[Elecraft] JARD Technical Standard Certification Number for K3 orK3X

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

George,

Please feel free to cite the appropriate section from Title 47.

I may have missed something.

73 -- Lynn

On 1/7/2014 9:41 PM, george fritkin wrote:
> Lynn, I think you need a little brushing-up on the FCC regs
>
> George, W6GF
>
>
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> *From: * Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com>;
> *To: * <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>;
> *Subject: * Re: [Elecraft] JARD Technical Standard Certification 
> Number for K3 orK3X
> *Sent: * Wed, Jan 8, 2014 4:49:24 AM
>
> We've all got our copies of 47 CFR part 97 handy, right?  Every FCC
> licensee is supposed to have a copy of the rules for their radio 
> service...
>
> As best I can tell, in the U.S. there is no requirement for type
> acceptance for amateur radio transmitters, and as licensees in the
> Amateur Radio Service, we are solely responsible for our transmitted
> signals.
>
> Commercially made receivers require type-acceptance under 47 CFR part
> 15.  Manufactured or imported amplifiers must be certified, mainly
> insuring that they can't easily be used on Citizen's Band.
>
> Transmitters do not require type acceptance or certification.  We as
> licensed amateur radio operators are free to build or modify our
> transmitters at will.
>
> At least as far as I can tell.
>
> Good thing, or homebrewers and kit builders would likely need to send
> their radios to be certified.
>
> I don't know how other countries handle this, but maybe Japan has it 
> right?
>
> 73 -- Lynn
>
> On 1/7/2014 8:14 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> > Just like the FCC, they try to keep poor-quality transmitters off 
> the air in their country. That is a good thing.
>
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