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From: shacklet@ittral.UUCP (Cliff Shackelton)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Cordless phone repairmen need FCC licenses
Message-ID: <309@ittral.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 09:30:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: ittral.309
Posted: Thu Sep 29 09:30:19 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Sep-83 11:39:37 EDT
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In regard to your statement that cordless phone repairmen need FCC
licenses, I was simply trying to help that person solve his problem.
However if you want to be that way, then since cordless phones are
also covered under FCC part 68, A FCC 2nd or 1st class license doesn't
mean diddly squat. Only the factory or it's authorized agent may repair
a phone. If you want to repair phones you need to send a repaired unit
in for FCC Part 68 testing and submit the data to the FCC and get
a FCC number to stick on the bottom of the phone.
                    Effective untill June 1985 a waiver has been issued
to cordless phone manufacturers allowing them a certain amount of
freedom to skirt around some of FCC part 15. This is why we are able
to pump so much power into the AC line (not antenna) and since an 
antenna isn't used it is not strictly considered to be a radio 
transmitter. It can generate interference an a label on the phone 
says so (as per FCC part 15 subpart J). How would you like to have
to get a radiotelephone operators license to work on your computer?

		FLAME OFF
			Cliff Shackelton
			ITT Telecom
			(919)829-3110