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From: rick@cs.sunysb.edu (Richard Spanbauer)
Subject: Miniboard - FCC certifed?
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Organization: State University of New York, Stony Brook
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1993 14:57:10 GMT
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(This is a bit off topic, but perhaps relevant to folks selling Miniboards
 in various states of assembly)

I was curious about whether electronic kits require FCC part 15 certification,
and asked if anyone in rec.radio.amateur.misc had experience with this
issue.  One fellow responded saying that he had planned to offer a empty
PCB to complement a technical article he had written for an Amateur Radio
journal and that he had to get his board certified.  A total of 4 people 
responded that kits are subject to FCC certification, subject to the usual 
rules, eg if a device generates or uses a digital clock > 9 kHz, is not a 
medical or test instrument, etc.  Thus a question to folks selling Miniboard 
kits and to the fellow selling his 68HC11 board: have you guys looked into the 
issue and did you get your products certified?  

IMO, I think part 15 ought not to apply to a bare PCB or even a PCB + parts
since emitted and conducted noise is a function (at least in part) of the
power source and cabinet the unit is placed in.  That the FCC even interprets
the law such that an empty PCB is subject to part 15 is outrageous!

					Rick Spanbauer
					SUNY/Stony Brook
