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- From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
- Subject: Re: Possible to upgrade PC from FCC Class B to A?
- Organization: Ontario
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:34:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.213442.3829@julian.uwo.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov16.192730.23028@cbfsb.cb.att.com> vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai) writes:
- >I posted an article on EMI/RFI a while back and got really good
- >feedback, especially from someone who gave me info from ARRL (Thanks,
- >btw). After doing a little research, I found out that my PC was FCC
- >Class B, meaning it's supposed to be used in the office. Guess where
- >it is at this moment?
- >
- >With this new information, I'm wondering if the methods used to filter
- >out EMI/RFI will still work. That brings up the idea of digging into
- >the PC hardware to upgrade its FCC Class from B to A. First, is it
- >possible? Second, and if so, how to go about it? Or am I SOL (S--t
- >Out of Luck)? Thank ya ...
-
- Why bother? I mean, does the FCC actually police that kind of thing?
- How many PC's are sold in warehouse and deptartment stores now? Are
- they class A? Just how does the FCC get involved with the sale of
- electronic equipment? Like, is it illegal to sell something that
- doesn't have an FCC Class? How many mom & pop computer stores are
- building pc's from the case up?
-
- The FCC may have some teeth as far as dealing with your local TV or
- radio station, and it may even shut down a pirate, or someone running
- a 1000 watt CB rig, but what can they do as far as consumer electronics
- (computers) goes? If someone wants to market a pc, or a limited production
- device for lab or research work, do they really (I mean, *really*) have to
- worry about FCC hassles? (UL and CSA stuff is a different thing).
-