FCC to start investigating Amazon and others

[wa8pyr]

I get the desire to have an affordable first radio. My first amateur radio was very expensive, at the time, a almost a full month worth of paycheck. There needs to be a middle ground here where entry level radios are affordable, but the Chinese junk gets filtered out.

There are several models from Yeasu, Kenwood and Icom which are quite reasonably priced, do meet FCC Part 97 requirements for spectral purity, and are approved under those rules. They make very nice first rigs.

The story referenced in the OP's post specifically calls out "radio frequency jammers" which are exactly that and available on Amazon. They have no socially redeeming value whatsoever.