Antique Radio Collector's petition denied

The FCC has issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order denying a Petition for Reconsideration1 filed by Richard Mann doing business as The Antique Radio Collector. This, seeking reconsideration of a $7000 Forfeiture Order issued by the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the Enforcement Bureau on November 27, 2007.

In its Notice of Apparent Liability the FCC had claimed that the Antique Radio Collector had violated the FCC's rules regarding the marketing of uncertified A-M radio transmitters as far back as 2006. Specifically the S S TRAN model AMT3000.

In its response, the Antique Radio Collector claimed that these were really not fully assembled but rather kits that he had put together by Mann at his residence. As such it was not aware of the need for a Commission issued certification authorizing a fully assembled AMT3000 AM transmitter.

But in deny the appeal the FCC says that even transmitters built from kits must be certified before being sold commercially. It says that as a result of its reconsideration of the facts that it finds that neither cancellation nor reduction of the forfeiture is warranted and that the $7000 Forfeiture Order should be affirmed.

The Antique Radio Collector was given the customary 30 days from the April 28th date of issuance of the order to pay or to file a further appeal.

Source: ARNewsline, FCC