[Elecraft] OT: LED Light Bulbs

[Phil Kane]

On 10/21/2017 1:28 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote:

> The FCC (or was it ARRL) is doing a study/survey about the increasing
> noise floor in the RF spectrum. It no longer surprises me that the floor
> is rising when the US approval process is so lax.

It started going downhill when the FCC in its infinite wisdom (my
employer at the time) decided to shift most of its responsibilities,
including  the equipment approval process, to the private sector.
Depending on what the relationship between  the testing lab and the
manufacturer is, the testing may be above-board or just "stick on a
label".  Then we have the problem of the "laboratory queens" where
devices submitted for testing are tweaked into compliance just for that
purpose and they bear little or any resemblance to the devices shipped
to the market other than cosmetic.  The cheap-o Chinese radios are a
prime example.  The volume of electronic devices shipped from overseas
has so overwhelmed both the FCC and the US Customs that they have
stopped requiring and processing  the former Declaration of Conformity
(FCC Form 740) for importation.

Enough ranting....

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
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