FCC's Enforcement Bureau Issues Citation to Rugged Radios for Equipment Marketing Violations

[Joey G]

I always wondered how they were flying under the radar with this, but I guess they weren't after all.

EB Issues Citation to Rugged Radios for Equipment Marketing Violations

EB notifies Rugged Race Products, Inc. d/b/a Rugged Radios that it unlawfully marketed radio frequency devices and directs it to take immediate steps to comply with the Commission's equipment authorization and marketing rules

www.fcc.gov

If you're using one of their products, you may want to verify that you're in compliance. Just because a radio comes programmed with a frequency doesn't mean you can legally operate there.

 

[Billoftt]

What took so long?


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[BritKLR]

Given the huge number of unlicensed operators and radios clogging up the back country airwaves would like to see more of this.

 

[JimBiram]

It’s about time...


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[BigDaveZJ]

Saw a post where they denied it happened on FB.

 

[86scotty]

Saw a post where they denied it happened on FB.

Fake news. Everything happens on Facebook.

 

[Billoftt]

Saw a post where they denied it happened on FB.

You should link the record on the FCC’s website on that post.


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[roving1]

Good.

 

[Herbie]

Wow, reading the citation, it's so much worse than it should have been.

In addition to marketing radios programmed to parts of the spectrum they shouldn't have been, it looks like they also farked around quite a bit with their testing and certification process. They sold radios under transmitter IDs that were substantially different from the radios tested in order to receive those IDs, and they sold other radios without ANY testing or certification at all.

 

[roving1]

Wow, reading the citation, it's so much worse than it should have been.

In addition to marketing radios programmed to parts of the spectrum they shouldn't have been, it looks like they also farked around quite a bit with their testing and certification process. They sold radios under transmitter IDs that were substantially different from the radios tested in order to receive those IDs, and they sold other radios without ANY testing or certification at all.

There was a huge circle of brazen ****'s from the company and community using and promoting the product at the time. The company simply did not care at all about being legal.

I remember Trail Recon early on pimping their stuff and just being like "Who cares" when it was pointed out their radios were illegal as hell. As goody two shoes as that guy comes off he apparently was OK with the kickback for glossing over the issue.

There were a bunch of other influences pushing their crap too massively whitewashing the compliance issue.

 

[crazysccrmd]

Surprised it took so long. I'm also surprised with how many people were willing to way over pay for the exact same baofeng they could get off Amazon for 20% cost.

 

[BigDaveZJ]

You should link the record on the FCC’s website on that post.


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Someone posted a screenshot of it already. Still denied it . . . .

 

[Billoftt]

Someone posted a screenshot of it already. Still denied it . . . .

Well, nobody ever accused them of being honest, have they?


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