{"id":34375,"date":"2018-10-05T07:39:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T11:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34375"},"modified":"2018-10-05T07:39:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T11:39:26","slug":"arrl-takes-minor-exception-to-wording-of-fcc-enforcement-advisory-regarding-uncertified-two-way-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/arrl-takes-minor-exception-to-wording-of-fcc-enforcement-advisory-regarding-uncertified-two-way-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRL takes minor exception to wording of FCC Enforcement Advisory regarding uncertified two-way radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Eric McFadden, who shares the following ARRL response to the FCC Enforcement Advisory we posted last week<\/a>. The following was published\u00a0in the ARRL News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

ARRL has taken a minor exception to the wording of a September 24 FCC Enforcement Advisory pertaining to the importation, marketing and sale of VHF and UHF transceivers and is in discussion with FCC personnel to resolve the matter. The Enforcement Advisory was in response to the importation into the US of certain radio products that are not FCC certified for use in any radio service, but identified as Amateur Radio equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile much of this equipment is actually usable on Amateur bands, the radios are also capable of operation on non-amateur frequencies allocated to radio services that require the use of equipment that has been FCC-certified,\u201d ARRL said. \u201cSuch equipment is being marketed principally to the general public via mass e-marketers and not to Amateur Radio licensees.\u201d<\/p>\n

[…]\u201cIn several places, the Enforcement Advisory makes the point that \u2018anyone importing, advertising or selling such noncompliant devices should stop immediately, and anyone owning such devices should not use them,\u2019\u201d ARRL pointed out. \u201cThe Advisory broadly prohibits the \u2018use\u2019 of such radios, but our view is that there is no such prohibition relative to licensed Amateur Radio use \u2014 entirely within amateur allocations \u2014 of a radio that may be capable of operation in non-amateur spectrum, as long as it is not actually used to transmit in non-amateur spectrum.<\/p>\n

ARRL has had extensive discussions about this issue with FCC Wireless Bureau and Enforcement Bureau staff, and those discussions are ongoing.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full news article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden, who shares the following ARRL response to the FCC Enforcement Advisory we posted last week. The following was published\u00a0in the ARRL News: ARRL has taken a minor exception to the wording of a September 24 FCC Enforcement Advisory pertaining to the importation, marketing and sale of VHF […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[389,2011,2887,1241,3791,4102,4356,2024,2023],"class_list":["post-34375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-amateur-radio","tag-arrl","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-fcc","tag-fcc-enforcement-bureau","tag-ham-radio","tag-ht","tag-uhf","tag-vhf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Wr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34249,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/the-end-of-cheap-non-compliant-vhf-uhf-two-way-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":34375,"position":0},"title":"The end of cheap non-compliant VHF\/UHF two-way radios?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who references this thread on RadioReference.com regarding the following FCC Enforcement Advisory: The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has observed that a growing number of conventional retailers and websites advertise and sell low-cost, two-way VHF\/UHF radios that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BaoFeng-UV-5R.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":34691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/fcc-fines-ham-25000-for-operating-an-fm-pirate-radio-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":34375,"position":1},"title":"FCC fines ham $25,000 for operating FM pirate radio station","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) FCC fines Amateur Radio licensee $25,000 for operating unlicensed FM station ARRL reports in an FCC Enforcement Bureau case going back to early 2015, a Paterson, New Jersey, Amateur Radio licensee has been penalized in the amount of $25,000 for allegedly continuing to operate an unlicensed FM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "FM"","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33308,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/repeat-repeater-offender-proposed-18000-fcc-fine\/","url_meta":{"origin":34375,"position":2},"title":"Repeat repeater offender proposed $18,000 FCC fine","author":"Thomas","date":"July 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL News) The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) proposing to fine Jerry W. 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