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This may not explain it, but citizens are "licensed" under blanket authority of FCC so long as they obey Part 95, Title 47, US Code. When you crack open the mike and transmit with your CB, you are agreeing to obey those rules "by proxy". So when you talk on the CB, you are a "licensee"! May be...

Just a slight correction, tho it doesn't really matter. The actual inventor of that mount was Jim McCurry, K4EDK, now of Cherryville, NC. He had Hank Breedlove, SENIOR manufacture them in his shop. Jim got married and lost interest, and apparently didn't patent the design. His original idea...

I just don't get the point of this particular thread and its subject. What I contended from the beginning (and got my chops busted for) was that there is NOTHING in this transcript that is different. ALL RF emitters are subject to inspection. Sure, I can see where the public would be easily...

Question. Is it not true that usually when there's a problem with a Part 15 device, it is because the device itself is faulty? Chances Grandma didn't even KNOW it was bothering something. So is the issue here that the ultimate responsibility would fall on the manufacturer of the device with the...

I don't think that's the case. Let's put this in a different context. Let's say a crooked neighbor slips in your house and steals a valuable coin collection. You were gone, but another neighbor SAW the crook go into his house with the collection. What would you do if there were no ability of the...

What in the WORLD are you talking about? I thought I 'explained' my opinion as clear as mud! I just don't see the the brouhaha over this. FCC has NEVER been able to just bull their way into your house without a warrant. They are NOT police officers. They will ASK you to permit an inspection of...

I understand. And it has likely opened up a can of worms FCC didn't intend. It does make for a curious mix where the rule the FCC applies now originated in the days before "license-less" devices. The licensee of a private, land-mobile system is likely accepting and understanding he has an...

I believe I understand the rationale for this. The whole reason is to find a "loophole" to prevent enforcement when it comes to illegal radio stuff, and we are seeing two different things. First off, FCC has NEVER been able to arbitrarily demand to come into your house for a FULL search of your...

Not to take sides or anything, but I can understand why radio shops/techs can get a bit grumpy. I saw it a plenty of times during the CB craze when I did some installs for a radio shop. Guys would bring their CB sets in for repair and the shop owner would tell 'em, "Now don't mess with this...

EEK! A SPIDER!!!!!!!!!! :scared:

Sadly this is more common than we know! And it is even more prevalent in our little radio world. How many of you guys know of ham and CB shops (or the homes of the owners) that are just chock FULL of radios floor to ceiling. Some of this stuff hasn't worked in DECADES yet the owner holds on to...

:biggrin:They know what they want to know about you already. Got a drivers license? Social Security card? Pay property taxes? The amateur license is the least of one's worries if he's paranoid about the gub'ment knowing 'boutcha.:biggrin: CWM

Somebody actually quoted the regulation, I believe, farther up the thread. It does say that one M U S T permit inspection. That goes for ANY radio station that transmits RF energy. Even the local police must permit inspection of their station. Inspection of radio stations is governed by specific...

The refusal. Because the rule (Part 95 in the case of CB) states that you MUST allow inspection of your station. If you don't want to allow the inspection, then don't operate the station! Operating a radio station is NOT a "right". It is a privilege accorded to citizens by permission or a...

******************************************************** National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 USA Telephone: (703)605-6000 or (800) 553-6847 It ain't no skin off my nose, bud. Every time they send out of those warnings, they list the ones that the...

Let's assume we are talking about two (and we ARE) radio services covered by separate and completely different rules. Part 95, US Code, says that a CB operator must use a certified, 4 watt, 40 channel radio which has PREDETERMINED channels. He may NOT alter, change, "peak" tune, make additions...

Sorry! Won't work! You certainly CAN REFUSE to allow the agents into your house. However, they have already determined that there is some sort of Transmitter/Radio/RF, etc, being emitted from your residence. So they will just FINE you for the REFUSAL to permit inspection---the amount of which...

By the same token, how do you "fine" a CB operator who technically doesn't have a "license"? It is an unspoken rule: by operating your CB station (or Marine Band radio) you are agreeing to operate the station according to the rules that apply. After all, you do not HAVE to operate a station. So...

They do NOT extend beyond "reasonable search and seizure", and particularly in the case of CB and Amateur radio stations. That's because you are engaging in a VOLUNTARY activity that is under FCC's control. You are not "required" to operate a CB or ham station, and thus by operating such a...

ALL portions of the HF spectrum have uses by agencies ranging from government, military, and civilian agencies. Understanding how, for example, 11 Meters could be of use to other than CB operators is either taught by experience or by formal training in communications and propagation...