Exactly what requirement does it not meet? The user programability is easily removed with the proprietary programming software. Unchecking a single check box, locks the unit down to whatever was programmed into it.
So does every electronic device that is sold in the U.S. Meaningless.
With all due respect, it doesn't matter what your humble opinion is. The fact of the matter is, it was approved and is legal to use for services it was intended (part 90). It may be an unreliable junk radio, but FCC is not in the quality business. It is a part 90 type accepted radio. A far site better than snipping the jumper in an Alinco and handing to your local volunteer firefighter. At least the W can be locked down and tampering with the programming prevented. (This is also a great feature for blind Hams)
Those are pretty wild statements, which obviously I cannot refute. But in this public forum I would recommend caution making accusations like that.
whatever dude.
It's a radio. a cheap radio that doesn't meet narrowband requirements (as many have demonstrated) and yet it was granted part 90 cert by the same agency that is pushing narrowband aggressively. Yet they never bothered to test this basic functionality.
your statements about the "proprietary software requirements" are laughable. Anyone can buy it. No requirements are set by the distributor, and unlike other Part 90 radios, no hardware modification is needed to enable FPP. The Kenwood radios mentioned in comparison (80 series) require physical modification, a special software flash (and it is only supposed to be available for NTIA customers) to enable it. Which is how it should be. No other manufacturer will sell software to enable FPP to end users, Motorola radios require a hardware key and flash to enable FPP. Why should these sub hundred dollar wonders be any different? I'll say it again, reading the documents Wouxun submitted is interesting to say the least. If this is the case than Yaesu should seeking part 90 certification for the FT-60R. At least you have to pop out a diode to enable out of ham band transmit.
It's a friggin ham radio that got sidelined somehow into part 90.
It isn't right and it will end up costing someone bigtime. Mark my word.
This kind of chicanery is what the FCC is becoming, and as an American citizen, I have the RIGHT to criticize them for it. Don't like it? Don't read my posts. The FCC is broken, one has to be blind, deaf and dumb not to see that. All the FCC cares about is generating revenue and not the technical standards regulation they used to long ago, which is why we have nonsense like rebanding, part 90 on ham (aka Recon Robotics), and numerous other examples of their incompetence.
When you visit the FCC page, you see the link for REBOOT.FCC.GOV
they know they are broken.
You love your little Wouxuns, good for you. They are cute cheap Walmart brand toys. But they aren't part 90 material.
