FCC Cites New Jersey CB Shop for Marketing Unauthorized RF Devices
03/06/2014
The FCC has issued a Citation
to a New Jersey Citizens Band radio shop for marketing unauthorized RF devices
to consumers, in violation of the Communications Act of 1934 and FCC Part 2
rules. The Citation to Thomas Wilson, doing business as Redman CB Stop, in Absecon, New
Jersey, was issued March 5.
Redman CB Stop should take immediate steps to discontinue the marketing of
unauthorized radio frequency devices, and to avoid any recurrence of the
misconduct described herein, the FCC said in the Citation.
Last October an agent from the FCC Enforcement Bureaus Philadelphia office
browsed the website of the online retailer of CB and Amateur Radio gear. The
agent observed for sale 16 makes and models of non-certified RF power
amplifiers capable of operation on both the 11 meter Citizens Band and the 10
meter ham band. The FCC said examples of the non-certified offerings included
the Fatboy 900 Mobile Amplifier and the Zombie Products 500 Watt ERP Linear
Amplifier. Neither of those devices and others that the FCC alleges the
retailer was marketing, may be offered for sale prior to FCC certification. FCC
rules require external RF amplifiers operating below 144 MHz and marketed in the
US to first receive Commission a grant of certification before they may be
marketed. In addition, the FCC rules prohibit marketing or selling external RF
amplifiers capable of amplification between 26 MHz and 28 MHz the 11 meter
Citizens Band.
The FCC gave Redman CB Stop 30 days to respond to the Citation. The
FCC said it will use all relevant material information before it, including
information the retailer may disclose, to determine what, if any, enforcement
action may be necessary to ensure your compliance with the
Communications Act and the Commissions rules.
Source: www.arrl.org
Another CB Shop Gets Busted By The FCC...
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by delta5, Apr 21, 2014.
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I guess they were caught selling those Fatboy "cw transmitters" again... LOL
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Selling equipment to CBers can be a bit costly if you get caught. I don't know what the rub is anymore, nobody uses the CB anymore anyway.
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You would think the FCC would have bigger fish to fry. Good Grief!
EAzYrIDer007 Thanks this. -
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Throw the CB out the window and you will realize how much more preaceful the day will become... Unless you like hearing 10 year olds whine daily...
77smartin, cnsper, double yellow and 1 other person Thank this. -
Its all about fairness. CBers should be able to use their radios without interference so long as they are legal. Others outside CB should be able to use THEIRS, too, without interference from CB. You must know that some CBers take great store in being "loud 'n proud" and that often this is achieved with BIG splattering amps and boogered up radios. These people don't CARE about who they mess up. Indeed, to them its part of the fulfillment, filling the void of inadequacy in their lives. Being discourteous and stomping mudducks is their forte'!
If it were YOU being bothered, you'd think differently about what FCC does.Last edited: Apr 24, 2014
rabbiporkchop, gpsman and allan5oh Thank this. -
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CB is still in use, but barely. I really do think it's probably going to die out in a few years, and that usage will drop as the solar cycle heads toward minimum and the skip stops rolling. I suspect it will die out shortly thereafter. Or who knows - maybe once the clowns with 10,000+ watt base stations can't propagate for a decade, there will be a resurgence of local chatter. One can hope, anyway.
Sucks. I finally picked up one of my dream radios last week, a Cobra 148, been wanting one of those since I was 13... but alas, hardly anybody to talk to anymore.
Sure wish I was born 20 years before I was sometimes...
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