During a "Part 15" radio search on google this caught my attention.. It really has no bearing on us I don't think, but I did find it interesting. Below are a copy and paste of the highlight of the article, but you can read it in it's entirety here: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-asks-fcc-to-dismiss-fatally-flawed-petition-for-rule-making-affecting-10-ghz
ARRL Asks FCC to Dismiss 'Fatally Flawed' Petition for Rule Making.
The ARRL has told the FCC that a Petition for Rule Making .. from Mimosa Networks to permit unlicensed Part 15 wireless broadband services in the 10.0-10.5 GHz band is "fatally flawed" and should be dismissed..
"Footnote US128 very clearly and without equivocation prohibits all non-Federal services in the band 10-10.5 GHz except for the Amateur Service, the Amateur-Satellite Service, and the non-Federal radiolocation service," the ARRL said in its comments. The FCC "is not at liberty to ignore" the US footnote, the League said, and is obliged on that basis alone to dismiss the Petition, "because it hasn't the authority to grant it."
Approval of the Mimosa Petition hinges on FCC adoption of rule changes that would put the 10 GHz band under Subpart Z of the Commission's Part 90 rules. Subpart Z currently sets out regulations governing wireless licensing, technical standards, and operational standards in the 3650 to 3700 MHz band. ..
"[T]here is no 'sharing' between allocated radio services and Part 15 devices," the ARRL said. "Part 15 unlicensed devices have no allocation status...and are prohibited from causing interference to any authorized radio service. That is not the regulatory paradigm proposed by Mimosa for the 10.0-10.5 GHz band."
"Increases in the noise floor in this band that would result from wireless broadband operations as proposed would simply foreclose most or all amateur use of the band on an ongoing basis," the ARRL asserted.
"It is quite obvious that Mimosa has propounded a seriously flawed proposal which fails to justify the allocation," the League concluded. "The Petition should be dismissed without action by the Commission without delay."
It looks like "sharing" as it is used in this context means allowing licensed and part 15 unlicensed transmission on a specified frequency band.
If that is correct, than it's all about sharing.
Part 15 radio shares the AM, FM and shortwave bands, to name only three, with licensed services.
And, Rich(P), I am glad you posted this because I believe that ANYTHING of a Part 15 variety ultimately includes us.
I am sometimes overwhelmed by the extent to which almost everything has a Part 15 sticker... cordless phones, computers, modems, clocks, light-bulbs, pens...
Well, maybe not pens.
A quick Google search will find you many many styles, types, powers, and frequency bands in perfectly normal looking pen transmitters, all of which I assume are Part 15 devices.
Tim in Bovey
That wireless mouse pen is something to think about.
My first guess is that instead of carpel tunnel syndrome from using a regular mouse, you could get writer's cramp with the pen mouse.
Well, one of the reasons, anyway.
Bruce