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Mojoe,
I am aware that Mr. Mann did violate the law. I was addressing the outcome of what he did, which in my mind, is no different than you or I building a tx. from a kit. I think it is clear to all observers that the letter of the law prevailed here.
A great number of the FCC NALs, etc. begin with the phrase “in response to a compaint” and I don’t really know what this means in this context. Could it be that the compaint resulted from an observation by an agent who then complained? This would be proper but the label may cloud the issue.
Once upon a time I read where the idea of allowing folks to build their own part 15 transmitters was to allow for experimentation. This is all well and good, but it gets complicated when the presumed skills needed are supplanted by the availability of kits. Fortunately, the opinion in the link was favorable to kits, yet by my reading the rules are not clear on this.
It appears to me that some of the rules and “official” interpretations are vague and maybe that is best in that it allows latitude, but when one risks $$$$$$ in fines because the rules are so written (such as the ground lead length stuff) something is wrong.
Neil
