FCC License Waiver?

[AK9R]

Rugged Radios finally gets an FCC Smack-Down

About time, too. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-1395A1.pdf Multiple offenses under Part 80, 90 and 95 on several models. Type certifications, front panel programming, pre-programmed with frequencies in violation of type certification. Rugged radios has been blatantly thumbing...

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[rescuecomm]

Exactly. See ND5Y's explanation about radios locked into the 2 meter and 440 bands. People take them out of the box, charge, and use them. The unlicensed operation simply became a problem somewhere else. Duh.