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From: dwh@ataritx.uucp (Dave Hanna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: RFI, FCC etc......
Summary: Is it a CRIME to operate a Class A device in a residential area?
Keywords: FCC Class A
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.202915.6085@ataritx.uucp>
Date: 11 Dec 90 20:29:15 GMT
References: <7006@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: dwh@ataritx.UUCP (Dave Hanna)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Atari Microsytems Corp., Dallas
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In article <7006@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> boblu@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM (Robert Luneski) writes:

>The STacy only has a FCC class A rating and can only be sold for industrial 
>and commercial business use.  Sale to a private party(read: personal computer
>user) or operation in a residential district(read: your home) is a federal
>crime.  

Are you sure about that last part (i.e., that operation of a class A
device in your home is a federal crime)?  I agree that selling it 
for use as a personal computer is illegal, and that it is likely
to cause unacceptable interference if used in a residential area,
and that it is your legal responsibility as a user to cure the 
interference.  But is it actually illegal simply to operate it?

If you make that statement as one who actually knows, can you site
your authority for making it?  If not, can someone who is authoritative
answer the question?

(BTW, I speak for myself, not Atari, and I can neither confirm nor
deny that "STacy only has a FCC class A rating".)
>  Bob Luneski          bluneski@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM           Genie: B.LUNESKI1
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