[Elecraft] OT: CFR-97 Amateur Radio type acceptance
Phil Kane
k2asp at kanafi.org
Wed Jan 8 13:45:57 EST 2014
On 1/8/2014 12:43 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> This is spin off of the JARD certification thread. Regarding FCC
> type acceptance: CFR-47: 97.315
First of all, there no longer is such thing as "type acceptance". See
FCC Rules Part 2 Subpart J for current equipment authorization requirements.
External power amplifiers must be "certified".
> As a general disclaimer FCC regs are written legalese language which
> is almost impossible to completely translate to common language and
> logic.
I have no problem with parsing and understanding FCC Rules and
Regulations or the Communications Act and other applicable statutes,
having spent my whole professional career (at the FCC and in the private
sector) in reading, writing, interpreting, and enforcing them both as an
engineer and as an attorney. No different skills from those necessary
for designing and testing electrical/electronic circuitry.
> 97.315, b) Any external RF power amplifier or external RF amplifier
> kit...must be type accepted... This requirement does not apply if
> one or more of the following conditions are met:
Totally obsolete language. The current language regarding this matter
has been posted by others, and has been in effect since October 1998,
with minor revision in December 2006 regarding 10/12 meter band coverage.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
ARRL Volunteer Counsel
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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