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. -- Stanley F. Quayle UUCP: cbosgd!osu-cis!bcd-dyn!sfq (614) 424-4052 USPS: 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201 N8SQ @ W8CQK Fido: Stanley Quayle, Node 1:226/610 My opinions are mine. What more of a disclaimer could you need?
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