Jon, There is no regulation against scanning amateur frequencies. It is a hardware regulations issue.
My understanding of the issue is as follows: The SDR-1000 is marketed as an amateur radio transceiver, which does not require certification by the FCC. With the scanning code present in the version of the code supplied by Flex-Radio, the SDR-1000 falls under the definition of a "scanning receiver" which DOES require certification. Certification would add a tremendous cost burden to Flex-Radio, not to mention of all of the ramifications of having to deal with the Federal bureauracy at an additional level. Also, scanning receivers must not be readily modifiable to scan certain prohibited frequencies (cell phones). Therefore, scanning would mean that we (the users) would not be able to modify the software (no more open source code). 73, Ray, K9DUR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20061028/f50e6bdb/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
