
out an emergency scenario in a nonemergency situation.
STA are temproary and not supposed to be granted for perment possible
ops the people ask in this case would the FCC iself but I an STA would
allow protype testing and such but deployment authoity would need some
mondo rulling to be legal