FCC Office of Engineering & Technology Chief Edmond Thomas turned...
FCC Office of Engineering & Technology Chief Edmond Thomas turned down emergency waiver petition filed by RadioShack on marketing deadline for radar detectors that didn’t comply with new rules to prevent VSAT interference (CD Aug 29 p4). FCC gave…
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relatively limited relief to radar detector industry last month, providing 30 more days to market devices that meet Part 15 limits on emissions in 11.7- 12.2 GHz band but denying request for more time to make and sell compliant devices. FCC rejected separate request by RadioShack to let radar detectors that didn’t meet new emissions limits to be marketed for 6 months beyond original Sept. 27 deadline. FCC decided not to change Aug. 28 deadline for manufacturing or importing radar detectors that didn’t comply with new emission limits and decided to extend retail deadline by 30 days until Oct. 27. Latest OET decision turned down emergency request filed Aug. 30 by RadioShack that sought to extend marketing deadline from Oct. 27 to Nov. 30 for radar detectors that didn’t comply with new rules. Thomas said RadioShack arguments, such as need for more time to prevent having to substantially discount radar detectors by Oct. 27 deadline, were repetitive. He also cited RadioShack arguments that it would attempt to sell its existing stock of devices regardless of marketing deadline. “We find that RadioShack’s petition is repetitious and we are dismissing it,” Thomas wrote in Sept. 3 letter to company.