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Re: [IRCA] 1710 SEMI-FINAL
Pete
To answer part of your second question, no there isn't a list of Part
15ers on the FCC web site or anywhere else. Part 15 of the FCC rules
covers all sorts of low powered rf devices such as garage door openers,
bluetooth devices, radio controlled toys, wireless microphones, low
powered AM/FM transmitters, wi-fi devices, ad nauseum. It even includes
the often denigrated BPL operations, and other things that are
incidental radiators of rf energy. The average person has a whole bunch
of part 15 devices without even knowing it.
Bruce
Pete Taylor wrote:
When I called KCIS yesterday, CE Bryan Hubert was interested in the
1710 transmission to the point where he asked Chris Wartes, an
occasional contract engineer who does engineering for KSER (FM) but is
actually in to photography, to scout it out. Chris was the actual
person who took signal strength readings, plotted the location and
sent the Google map. Both of these guys deserve our thanks.
However, a couple of questions remain:
(1) Why was the signal heard at a loud level near a church in Mill
Creek, five miles away (more or less)?
(2) Is it a legitimate Part 15 operation? Is there a list of approved
Part 15ers on the FCC web site or anywhere else? Does an operation
like this need a business license? And finally, is anyone interested
in tracking the antenna lead to the operator's home and visiting with
him/her? After all, we all want Pat to get a QSL out of this!
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