Dear Uncle Charlie

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Dear Uncle Charlie
From: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:29:01 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

I have much business with the FCC (Uncle Charlie), and let me tell you all 
the score.  The FCC does not want any more work, as they dont have the 
manpower and budget to do the work they already have before them.  

Any request for rule interpretations or clarifications are likely to be
passed 
up the chain of command and be ruled on by a committee under the Office 
of Engineering and Technology, which sees things from a bureaucratic 
perspective.  To begin with, where would they fit coilers in under CFR Title
47 ?  
Part 15, Radi Frequency Devices, seems like a good choice, except that 
99.99 % of all TCs would fail to meet any legal technical standard under 
Part 15 as it now stands, except for an exemption under paragraph 15.23 
for home built devices.  We might get more technical relief under Part 5, 
Experimental Stations, except we would all need to obtain Experimental 
licenses and then keep written logs of all frequencies used and the times 
of operation, and be able to show we did not emit energy on any 
unauthorized frequency. 

The bottom line is: dont look under any rocks unless you are prepared to 
deal with whatever may be lurking there.  My policy is dont ask, dont tell.

If someone else asks, I can point to CFR 47 Part 15.23 and give them my 
best impression of cooperative innocence.


William E. Payne
275 Oak Hills Dr
Dallas, GA    30132

770-494-1104 (day)

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