Forfeiture for Rule 15 Violation

 

In a week that’s brought an unusual amount of news from the FCC, the agency announced a heavily annotated NOTICE OF APPARENT LIBILITY FOR FORFEITURE.  A forfeiture of $5,600 was levied against Iftron Technologies, Inc. of Longmont, CO for marketing the Stinger Pro audio/video transmitter. The FCC found that the highest frequency used by that device was 2.468 GHz, a figure in excess of the authorized amateur radio frequencies set out in the rules. Although amateur radio equipment is not required to be certified, the Stinger Pro, as sold in the United States prior to June 2008, was capable of operating on a frequency outside the authorized amateur radio frequencies, and therefore, could not be legally marketed in the U.S. Also, because this device was capable of operation on a restricted frequency listed in 15.205(a) of the Rules, the device could not comply with the FCC’s technical standards and could not be certified or marketed within the U.S. The amount of forfeiture is to be paid within 30 days. See the NOTICE on the FCC website.

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