Hobbyking gets $2.8M Fine from FCC
Posted: 26 Jul 2020, 11:21
It appears that Hobbyking have been naughty boys and ignored FCC regulations for their drone AV transmitters. And paid the price!
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-issues ... XxAaEPrsU0
I don't know how the FCC will recover the $2.8M fine as Hobbyking are a Hong Kong based company with only small subsidiaries in the US, UK and Holland (if I understand correctly). Will this force Hobbyking to stop selling into the USA or at least close the USA warehouse?
One would assume if they are happy to flaunt the FCC regulations for an AV transmitter, they may not bother too much about flouting FCC and CE directives for their DSM2/DSMX modules? I'm sure now that the FCC has fined them for this transgression, they will probably investigate other HK rf products such as their DSM2/DSMX modules. And it will probably lead to the EU investigating all their CE marked RF products as well. The end of the OrangeRx range of modules one wonders?
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-issues ... XxAaEPrsU0
I don't know how the FCC will recover the $2.8M fine as Hobbyking are a Hong Kong based company with only small subsidiaries in the US, UK and Holland (if I understand correctly). Will this force Hobbyking to stop selling into the USA or at least close the USA warehouse?
One would assume if they are happy to flaunt the FCC regulations for an AV transmitter, they may not bother too much about flouting FCC and CE directives for their DSM2/DSMX modules? I'm sure now that the FCC has fined them for this transgression, they will probably investigate other HK rf products such as their DSM2/DSMX modules. And it will probably lead to the EU investigating all their CE marked RF products as well. The end of the OrangeRx range of modules one wonders?