[Elecraft] Six-meter scanning

[David Woolley (E.L)]

Wes Stewart wrote:
> There was some talk about it being an FCC limitation. However, (other
> than receivers that cover the cellular phone bands, with their own
> special limitations) the pertinent regulation seems to be covered in 47
> CFR 15.5 (definitions) where I read:

My understanding is that the problem is that they have to prove to the 
FCC that scanning is disabled outside the amateur band, and there is a 
cost in doing this.  I imagine they would have to repeat the process 
every time they issued new firmware.

> 


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