[Antennas] Re: FCC contact?

Mon, 4 Feb 2002 09:41:49 +0000 (GMT)

Hi Hue and the list,

Such phones would be illegal in the UK too. There is nothing on the
market which claims such range that I have seen. Even the cordless
phones on 49Mhz that you use in the US are illegal here. A colleague of
mine has had severe EMC issues with the second harmonic of one of these
which has led to accusations of "snooping on private phone calls" etc.
Such fun, huh ?
If the vendor of the ebay phones is in the UK, I will look in to it from
this side of the pond. 
GL
Steve
M0BPQ
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 [email protected] wrote:

> << What was the e-mail address to contact for the FCC regarding the 50 mile
>  phones?  Or any other major infraction for that matter?  I deleted the
>  message and cleared the delete box, hence gone forever... 
>  Kurt >>
> 
> I did something on this late lastnite. Let's see, i think in rummaging around
> Ebay, which is designed to make it not easy for you to actually contact 
> them, I found a link to FCC. I think i pursued the Innapropriate Products-
> Scanners and Cordless Phones series of pages, then there was a link to
> the FCC database of cerificated products. I did not find the 50-mile
> wonder listed there under CE 3-68 or CE 3-86 (both of which designations
> appear on the ad - typical semi-literacy). I found another link and sent 
> my information and query to something like [email protected].  Sorry i 
> don't recall more exactly- it was quite late at night and i was in a hurry
> plus being steamed about the issue. So, if my message really does get
> to the FCC, we shall see. The seller, who placed the ad for the cordless,
> advised me the 50-mile claim came from their happy customers. I rather
> doubt it was  base station to handheld, even using the base discone. The
> claim does say "air miles", so i think it was more like someone in an
> aircraft could pick up the base signal at 50 miles. By the way - the list
> of countries the seller ships to, seemingly does not include the USA -
> the countries list has something like United Nations - New York. What 
> a  game.
> The vending company seems to be U.K. based, but mails from 
> somewheres in the U.S.A. - which partly explains the belligerent 
> ignoramus attitude of the reply, which advised me i am a "jerk" 
> and "moron" for asking about the phone, and that i would be kicked 
> off AOL if i sent them "1" more note.  (Oh, fear! )  I invited them to
> forward my notes to anyone. So their legal acumen parallels their
> technical acumen.  Their militant ignoramus attitude only made me
> want to pursue this all the more. BTW, their ad seems to say 1-5
> miles in the city. I still suspect this is not above board, in terms of
> frequency or power level.
> Regards, Hue Miller KA7LXY
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