[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: Will radar detectors be regulated out of existence?

[Barry Park]

I wonder if you could get the same effect pointing a 24dBi modded Galaxy at
the bowser in .au?
- Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
To: politech at politechbot.com <politech at politechbot.com>
Date: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:57 PM
Subject: FC: Will radar detectors be regulated out of existence?


>[I invite some of the FCC folks on Politech to contribute, identity kept
>confidential upon request. --Declan]
>
>---
>
>From: "Geoff Gariepy" <geoff_gariepy at hotmail.com>
>To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan at well.com>
>Subject: The FCC's coming for your radar detector...because you're going to
>use it to steal gasoline.
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 13:09:30 -0400
>
>Apparently, ChevronTexaco Corporation has filed an endorsement with the FCC
>on new regulation that would apply to radar detectors because the 25
million
>devices in use interfere with high-tech payment systems now becoming
popular
>at the gas pump.
>
>According to the briefing
>(http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_docum
e
>nt=6513084938), Chevron uses VSAT services provided by Hughes Network
>Systems to beam credit card authorization data from the gas pump to their
>host computer system.  They've discovered that folks using radar detectors
>will inadvertently interfere with these communications due to the fact that
>the detectors emit a small amount of RF energy on the same wavelengths used
>by the satellite communications.  Apparently, the company fears that
>"thieves could use these devices to steal motor fuel by simply activating a
>radar detector while fueling."
>
>Reading through the FCC documents on this proposed regulation also reveals
>that there are companies eager to use the Ka-band part of the spectrum to
>provide 'direct to home' wireless Internet access for rural and other
>'underserved' areas, among other things.  Since there's a long-standing
>principle in FCC regulations which says in effect that unlicensed devices
>cannot interfere with licensed communications, and must accept any
>intereference from licensed devices, it looks like we're in for a new round
>of FCC regulation on radar detectors.
>
>In response, the president of Escort, Inc. has said they can't afford new
>regulation, and offered to move the emissions to a different part of the
>spectrum.  It appears that there are other satcom interests which have
>concerns about the frequency range he's talking about, though.  The
original
>article I dug this out of is was in this week's 'Computerworld' and can be
>viewed at
>http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/ebusiness/story/0,10801,71036
,00.html
>
>The bottom line: radar detectors may well be regulated out of existence.
>
>--Geoff
>
>
>
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