I'll bet there is _a lot_ of money in the hands of industry lobbyists who badly want that rule to not change.
rob K5UJ On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Paul Christensen <w...@arrl.net> wrote: >> Still, the intent of Part 15 is to protect licensed users from >> interference from unlicensed devices, and the best option we have to >> enforce current regulations (or potentially get better ones) is to >> continue to elevate our concerns to the FCC and those who oversee the >> agency. >> >> 73, Bob W9RAN > > Excellent advise, Bob. Part 15 needs to get current with the times. As > more consumers replace their household appliances with models that > incorporate RFI/EMI emitting technology, the problem will only become worse. > The certification section was last re-written at time when nearly all of our > major household appliances did not contain SMPS and microprocessors. > > Today, household "appliances" are exempt from Part 15 certification and > problems associated with these unintentional radiators are dealt with after > they generate interference to licensed services. The FCC could help itself > in this matter with a rule change that includes appliances in the > certification requirement. A bit of time spent on a rule change would pay > great dividends in reducing their time spent on the enforcement effort. > > Paul, W9AC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
