FCC affirmed requirement that manufacturers make scanning receive...
FCC affirmed requirement that manufacturers make scanning receivers more difficult to modify to receive cellular calls. In partial grant of petitions for partial reconsideration filed by Tandy Corp. and Uniden, agency also relaxed some warning label requirements and clarified…
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compliance measurement rules. Based on Oct. 1992 Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act, FCC rules prohibit manufacture and importation of scanning receivers capable of receiving, or readily being altered to receive, transmissions in frequencies allocated to cellular service. Devices must be certified by FCC before sale or importation. In memorandum opinion and order: (1) FCC declined to adopt requested exemptions of circuit inaccessibility and labeling requirements for scanning receivers that tune well below cellular frequencies (30- 512 MHz). “The fact that the scanner is intended to tune only below 512 MHz does not ensure that reception of cellular telephone frequencies will not occur,” it said. (2) FCC made exception to labeling requirement for small scanning products, instead requiring warning label to appear in owner manual and on product packaging. (3) FCC agreed that Uniden receivers designed solely for reception of broadcast weather band signals should continue to be exempt and said it would clarify rules. (4) FCC agreed wording of signal rejection rule wasn’t clear and said it would amend rules so it could be clearly understood that scanning receivers must reject cellular service signals that are 38 dB or lower based on 12 dB SINAD specification -- common sensitivity measurement that closely approximates signal-to-noise ratio of receiver.