[hpsdr] FCC rules Open-source SDR less secure

[jim]

It appears to me there is a lot of  speculation as to what the FCC posted
into the Federal Register on June 6, 2007.  I would suggest going to this
site
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2007/07-2684.htm  and reading it.

 

Below are two excerpts from the FCC ruling.   

 

6. In regard to MSS' request for clarification about the regulatory 
treatment of amateur radio equipment, the Commission did not intend to 
impose any new certification requirements for amateur radio equipment 
in the Cognitive Report and Order. External RF amplifiers that operate 
below 144 MHz that are marketed for use with amateur stations will 
continue to require certification before they can be marketed. Other 
amateur radio equipment, including equipment that meets the definition 
of a software defined radio and that has software that is designed or 
expected to be modified by a party other than the manufacturer, will 
continue to be exempt from a certification requirement. However, as the 
Commission noted in the Cognitive Report and Order, certain 
unauthorized modifications of amateur transmitters are unlawful. It may 
revisit the issue of the certification of amateur equipment with 
software modifiable features as identified above in the future if 
misuse of such devices results in significant interference to 
authorized spectrum users.

 

 

It goes on t change the 47 CFR Part 2, NOT Part 97.

 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 2
 
    Communications equipment, Radio, Reporting, and recordkeeping 
requirements.
 
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
 
Final Rule
 
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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends 47 CFR part 2 to read as follows:
 
PART 2--FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL 
RULES AND REGULATIONS
 
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1. The authority citation for part 2 continues to read as follows:
 
    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, and 336, unless otherwise 
noted.
 
    Section 2.1(c) is amended by revising the definition of ``software 
defined radio'' to read as follows:
 
 
Sec.  2.1  Terms and definitions.
 
* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    Software defined radio. A radio that includes a transmitter in 
which the operating parameters of frequency range, modulation type or 
maximum output power (either radiated or conducted), or the 
circumstances under which the transmitter operates in accordance with 
Commission rules, can be altered by making a change in software without 
making any changes to hardware components that affect the radio 
frequency emissions. In accordance with Sec.  2.944 of this part, only 
radios in which the software is designed or expected to be modified by 
a party other than the manufacturer and would affect the above-listed 
operating parameters or circumstances under which the radio transmits 
must be certified as software defined radios.
* * * * *
[FR Doc. 07-2684 Filed 6-5-07; 8:45 am]
 
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P

 

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