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,"
