[amsat-bb] Re: Way-OT: Re: Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall) (Ben Jackson)

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

True.
If equipment needed an FCC number then you wouldn't be allowed to use home brew gear without it being tested by the FCC.

Ben Jackson wrote:

> "Devices used in the Amateur Radio Service do not require authorization
> prior to being imported into the United States, but devices for other
> services, including the CB service, require Commission approval."
> 
> Thus, provided the importer only uses it under Part 97, it's kosher. I
> just can't, say, use it under a GMRS license or something.