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Radio Society to Ofcom: Hear See you in court

AndyMW
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Well done RSGB!

I'm pleased the RSGB are now visibly taking this problem seriously.

It's saddening to read the hideously misguided posts here regarding amateur radio, but regardless of how anyone may feel about another's interests, the bottom line is that these PLT devices are being distributed with blatant disregard for basic EMC regulations, and a precedent must be set otherwise I can envisage the floodgates opening and a whole shed-load of non-compliant equipment being launched onto the market - if that happens, it won't be just the radio amateurs and shortwave broadcast listeners who will be affected.

Incidentally, in the interests of educating some of the posters on here, radio amateurs represent only a small proportion of shortwave users who can potentially be affected by this prehistoric 'technology' known as PLT - even NATO has expressed concerns.

Regulations are there for a good reason and must be enforced, and if our un-elected representative Ofcom won't enforce the law, then another course must be taken.