§ 95.391   Manufacturing, importation, and sales of non-certified equipment
prohibited.

   No person shall manufacture, import, sell or offer for sale
   non-certified equipment for the Personal Radio Services. See § 302(b) of
   the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 302a(b)). See also part 2, subpart I
   (§ 2.801 et. seq.) of this chapter for rules governing marketing of
   radiofrequency devices.

   (a) Revoked or withdrawn certification. In the event that the FCC
   revokes or withdraws a grant of equipment certification for a type of
   Personal Radio Service transmitter, the FCC will provide specific
   instructions and dates for cessation of manufacturing, importation and
   sales of the affected equipment.

   (b) External radio frequency power amplifiers. No person shall
   manufacture, import, sell or offer for sale any external radio
   frequency power amplifier that is capable of operation on any frequency
   below 144 MHz and is intended for use in the Personal Radio Services.
   See also § 2.815 of this chapter.

   (c) Voice obscuring radios. Effective September 30, 2019, no person
   shall manufacture, or import, sell or offer for sale any radio that
   incorporates one or more voice scrambling or other obscuring features
   where such radio is intended for use in any of the Personal Radio
   Services that provide for voice (telephony) communications on shared
   channels (see § 95.359) regardless of whether the Commission has
   previously certified that radio.

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