The National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) asked the FCC...
The National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) asked the FCC to reconsider a February staff-level order letting ReconRobotics sell up to 8,000 units of its Recon Scout every year -- a remote-controlled surveillance robot operating in the 420-450 MHz band.…
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The order was from the deputy chief of the Wireless Bureau’s Mobility Division (http://xrl.us/bmq55f). “Without prior notice and without receiving public comment, and without any explanation how it arrived at the appropriate annual sales maxima, the Order established an annual limit of 8,000 Recon Scout device sales for all subsequent years, and allowed unlimited ‘rollover’ of unsold devices from prior years fewer than the annual maxima,” ARRL said (http://xrl.us/bmxddz). “ARRL requests that this letter Order be rescinded, as it is arbitrary, capricious and without evidentiary support.” The robot is used by public safety. “Typical applications ... include checking a building prior to forced entry; searching vehicle undercarriages for explosives; locating hostages, hostiles, officers, and bystanders before a rescue attempt; and searching for survivors in a burning building,” ReconRobotics said in an earlier filing.