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FCC Fines HobbyKing Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters

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The FCC has issued a Forfeiture Order (FO) calling for HobbyKing to pay a fine of $2,861,128 for marketing drone transmitters that do not comply with FCC rules. An FCC Enforcement Bureau investigation stemmed in part from a 2017 ARRL complaint that HobbyKing was selling drone transmitters that operated on amateur and non-amateur frequencies, in some instances marketing them as amateur radio equ...

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LOL, they are based in Hong Kong, good luck collecting on this one. Spend more time blocking cheap non compliant electronics from being imported like Chinese LED light bulbs, solar inverters and motor speed controllers and you'd restore a lot more spectrum to interference free use. You should see the communications issues these devices are causing on boats. Turn your LED lighting on and blank out your VHF and HF reception completely. If you're in your slip, you can take out the whole dock just turning your underwater or cockpit lights on.
 

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