<![CDATA[Sirius Feels FCC Wrath, Stops Production of Select Receivers - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Sirius Feels FCC Wrath, Stops Production of Select Receivers - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Sirius Feels FCC Wrath, Stops Production of Select Receivers]]> Well, the problem is that the FCC is quite harsh to intentional transmitters that don't behave. I believe there's a 40mW limit for low-power (license-free) FM usage, and if people exceed that, well, the FCC gets annoyed and clamps down. (I think it's 40mW transmitter power, 100mW effective radiated power - the power you get after antenna gain).

Now, when the FCC puts out a directive, you can either modify the firmware to disable the modulator completely, or halt production. You have to halt production anyways to make the firmware changes otherwise FCC's fines get pretty steep pretty fast (you cannot sell noncompliant devices). So production might as well halt to prevent inventory from building up while the firmware is revised to either disable the transmitter or to reduce its power.

Worf

]]> <![CDATA[Sirius Feels FCC Wrath, Stops Production of Select Receivers]]> I'm no FCC lover but, my crap ass Belkin Tunebase-FM for the IPOD can't compete with XM/Sirius transmiters. I get interference from these guys for at least half of my commute to work. I guess what I'm saying is, I want the transmit power they have!

IC_man

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