[Elecraft] [OT] Hilberling PT-8000 cancelled.

[Jon K Hellan]

drewko1 at verizon.net wrote:
> Sounds like they didn't piece off the right bureaucrats. It must take
> some serious bakshish to get a new product through that multi-country
> regulatory maze.

Well, products don't need certification at all in the EU/EEA, actually. They do 
need a declaration of compliance.

The Norwegian PTT tests selected products for compliance. In about 60% of the 
cases, the product is found not to comply, and is withdrawn from the market. If 
this is done promptly, there are no further consequences. I wonder how randomly 
they select products to test :-)

I do not believe the requirements are more onerous in Europe than in the U.S.

73
LA4RT Jon