A good call, JWT- I should have prefaced that extract with "Yank Rules."
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I like your guy's rules much better- and you have found one of the many 'holes' in the FCC regulations that are vague. I think many of our US regulations haven't been looked at in decades- and just stand because no one has made an issue out of them.
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Want a real good example ?- look at our (US) regulations concerning "Pulse" -- We can simply use "Pulse" on certain microwave bands- no specifications on peak pulse powers, means of ID'ing......... very very open ended.
I love to play with radar, and getting clarification on these issues from a FCC Engineer-in-Charge (who also is a family friend) -- drove him to finally say, basically-
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"Go ahead (with your toys) Lauri.... if we need to get you I know where you live"
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Lauri