Doug: I think you hit the crux of the matter with one correction, if I may. Hams in the U.S. are operating as amateurs but have a legal obligation to the country in times of need . In Canada , we operate ( myself included) with "permission" and have no legal obligations to the government. Our equipment could be comandeered but not the operator. This is a disticntion between our two countries.
I advise any consumer in a known high ambient RF area ( such as near broadcast /commercial /ham transmitters to look for the CE mark. 9 times out of 10 the additional components have not been omitted to seel to North America. Likewise in Canada, Industry Canada no longer investigates consumer EMC complaints ( i.e. lack thereof) as of two years ago. Ralph Cameron EMC Consulting and Suppression of Consumer Electronic Equipment ( after sale) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug McKean" <dmck...@gte.net> To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 2:32 AM Subject: RE: FCC + FCC = FCC? - Outlaw > > Sorry but I respectfully disagree ... > > If the FCC were to say yes to anyone being an > outlaw for building their own PC and not having > it tested, then why does the FCC label essentially > tell everyone suffering from interefernce to take > care of it themselves? > > The FCC was created to protect the big alphabet > communication companies from themselves. Me building > my own PC is peanuts compared to some of the issues > these guys deal with. And cable tv is starting to > make the issue of interfering with commercial > broadcast a moot point. Heck, I don't even see > the pixels blink at all anymore even with the > microwave being used only 10 feet away. > > I was told, not sure how true it is, that the > FCC in the early years of Part 15 took to task > a famous computer company selling computers > which hooked up to your tv screen. They were > famous for intereference. I know, I had one. > So the FCC threatened to confiscate the units > from said company. Well, the sales were going > down and the company said, "sure big brother, > to ahead ..." So the FCC took them. Lots of > them. In fact, so many, they had to store them > all in an area which closed down part of the > FCC facility. The company went on to declare > it all as a loss. The FCC got stuck with the > inventory. > > I don't think they want to repeat that again. > > And thus the reason for the wording of the > label. Unless you're a real threat to > commercial communications (such as a ham) > they really don't want to be bothered. > > Just my 3.1415 cents worth ... > > - Doug McKean > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
