The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology granted...
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology granted a waiver Monday to Autoliv ASP and Caterpillar that temporarily exempts the companies from the FCC’s Section 15.515(c) emissions rules. The waiver allows Autoliv to continue manufacturing and marketing its C4 vehicular…
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radars to Caterpillar until Dec. 31, 2014 -- and for Caterpillar to continue importing the radars until the same date. The radars comply with the FCC’s existing Section 15.515(c) emissions limits, but do not comply with revised limits set to take effect Wednesday. Autoliv and Caterpillar had told the FCC that Caterpillar’s vehicles could not safely operate without the Autoliv radars, which Caterpillar will need until it can complete a planned redesign that will allow use of dually compliant radars. The FCC said the waiver will apply to only the about 900 vehicles Caterpillar believes it will manufacture through the end of 2014 that will require the Autoliv radar systems, most of which will operate outside the U.S. or in situations that will have a “negligible” influence on satellite interference in the 23.6-24.0 MHz band (http://bit.ly/1emBsXv).