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|    Message 47 of 2,531    |
|    mark lewis to Roy Witt    |
|    Radios    |
|    13 Feb 12 19:26:22    |
       TW> From what I have heard IF they are directly imported they are        TW> Illegal. They do not meet FCC standards and the US distributor must        TW> reprogram them to meet the FCC standards.               RW> That's what I was thinking when I read that he was buying it from,        RW> and it would be shipped directly from China...unless it includes an        RW> FCC type acceptance validation statement with the radio, I'd steer        RW> clear of it.               those are also faked in many circumstances... i've run into it with 'white       box' network cards and the FCC ID not being valid in the database when i'd go       do a lookup...              )\/(ark               * Origin: (1:3634/12)    |
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