[geeks] fwd: The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod - An Illustrated Journey

[velociraptor]

On 11/23/06, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >From: John Francini <francini at mac.com>
> >Date: 2006/11/21 Tue AM 10:55:27 CST
> >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [geeks] fwd: The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod - An Illustrated Journey
>
> >Well, the FCC-mandated limits on things like frequency response,
> >power, and modulation pretty much
> >guarantee that the FM signal won't be as good as a cassette adapter.
>
> What?
>
> The little transmitters (in the US of A) are almost always covered by Part 15, which limits radiated power and antenna length, nothing more. As I understand it any modulation is aceptable, without limitations, but the user of a Part 15 device is not allowed to disrupt other, licensed transmissions (like a cell phone jammer, etc.).

This is the regulation that the FCC used put the stops on XM & Sirius
for--reports that their transmitters were interfering with other cars'
FM reception.  I think they both got through that recently though.

=Nadine=