BTX-128 2-Channel 1-Watt UHF Business Band Transceiver w/CTCSS
(190-1207)                 FCC Regulations            Faxback Doc. # 63811

FCC License Required

This transceiver is intended for use in the operation of commercial 
activities, educational, philanthropic, or ecclesiastical institutions, 
and hospitals, clinics, or medical associations.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires you to have a license 
before you operate this transceiver.  Unless you are already licensed to 
operate on one of the preset frequencies, you must apply for a frequency 
through the PCIA (Personal Communication Industry Association), a non-
profit organization that assigns frequencies nationwide to help prevent 
conflicts between different businesses using transceivers in the same 
area.  For more information about getting a license, contact the PCIA at 
800-759-0300, extension 3068 (in Virginia 703-739-0300, extension 3068).

For other questions concerning the license application, contact the FCC at 
717-337-1212 or write:
                           FCC
                      P.O. Box 1040
                   Gettysburg, PA 17325

For the latest FCC application form and instructions, call the FCC's fax 
on demand service at 1-202-418-0177 from a fax machine and request one or 
more of the following documents:

   To receive:                    Enter:

   All forms and instructions     000600
   Form 600 instructions only     006001
   Main Form 600 only             006002
   Form 600 schedules only        006003

If you do not have a fax machine, you can call the Government Forms 
Distribution Center at 1-800-4418-FORM and request that the form and 
instructions be mailed to you.

FCC Part 90 Rules

You must be familiar with Part 90 of FCC Rules before you operate your 
transceiver.  The operation instructions in this manual conform to Part 
90, but do not cover all items in Part 90.

Overall, Part 90 states that:

  You must have a valid license before you use the transceiver.

  As licensee, you are responsible for proper operation of all
  transceivers operating under your license authority.

  You can let unlicensed persons operate this transceiver, as long as you
  take precautions to prevent unauthorized transmissions.

  You must use this transceiver only for the commercial use of your
  business, and only when other commercial channels (such as the
  telephone) are either not available or not practical.

  You must always yield the operating frequency to communications that
  involve the safety of life or property.

  You must take reasonable precautions to prevent harmful interference to
  other services operating on the same frequencies.

  You must not transmit program material of any kind used in connection
  with commercial broadcasting.

  You must not provide a service that is normally handled by telephone or
  telegraph unless such broadcasts involve the safety of life or property
  or in emergencies such as an earthquake, hurricane, flood or a similar
  disaster where normal communications channels are disrupted.

  During each transmission or exchange of transmissions, you must identify
  your station with the call sign issued to you by the FCC, or once each
  15 minutes during periods of continuous operation.

  You must keep a written record of any maintenance or modification made
  to the transceiver, and you must make this record available for
  inspection upon demand by the FCC.

Violating any of the provisions of Part 90 can result in fines and/or 
confiscation of equipment.

Your equipment might cause TV or radio interference even when it is 
operating properly.  To eliminate interference, you can try one or more of 
the following corrective measures:

  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

  Increase the distance between the equipment and the radio or TV.

  Use outlets on different electrical circuits for the equipment and the
  radio or TV.

Consult your local RadioShack store if the problem still exists.

You must use shielded interface cables with this equipment.

Additional FCC Regulations

The Business Radio Service is under the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC).  Any adjustments or alterations that 
would alter the performance of the transceiver so it no longer meets the 
original FCC type acceptance or would change the frequency determining 
method are strictly prohibited.

Replacement or substitution of crystals, transistors, integrated circuits, 
regulator diodes, or any other component that is of a unique nature with 
components other than those recommended can violate the technical 
regulations of the FCC Rules or violate type acceptance requirement of the 
rules.

Before you operate the transceiver, you must obtain your license.  It is 
illegal to transmit without the appropriate license, which you can get by 
submitting a completed FCC Form 600 to the FCC (or through the PCIA).  
Furthermore, you are required to understand Part 90 of the FCC Rules prior 
to operating your transceiver.  It is the user's responsibility to see 
that this unit is operating at all times in accordance with the FCC Rules.

(EB 1/16/1)

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