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GPS Repeater / Reradiator ?
- Thread starter Rick_A
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az_gila
Well Known Member
Legal issues...
From a manufacturer's web site
PLEASE NOTE:
GPS re-radiator devices may be sold only to foreign parties. Domestic customers must provide proof of authorization obtained from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) before a transaction can be completed. For further information regarding NTIA requirements, see Chapter 8.3.28 of the NTIA manual,
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/8.pdf
gil A
May not be legal to easily do in the US...Rick_A said:
From a manufacturer's web site
PLEASE NOTE:
GPS re-radiator devices may be sold only to foreign parties. Domestic customers must provide proof of authorization obtained from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) before a transaction can be completed. For further information regarding NTIA requirements, see Chapter 8.3.28 of the NTIA manual,
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/8.pdf
gil A
JonathanCook
Well Known Member
One solution can be to use a long cable with the antenna outside the hanger.
Here's one that has been written about before - I don't have personal experience with it or any relationship with the company. I believe the model # RA-46 is what was used with positive results.
http://mobilegpsonline.com/mgpsos/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6_97
Bob
http://mobilegpsonline.com/mgpsos/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6_97
Bob
az_gila
Well Known Member
US regulations
This link is to a San Jose company that got fined $75,000 for selling those same devices in the US...
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-30A1.pdf
This paragraph is the interesting one, I think...
16. Finally, we do not find San Jose?s claim -- that it was unaware that its GPS re-radiator devices violated the rules until it received the Division?s letter of inquiry -- warrants a downward adjustment of the proposed aggregate forfeiture amount. It is a well established and long-standing principle that ignorance of the law is not a mitigating factor and does not warrant a downward adjustment of an assessed forfeiture.
Is it worth the risk?
gil in Tucson
Bob, That link is to a Canadian company....bcondrey said:
This link is to a San Jose company that got fined $75,000 for selling those same devices in the US...
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-30A1.pdf
This paragraph is the interesting one, I think...
16. Finally, we do not find San Jose?s claim -- that it was unaware that its GPS re-radiator devices violated the rules until it received the Division?s letter of inquiry -- warrants a downward adjustment of the proposed aggregate forfeiture amount. It is a well established and long-standing principle that ignorance of the law is not a mitigating factor and does not warrant a downward adjustment of an assessed forfeiture.
Is it worth the risk?
gil in Tucson
