[sci.electronics] Infrared communication

sfq@bcd-dyn.UUCP (sfq) (02/29/88)

In article <17327@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>, jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes:
>       No FCC licence is required for "blinking light signals", of course.

Wrong.  Amateur radio has "all above" a certain frequency, which includes
infrared, visible, ultraviolet, and gamma-ray light.

Often wondered if light bulbs needed CW identifiers.

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jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) (03/01/88)

     The FCC lost that one in court some years back, I think.  In the
late 1960s, when the first laser data links were being set up in
Cleveland, the people involved looked into this and discovered that
the FCC had lost a case involving "blinking light signals" some time
before.  Lasers are regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

					John Nagle