[amsat-bb] SDR legislation

[Jean Marc Momple]

Zach,

Thanks for the prompt feedback for US, really appreciated. I hope that others will also do so around the world.

73

Jean Marc (3B8DU)

> On Jul 9, 2019, at 9:44 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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> On 2019-07-09 12:35, Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> I would be grateful if you could send me your regulator position about SDR's or legal framework in your country about same. Having some discussions with the 3B8 regulator (right now) about same this may help clearing some issues.
> 
> Hello Jean Marc,
> 
> I am not aware of any legislation regarding SDR, applicable to FCC Part 97 (Amateur Radio), in the USA. It doesn't matter if your transmitter is Software or Hardware modulated. (and, when we get right down to it, software is just a different way to wire hardware components together .. but I digress)
> 
> It is the effective emission that matters. If the transmitted signal has the appropriate bandwidth and meets the spurious emission limits, then there is no problem.
> 
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
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