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June 5, 2018, the FCC announced a $2.8 million fine against Hobby King for repeatedly selling mis-identified un-certified transmitters. The transmitters, mostly, were advertised for sending live video from unmanned aircraft back to the...
I just ran across this article on E.D.N. for a simple, easy, fast, home-made fixture for measuring your capacitors. https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/all-aboard-/4460638/Solder-wick-trick-characterizes-bypass-caps
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2018 Taking action against a pirate radio operator, Federal Communications Commission agents, in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Marshals Service,...
“T V I” means Tele Vision Interference. The most common causes of TVI are bad powerline insulators, poorly designed LED bulb circuits, poorly designed transmitters. And, sometimes, the receiver is just overloaded by a...
Found a good article on selecting fuses for your project on a website called “Power Electronics” Here is a snippet from that article, listing the design factors explained in the article. Proper selection of...
96,000,000 Robocalls ! WASHINGTON, May 10, 2018— The Federal Communications Commission today fined Adrian Abramovich $120 million for malicious spoofing that was part of his massive robocalling operation aimed at selling timeshares and other...
Oldy, but a goody, if you have trouble soldering your PL259 UHF connectors. This is a .wmv video, so it should play well in windows medial player, etc. How to solder a PL259_0001 (2017_02_06...
FCC agreed to a $61,000 fine to Liantronics, LLC for marketing LED signs that were not FCC approved. Failure to certify LED signs and displays can lead to radio interference. Read the FCC .pdf...
Link to a video found on facebook. Always check clearance before dumping your load! https://www.facebook.com/OSHAisthisOK/videos/430527254061527/
April 26, 2018, the FCC issued a $22,000 fine to a company that was using a cellphone jammer in its warehouse. The company said it was operating the jammer to keep the employees from...