Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!netsys!vector!nobody From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Setup Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 89 19:09:12 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 41, message 3 > [Moderator's Note: An old UHF TV with those channels won't work as well as > one of the radios which play television audio only. In this country you > can buy them for the VHF channels, but I beleive they are illegal per FCC > rules where UHF is concerned. This comment tacked on to my posting is wrong. Those radios usually have the same piece of crap receiver for the audio that most TV's have. Receivers covering that band are not illegal. The main reason is that it is expensive to add the expanded UHF feature to these cheap radios. However, many manufacturers shy away from putting the cellular bands in their radios now either fearing law suits or that they are manufacturers of cellular equipment. Calling the EPCA an FCC rule is a bit inaccurate. It's congressional tomfoolery. POSTERS NOTE: It would be much nicer if Pat had something that it would be enclosed as a seperate "message" in the digest rather than tacking on comments to other people's messages. [Moderator's Note: Your suggestion is well taken. It is not the 'piece of crap audio' that mattes so much as it is that the circuitry in televisions is different that the circuitry in radios. Yes, EPCA is one thing, and FCC rules are another. The telcos have repeatedly complained to the FCC about people listening to cellular phone calls. PT]