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Sorry, but in the Ranger case the FCC was claiming the second, third and fourth harmonics, which are in the VHF, could cause interference to airline navigation. There has never been a confimed, duplicated case of airline interference by any consumer product. "The airlines are misleading the...

No. The FCC made a deliberate decision not to post it on the website or to publish it to the general public.

The rules will never be consistently applied because most of the people in the FCC pushing the matter are also licensed Amateurs. Non Amateurs in the FCC could care less about this issue. Further, the guy who instigated this whole mess, Gary Hendrickson (a hardore Amateur himself), admitted at...

The official list is not published. It was prepared in 1999 and handed out to only a few select groups. It is not accurate because all Ranger radios have been redesigned to avoid falling within the definition of "easy to modify", i.e. cut one wire, connect one jumper, throw one switch to...

That list is out of date and inaccurate.

Well they figured wrong. They lost the last two cases they brought and they are going to end up paying big bucks in attorney fees. Guys, the FCC is never going to win a court case against the Ranger radios. Stryker radios? Another story.

Well, I can speculate that one of two things happened. The woman was told to get rid of it and she either refused or she said she would but continued using it so they immediately cited her. Other possibility is that the LA office of the FCC has its head up its ass and improperly issued the...

You know nothing about me, but I know it is BS to claim that the woman's amplified antenna might cause interference to a plane passing overhead. The FCC is only interested in the case because Verizon pays big licensing fees.

Based on common sense and based on testimony of FCC engineers. Common sense, we know that cell phones can interfere with planes, but you don't see planes crashing everytime they fly over a cell tower. FCC engineers admitted in the Ranger case that you have to be on the plane to interfere with...

BS on a hazard to navigation. Maybe if the unit is on the plane and 10 feet from the cockpit, but it is not going to interfere with navigation while being operated in someone's house.

I didn't say they had the authority to enter her home without permission. What I said was there was no way for them to know the make and model of the device without entering her home and inspecting it. She obviously gave them permission, either willingly or because of coercion.

As I said, we don't know what happened. To discover the cause of the interference, she had to let them into the house to inspect the equipment. If they told her to shut it down and stop using it and she said no, or said yes but kept using it then they would issue a citation immediately. I am...

We don't know if they skipped it or not, but I don't believe they can issue a citation without first requesting that she get the problem fixed and she failed to do so. Then again, most likely the people in the LA office are just too ignorant to know that the provision of Part 15 under which she...

Chicken shit to give a citation, since now she can be fined in the future should she buy another one and that one breaks causing interference. Something she probably would not even know about.

If they start sending out citations for using profane language, 99 percent of the users will get one

The testimony is relevant because the FCC has a Fact Sheet on the website stating they have the authority to enter your house to inspect equipment and do not need a warrant because a warrant is only required for criminal cases. EB - Inspection Fact Sheet Q: The FCC Agent standing at my...

sorry wrong thread

The entire transcript is too big to post. Maybe it would be about 5 megs. But I guarantee you that it would be interesting for you to read.

Here is the transcript. All of you worrying about the FCC forcing their way into your home can now relax. The FCC has admitted they need to go to court first before they can enter your home.

Difference this time is that the witness was designated by the FCC to testify as an official representative in court, so the statement is binding.