On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:59:35 GMT, "Guy P. Distaffen"
wrote:

"Al Klein" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:07:29 -0500, "Dr.Ace" wrote:

Home brew ham gear does NOT require ANY "type acceptance" at all..
Commercial ham gear must be type accepted.

There's no type acceptance for ham gear.

My understanding for the US, is that according to the FCC, if you sell
ham gear as a business, it has to be type accepted

There no FCC procedure for "type acceptance" of ham gear, so ham gear
can't *BE* type accepted.

There's certification for commercially produced ham gear, but that's a
totally different process from type acceptance, and it looks for
totally different things. Calling certified gear "type accepted" is
like calling a ham a CBer - using the wrong term (which seems to be
common practice in English for a couple of decades now)

Also, if you sell an amplifier as a business, it can't operate the 12 or
10 meter band. However, it can be modified to operate it

But not by something as simple as cutting a prominent wire that's
labeled "don't cut this wire". By changing capacitors and inductors,
yes - but that's home-brewing.

type accepted means CB gear must be
not amateur radio gear.
erg

"Al Klein" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:59:35 GMT, "Guy P. Distaffen"
wrote:

"Al Klein" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:07:29 -0500, "Dr.Ace" wrote:

Home brew ham gear does NOT require ANY "type acceptance" at all..
Commercial ham gear must be type accepted.

There's no type acceptance for ham gear.

My understanding for the US, is that according to the FCC, if you sell
ham gear as a business, it has to be type accepted

There no FCC procedure for "type acceptance" of ham gear, so ham gear
can't *BE* type accepted.

There's certification for commercially produced ham gear, but that's a
totally different process from type acceptance, and it looks for
totally different things. Calling certified gear "type accepted" is
like calling a ham a CBer - using the wrong term (which seems to be
common practice in English for a couple of decades now)

Also, if you sell an amplifier as a business, it can't operate the 12
or
10 meter band. However, it can be modified to operate it

But not by something as simple as cutting a prominent wire that's
labeled "don't cut this wire". By changing capacitors and inductors,
yes - but that's home-brewing.

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:21:32 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:

I think what people may be thinking about is that ham gear must be Part 15
certified (for the receiver) if it's commercially built, whereas home brew
gear need not be.

It still has to meet Part 15 specs (all incident radiation devices
do), it just doesn't have to be certified before you use it.