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Re: Our friend the FCC
> Original Poster: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov>
> I assume you want to run in the open air (as opposed to in a shielded
> box or Faraday cage, where it would make no difference to the FCC, since
> nothing gets out).
Definitely. A Faraday cage would not even be slightly practical.
> As you point out classification is the key. Are you going to try for
> Part 15? Or, is it "Industrial, Scientific and Medical" equipment? There
> are some pretty broad exemptions for "research" equipment, providing you
> don't interfere with other licensed services. You would be responsible
> for proving the non-interference of course, either by field measurements
> or by analytical calculations. I'll check the CFR's, but I think you
> would do best going the ISM route, and documenting the heck out of your
> system.
I'd be much obliged!
So ISM equipment would not require Part 15 compliance?
> There are some sort of interesting aspects to the whole FCC compliance
> thing. If you measure the field strength at the property boundaries,
> and it is less than the Part 15 limits (for instance), then you should
> be okay, on the general principle that you can do anything you want on
> private property as long as it doesn't leak outside.
That's an interesting strategy -- put it on cheap land
and buy up a suitable security zone around it.
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