[OpenTRV-dev] EU radio band 48

[Bo Herrmannsen]

that was my thought as well

making it a kit somehow to avoid any issues

but how simple can we do that? would soldering battery wires be enough? it
would certainly make it go from not working to working

2016-06-08 11:54 GMT+02:00 Stuart Poulton <stuart at poulton.org.uk>:

> Damon,
>
> I think it goes something like this.....
>
> CEPT covers 48 EU countries
> ETSI Covers EU RF Band standards
>
> The EU itself controls Licensing of RF in 27 EU states currently
>
> I'd suggest that the chances are that as long as the device being used is
> working in a CEPT/ETSI band, than you're ok.
>
> Even though you're planning it as an EU campaign I bet you'll get some
> interest from the US, so simply easier to make it clear that the belief if
> that the product is correctly licensed as above, but it's down to the end
> user.
>
> Not sure if you're planning on CE approval ? But if not you need to make
> those purchasing clearly understand that they are buying a kit for
> construction, hence avoiding the problem of 'selling a product'
>
> Stuart
>
>
> On 08/06/16 09:40, Damon Hart-Davis wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some exciting news: we’re working up to a small product-based crowd
>> funding campaign later this year to get a batch of valves into the hands of
>> early adopters, etc (details still being decided).
>>
>> The current thinking is that this should be an EU-wide campaign (rather
>> than just the UK).
>>
>> I would like to feel confident that our use of EU band 48 for the
>> FS20/FHT8V and the new faster FSK channel is legal everywhere in the EU, or
>> at least know where it isn’t so that we can tell people there not to buy,
>> given that radio regs are not totally harmonised.
>>
>> Now, somehow I’ve failed to read through 20+ sets of local equivalents of:
>>
>>
>> http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/spectrum/spectrum-policy-area/spectrum-management/research-guidelines-tech-info/interface-requirements/IR_2030-june2014.pdf
>>
>> So, how can I sensibly get some clarity on this, quickly and cheaply?
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>> Damon
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