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RFID Transmitters,RFID and Environmental Issues, Wal-Mart and RFID: A Case Study
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Bill Turner wrote: ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ Ok Pollyana, let me spell it out for you: 1. You will begin transmitting a carrier on the RFID frequency as you previously stated. 2. WalMart will have their golf and drinking buddies in the FCC track you down. If necessary, WalMart will have a few senators and representatives nudge the FCC a little. In this case, "nudge" means "jump", as in "how high?". 3. The folks at the FCC will determine that you are causing deliberate interference, a very serious violation in their opinion. 4. Your license will be yanked. 5. You will take a second and third job to pay for lawyers to fight the *******s. You can't possibly earn enough so you go in debt to them as well. 6. You will lose anyway and now you will be in debt up to your ears. 7. You will find that being in debt to lawyers is especially not fun. 8. You will wish you had never heard of RFID. 9. You will wish you had listened to Uncle Bill when you had the chance. And that's the truth. Bill, W6WRT None of the above, could even happen, UNLESS the CongressCritters passed a Statute and it was signed by the President, to have the FCC CHANGE it's Rules on Part15 Devices, which by the way would take a MAJOR amount of time, as all these Rule Changes would be subject to NPRM Requirements of Part2 and the Federal CFR Publication Process. Your senerio is BULL****, and you wouldn't know the "Truth" if it bit you on your Prompus ASS. Ok SmartGuy, can you SHOW anywhere in FCC Records or Documents, where the Commission acted in violation of it's own PUBLISHED Rules, in ANY way similar to your above, BULL**** Senerio? No? Really, Hmmmm, wonder why that is? Must be your just full of it........ and just for your information, Field Operations doesn't work that way... Investigations don't happen, like your dillusional senerio..... Any good Communications Lawyer would blow the FCC out of the water, should they act contrary to there own PUBLISHED Rules, in any Federal District Court in the Land, should it ever get that far, and the FCC Legal Counsel knows that, and would never allow the Commission to get themselves in that situation, in the first place....... Where do you come up with this stuff..... Nightmares R US...... Me |
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RFID Transmitters,RFID and Environmental Issues, Wal-Mart and RFID: A Case Study
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Me wrote: #snip# In article , Bill Turner wrote: #snip# rather scary scenario ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ Ok Pollyana, let me spell it out for you: 1. You will begin transmitting a carrier on the RFID frequency as you previously stated. 2. WalMart will have their golf and drinking buddies in the FCC track you down. If necessary, WalMart will have a few senators and representatives nudge the FCC a little. In this case, "nudge" means "jump", as in "how high?". 3. The folks at the FCC will determine that you are causing deliberate interference, a very serious violation in their opinion. None of the above, could even happen, UNLESS the CongressCritters passed a Statute and it was signed by the President, to have the FCC CHANGE it's Rules on Part15 Devices, which by the way would take a MAJOR amount of time, as all these Rule Changes would be subject to NPRM Requirements of Part2 and the Federal CFR Publication Process. Your senerio is BULL****, and you wouldn't know the "Truth" if it bit you on your Prompus ASS. Ok SmartGuy, can you SHOW anywhere in FCC Records or Documents, where the Commission acted in violation of it's own PUBLISHED Rules, in ANY way similar to your above, BULL**** Senerio? Well, I read through the ARRL's FCC Rulebook last night, looking at their definitions concerning interference and use of frequencies. The FCC Part 97 regulations never use the word "deliberate" with regard to interference at all! They use the words "willfully or maliciously", which are similar but not quite the same. I think Bill's scenario (which assumes a significant amount of political collusion) is somewhat overblown, at least to the extent that I can't see any evidence in the records that any case such as he suggests has ever actually been prosecuted by the FCC. On the other hand, this fact doesn't mean that an amateur operation who deliberately set out to knock out Wal-Mart's Part 15 system would not be subject to (legitimate) discipline under the current FCC rules. As I see it, there are several issues here. One issue is that of "who has authorization to use these frequencies, under what conditions, for what purposes, with what protections?". On that basis, the use of (e.g.) certain 2.4-gig frequencies by an amateur radio operator, for legitimate amateur-radio communications purposes "within the rules", certainly trumps any Part 15 applications. The ham is not, however, allowed to just run wild on the airways. The ham must comply with the FCC rules. Among the rules which appear relevant in this case: §97.101 (d) No amateur operator shall willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communication or signal. This is clearly a question of intent, not of effect. If your intent in transmitting is to interfere with "any radio communication" - if you're transmitting only for the purpose of jamming someone - then you're breaking the rules and can be disciplined. On the other hand, if the interference is a side effect of your otherwise-legitimate transmissions on a band for which you have primary privileges, and the interfered-with party is a Part 15 user who "must accept any interference", then as far as I can see you're not obligated to either shut down or take action to mitigate the interference. 97.313 (a) An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications. Simply blasting away with 1500 watts to reach somebody across town wouldn't be reasonable. On the other hand, 1500 watts in an EME setup would probably be reasonable, as long as the antenna system and beam shape don't expose anyone to excessively high levels of RF. So, I think it's likely to come down to the ham's being able to show that his/her transmissions are part of a legitimate process of communication with one or more other hams (i.e. that they are not _intended_ to cause interference) and are otherwise in compliance with the FCC regs and good amateur-radio and engineering practices. If this is the case, the FCC is unlikely to be able to show good cause to take action against the ham. On the other hand, if a ham is simply keying up and transmitting a high-power carrier, for no reason tied to any actual legitimate amateur-radio purpose (communication, technical study, experimentation, etc.), then the question of the ham's intent in doing so would arise, and the ham might be charged with "wilfully or maliciously" interfering with other radio communications. Now, the FCC *could* choose to invoke 97.27, which allows them to modify a station grant and place restrictions on it (e.g. limits on operating hours, frequencies, modes, transmitter power). Such modification-of-grant rules seem to have been put into place back in the early years of television, in order to enable the FCC to restrict some TVI-causing ham stations during prime television-watching hours. The rule requires that the FCC determine : (1) That such action will promote the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or (2) That such action will promote fuller compliance with the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or of any treaty ratified by the United States. The FCC has to make determination, issue a modification order in writing, and give the ham 30 days to protest the modification, before the terms of the modification can take effect. It'd be interesting to see whether the FCC were willing to go on record (in public and in writing) in an assertion that unclogging Wal-Mart's Part 15 RFID system was necessary to promote the *public* interest, convenience, and/or necessity. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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RFID Transmitters,RFID and Environmental Issues, Wal-Mart and RFID: A Case Study
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On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:31:25 GMT, Me wrote: Ok SmartGuy, can you SHOW anywhere in FCC Records or Documents, where the Commission acted in violation of it's own PUBLISHED Rules, in ANY way similar to your above, BULL**** Senerio? ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ Certainly I can. And you can too if you like. For example, try getting the FCC to shut down a 500 KV power transmission line because it's interfering with your ham radio communications. This has been tried and the FCC's response is "That would not be in the public interest". This actually happened. A clear violation of the rules, but he who makes the rules can also violate the rules. And the word is spelled "scenario", DumbGuy. Bill, W6WRT |
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RFID Transmitters,RFID and Environmental Issues, Wal-Mart and RFID: A Case Study
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Bill Turner wrote: Certainly I can. And you can too if you like. For example, try getting the FCC to shut down a 500 KV power transmission line because it's interfering with your ham radio communications. This has been tried and the FCC's response is "That would not be in the public interest". This actually happened. A clear violation of the rules, but he who makes the rules can also violate the rules. And the word is spelled "scenario", DumbGuy. Bill, W6WRT Well lets look at the case sited. 500KV Powerline is not in and of it self a Licensed User. Their emmissions come under Part15, and what "Proof" was submitted to the FCC that the PowerLine was the cause? Power Companies, in general, are required to maintain their systems so as to eliminate emissions, when they interfere with Licensed Radio Services. They are required to replace insulators that are bearking down and flashing over causing radiated emissions. These type of issues are handled by the FCC every day, and I have PERSONALLY dealt with this type of regulatory issue, many times, just like the neighbors Fish Tank Heater causing Pink Noise from 10Khz on up to 25Mhz. There are Case Files where the Commission has levied fines to Power Companies for not replacing failed Insulators that caused MF/HF Interference. One of the best ones, I remember, was a regional Power Company was issued a $10K Notice of Forfiture for repeated failure to eliminate interference from a line that passed a USCG MF/HF CommSta, after repeated Notices of Violation. The CEO was named in the Notice, Personally, and he was given 10 days to reply, and if he didn't the Federal Marshal would be knocking on his door, with a Warrent, signed by the local US District Attorny. That got the CEO's attention and the insulators were repaired in quick time. No more interference. USCG Base Commanders bloodpressure returned to normal, and his mumbled threat to shoot every bad insulator, was completly forgotten. Billyboy, you seem to have issues with Federal Regulators that go far beyond the scope of this news group. They have medication, that is helpful in such situations. Have you looked into this for your Health? Me |
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RFID Transmitters,RFID and Environmental Issues, Wal-Mart and RFID: A Case Study
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:32:42 GMT, Me wrote:
Well lets look at the case sited. You dunnit again. Are you grammar impaired? The word is "cited". How can you be a jailhouse lawyer if you can't speeka da Inglish? snip 500KV Powerline is not in and of it self a Licensed User. Blah, blah, blah, etc, etc, ad nauseam. snip Like most jailhouse lawyers, you do not realize what is possible and what is not. The FCC makes the rules, the FCC can break the rules. They would of course call it "interpreting" the rules. snip Billyboy, you seem to have issues with Federal Regulators that go far beyond the scope of this news group. They have medication, that is helpful in such situations. Have you looked into this for your Health? Yes I have. Jim Beam is my favorite medication and makes annoying little ankle-biters like yourself easily tolerable. I'm sure you are aware of it because your original post about what a great idea it would be to jam WalMart showed signs of over-medication. snip Me Did you create that sig all by yourself? Perhaps you called in a consulting firm? Bill, W6WRT who did create his own sig after only a few weeks |
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