Please stop picking out imagined violations of the FCC part 15 rules.
Hobbyists post at this site for the obvious reason that they have continuing interest in operation within the rules.
You are not a part 15 hobbyist. Please reserve comment unless you can offer positive suggestions to aid the hobbyists in achieving their ambitions within the rules.
For example, you might contribute to the present interest in seeking a field strength increase for part 15 FM. Your only response to that so far has been to warn about long ground leads on AM, making you the only one speaking off topic.
Legacy,
Thanks so much for helping out with the cause. This is great news! The fact that my test brought the signal to a car radio 800 feet away, and the WH3 is putting out LESS than 250uv @3m, means that there may be hope for what we're trying to accomplish.
Rich,
Nobody's talking about going over. We're testing now. Legally. Why even bring up violations if nobody's talking about it?
In another thread ("Diddling with the Decade C-10") Neil Radio 8Z linked to a history of the first Wholehouse and its phony attempt at claiming to be certified.
The Wholehouse 2.0 and 3.0 are actually certified, but in all the dabbling I've been doing with my 2.0 compared to a C.Crane FM1, I would call the 2.0 something of a junker.
Right now I'm running mine on 89.9 and it puts out spurs (spurious signals) up and down the band at even intervals from about 87.9 to 90.3, which are 19 dBu below the main carrier (a dB short of being acceptable for 15.209).
I don't like putting all the junk all over the lower dial, it could mess with the neighbors, so I'm moving the 2.0 back up to 101.5 where the problem is less, and will eventually toss it.
Meanwhile, the C.Crane is really a worthy little piece of work, lacking only the ability to switch off the stereo.
Its interesting to note that the Whole House FM Transmitter is actually supplied by Richfield Electronics which is from China. I wonder if this is the same company that another transmitter I know of that never claimed to be certified but looks a little like the Whole House FM Transmitter 2.0 with a few mods. I'm interesting to know about the 3.0 if that has as many spurs? Yea the C. Crane would have been good if it only went more than 50 feet to a Digital boom box.
I did find on the FCC website documenation that supports V.3 as certified. However I also found other Chinese companies applying the same FCC ID to thier products as well. I think if I remember correctly a total of 3 different transmitters. This is typical of Chinese manufacturers. Also, the lab that provided the FCC with the V.3 data is in China. The fundamental frequency in the supplied data was at or just below the FCC limit. I am surprised the FCC did not request a sample.
I've noticed this going on quite a bit for over there. Richfield Electronics is the ones who make the Whole House FM Transmitter 3.0 for TAW Global.