Out of curiosity, what's the approximate cost for the unit and a combo with the ground station looking like right now? This looks like a very nice product.
I'm aiming for a retail price of less than 300 USD.
Out of curiosity, what's the approximate cost for the unit and a combo with the ground station looking like right now? This looks like a very nice product.
If you can change the antenna, you'll need a "light weight" cert to confirm you're not radiating too much power with a high-gain antenna. That's what "compliant-ready" means.
Even though you don't live in the United States, you still have to adhere to the rules and regulations formulated by the FCC. The words "pretty sure, acting in good faith, trusting the guidelines of other small manufacturers in the USA who seem to know what they're doing" only goes so far in the Office of International Affairs (OIA) and makes it seem like you haven't done enough research before mass importing your goods into the United States. The FCC has no problem targeting overseas companies that are importing illegal intentional radiators into the US so I'd advise you to take a step back and realize what you're doing here.*But I don't live in the USA and have had no contact with the FCC authorities on this subject.
And that's great to here! I believe you have a great product and it's really benefiting the rocketry community as a whole. However, operations seems a little reversed here. It takes companies years to develop and perfect a board before they submit it to the FCC or CE because they know the process can be daunting with months of ongoing questions, design reiterations, and a large amount of funding. I'm not going to keep beating the dead horse, but I wish you good luck.Note that I'm not at all reluctant to have my product validated to be fully compliant with FCC before "mass producing" it, it's just something that isn't really possible yet since the hardware designs are immature.
And that's great to here! I believe you have a great product and it's really benefiting the rocketry community as a whole. However, operations seems a little reversed here. It takes companies years to develop and perfect a board before they submit it to the FCC or CE because they know the process can be daunting with months of ongoing questions, design reiterations, and a large amount of funding. I'm not going to keep beating the dead horse, but I wish you good luck.
Trust me. Your frustration has been shared with many small creators across the world. You are not the first person to have dealt with these road blocks created by the FCC. However, these road blocks are created for a reason and therefore we should abide by the rules and regulations set in place. Doesn't matter the quantity of units sold either...If I certify my products today with radio compliances (the necessity of which I do not deny), it would mean that the hardware design would be fixed forever until I re-certify. In fact, I would even have to re-certify every time I updated the firmware (which happens very often).
I'm in no way trying to find an excuse or absolve myself of anything, but please understand that to stay 100% within FCC regulation, even if I took the time to do a whole certification process for a product that will never exist beyond a few hundred copies, I will have to spend several thousand of dollars every time I release a new minor revision.
And even though I've been developing my systems for years and years, there are always minor reiterations to be made, it's unavoidable for the time being.
That is correct, but I haven't met many people who would drive 15 min to 45 min out to a launch site to be able to test a GPS tracker. Usually people assemble and test them in the comfort of their home before going out to the launch field. Therefore, doing so potentially puts high density areas at risk of interference.Re these low power TX telemetry and GPS trackers, keep in mind that they are being used in geographic areas with generally extremely low population density and any interference caused by them would be at worst case "below negligible", particularly for the frequency and modulation used.
Then why are you still beating it?I'm not going to keep beating the dead horse, but I wish you good luck.
TouchéThen why are you still beating it?
That is correct, but I haven't met many people who would drive 15 min to 45 min out to a launch site to be able to test a GPS tracker. Usually people assemble and test them in the comfort of their home before going out to the launch field. Therefore, doing so potentially puts high density areas at risk of interference.
I'mma let Santa know.Commercial released is now planned for the end of the year.
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