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Subject: Re: FCC req for electronic kits
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Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 09:30:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 17 09:30:21 1987
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Summary: User might have to sign an affidavit


<< Do electronic kits have to pass fcc certification? >>

I don't have the full FCC regualations here, so I don't know
precisely what the ruling is.  I've built some stuff from Heathkit
and others that comes with a little sticker that you're supposed to
sign and stick on the back when you're finished with the kit.
is my impression that anything you have in your possesion is
supposed to comply with the emission characteristics and limits
stated in FCC part 15, whether you built it, it was a kit, or you
bought it assembled.

The lagnuage was something to the effect:  "I ______________ certify
that I have assembled this kit, which is a class B computing
device, in such a way that it that it complied with FCC part 15,
subpart J."

Sorry if I got the rule part numbers wrong.  This was on a Heath
digital Oscilloscope that I assembled for a person here.  Heathkit
might just be doing a cover your tail maneuver; I don't know.  It
is my impression that anything you have in your possesion is
supposed to comply with the emission characteristics and limits
stated in FCC part 15, whether you built it, it was a kit, or you
bought it assembled.

It would be better to be safe than sorry, and have the Amiga option
board kit tested.  Unfortunately that costs $$$, which is difficult
for a start-up company to come up with *before* it has income
from selling the product.  Catch 22.
Bill