[BC] Ramsey fined for selling unauthorized FM transmitters

Robert Meuser Robertm
Thu Jan 26 01:46:06 CST 2006


How so?

DANA PUOPOLO wrote:
> Yeah.
> 
> What Bull**it! The FCC is about 30 years out of date with this Part 15 rule.
> 
> -D
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:01:14 PM PST
> From: "Richard Fry" <rfry at adams.net>
> To: "Broadcast List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: [BC] Ramsey fined for selling unauthorized FM transmitters
> 
> Paul Smith wrote:
> 
>>I've been wondering for a long time when the axe would fall on them.
>>There are thousands of their transmitters around.  A pirates favorite.
> 
> _____________
> 
> Which is related to the fact that the maximum, legal Part 15 FM field of 
> 250 uV/m at a 3-m radius from the tx antenna is generated by applying ~11.4 
> nW to a 1/2-wave dipole -- which is thousands of times less power than 
> generated by many "Part 15" FM transmitters.
> 
> RF 
> 
> 
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