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Questions about the practices of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a US government agency that regulates communications, including amateur radio. For questions not about the FCC per se, use [united-states] and either [license] or [legal] as appropriate, instead. For the FCC rules: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97
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What are the EXACT rules about FCC vanity call sign assignments?
Your application submitted on February 18th requested two callsigns.
One of them was granted to another application submitted on the 16th, and so was unavailable when yours was processed, even though …
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How long does it take the FCC to process vanity requests?
If you submit your application online on a federal workday (Monday to Friday, except holidays), even after hours, it is considered received that day. If you submit your application on a weekend or a …
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Does the FCC care about electrical arcs?
FCC Part 15 defines three broad classes of devices:
Intentional radadiator. A device that intentionally generates and emits radio frequency energy by radiation or induction.
Unintentional radiator. …
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How do you map old FCC license classes to the new 3-class system?
The FCC stopped issuing new Advanced and Novice licenses around the year 2000, but anyone who has one is permitted to renew it indefinitely.
47 CFR 97.9(a): "The classes of amateur operator license grants …
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Who enacts the FCC's rules and regulations?
Most interesting for our purposes is Chapter 5, Subchapter 1 which establishes the FCC. … However, Congress can act by either passing a law mandating that the FCC takes a certain action, or by passing a law which directly overrides the FCC rules. …
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What defines music, per amateur radio regulations?
The "plain meaning rule" applies. If the law doesn't define a word, the word has its everyday meaning. If an ordinary person would say that what you transmitted is music, then a judge would normally b …
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Is the Alinco DJMD5 illegal for ham use?
Part 15 certification can be a barrier to selling a radio in the US, but if there's a problem on that front, and the FCC decides to care about it, they will go after the manufacturers and importers of …
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Can someone without privileges on a band operate FT8 on it using the callsign of a ham who d...
Yes, but keep in mind that it takes slightly more than "physical presence"; as the control operator, you're the one responsible for the operation of the station. That means being attentive and in cont …
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Are Baofeng radios illegal in the U.S?
2023 Update:
Since I wrote this answer, there's been quite a bit of FCC enforcement (on importers, not amateurs), and as a result, most new Baofeng radios sold for amateur use in the US in the past few …
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