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EU specific: 11th RED Market Surveillance Campaign on Professional Mobile Radio

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radionx

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Might be of interest, especially concerning CCR:

The Radio Equipment Directive (RED) provides a ruleset on information about the restrictions on putting into service or the requirements for authorisation of use and the information required to use the radio equipment in accordance with its intended use.

PMR is a product category that presumably represents a high risk of technical non-compliances. Over the last years MSAs have observed that the amount of non- compliances during market surveillance activities remained on a high level . It has been noticed that a continuously high number of equipment is placed on the Europea n market (coming from both EU and third countries). Based on the figures on identified non- compliances an overview of the compliance level among Europe seems to be necessary. The information about license is crucial for the end-users. Therefore, the compliance with the formal and technical requirements needs an assessment.

With over four-fifths of the samples presenting at least a non-compliance to the provisions
of the RED, the non-compliance rate in this sector is too high.

The full document:
https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/47680/attachments/1/translations/en/renditions/native

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Good for the EU! I’m glad this is happening and I wish it happened here in the states too. Not because I dislike all those hams that use CCRs, but because it will hopefully hold the manufacturers to a higher standard and bring better radios to market while still offering a less expensive solution than the big three. Say a CCR is $40 right now… I’d rather pay $50 and have it be compliant! Those ARRL sponsored compliance tests at hamfests are a real eye opener!

-B
 
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