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On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:04:02 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:58:42 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospam com> did spake, saying:
>
>> So I use an RF transmitter instead,
>> and that generally works well.
>
> They used to be illegal here. Well to be precise you were using a device
> that sent a signal that your radio could receive wirelessly and thus by
> law were classified as a broadcaster, for which you needed a licence
> costing a few grand. Only got changed at the end of 2006 so as to allow
> low-power broadcasters.
Yes, over here anything over a couple watts of transmit power (IIRC)
requires a license. I actually have a radio license (amateur radio,
novice class license), but it covers different frequency ranges than
something like this would use.
Jim
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