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<v Speaker 1>The FCC takes action against several labs in the USA

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<v Speaker 1>that are apparently controlled by China, calling them bad labs

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<v Speaker 1>for the purposes of testing Chinese radio equipment. Check this out.

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<v Speaker 1>This was sent to me by one of you. Got

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<v Speaker 1>an email from you with a link to this Brandan Carr,

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<v Speaker 1>FCC Chairman of the FCC. He put this on X

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<v Speaker 1>or what I call I still call Twitter. The FCC

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<v Speaker 1>has identified seven test labs that are apparently owned or

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<v Speaker 1>controlled by China. Up to now, these labs have been

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<v Speaker 1>authorized review electronics headed for the US, including national security checks.

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<v Speaker 1>We're now taking action to kick bad labs out of

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<v Speaker 1>the US system. So, in other words, I wonder, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've found a link to this. He shared a picture

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<v Speaker 1>on Twitter. He didn't share a link to the actual article.

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<v Speaker 1>So I went onto the FCC website and I found

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<v Speaker 1>a link to this article. I'm going to read this

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<v Speaker 1>to you guys, but I wonder how many of these

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<v Speaker 1>labs were in charge of spurious emissions tests on some

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<v Speaker 1>of the Part ninety or Part ninety five radios that

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<v Speaker 1>we've been getting into the USA from China. I get

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<v Speaker 1>the question and comment several times on videos when I

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<v Speaker 1>post videos about Bowfang's or Reddivist radios or any tone

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<v Speaker 1>radios or anything else out of China, people will say

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<v Speaker 1>something like, I thought these weren't allowed in the USA anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>How can they sell these radios as completely unlocked? They're

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<v Speaker 1>not part ninety or you know, are these legal to sell?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this? This? This? And I'm like, well, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean, I don't really know the answer to that,

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<v Speaker 1>other than to say, you know, eBay and Amazon you

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<v Speaker 1>can buy kind of anything you want to, and I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how they get around regulations. But more

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<v Speaker 1>than that, I don't know exactly what the regulations are.

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<v Speaker 1>So I know for a fact that the FCC came

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<v Speaker 1>down on Balfang a while back and said that you

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<v Speaker 1>can't sell a fully unlocked UV five R anymore, which

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<v Speaker 1>most of the time, if you buy a UV five

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<v Speaker 1>are on Amazon, it's locked, but it's just simple, like

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<v Speaker 1>a two key process to unlock it. So it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of pointless in my opinion that they even care about

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<v Speaker 1>that because they're selling a very easily easy to unlock radio.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not saying they should or should not be

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<v Speaker 1>able to be unlocked. I'm just saying this is the

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<v Speaker 1>facts are that locking the radio does very little to

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<v Speaker 1>prevent people from transmitting outside of the amateur radio bands,

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<v Speaker 1>and those UV five R radios are not Part ninety accepted.

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<v Speaker 1>Baufaning does have some Part ninety type accepted radios Part

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<v Speaker 1>ninety certified radios. Part ninety means they're commercial and it

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<v Speaker 1>means they've gone through a little bit extra test and

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<v Speaker 1>they have they're supposed to have less spurious emissions than

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<v Speaker 1>something that is not Part ninety's. It means they're full

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<v Speaker 1>open transmit from about one thirty four to one seventy

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<v Speaker 1>four or one thirty six to one seventy four megahertz

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<v Speaker 1>and four hundred to maybe four eighty or even up

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<v Speaker 1>to five hundred and twenty mega hurts something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>But sometimes Part ninety radios are good and sometimes they're

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<v Speaker 1>not good. So it just it kind of depends. But

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<v Speaker 1>I under if there was anything in these tests that

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<v Speaker 1>there are these labs rather that signified you know, that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of let things slip through the cracks that they

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have. Why would any Chinese lab be used? Some

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<v Speaker 1>of the comments here, you know, it's Twitter is a

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<v Speaker 1>dumpster fire of comments and always has been. It might

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<v Speaker 1>be a little bit better today than it used to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is the FCC actual document pdf file that I've found.

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<v Speaker 1>Now went back here and I found the bad Labs

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<v Speaker 1>apparently controlled by China article on the FCC dot gov website.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right here, and you can get the press release

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<v Speaker 1>in document or PDF or text file. So I pulled

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<v Speaker 1>up the pdf file and I'm gonna read that to

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's zoom in on this right here. News

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<v Speaker 1>from the FCC. Federal Communications Commissioned FCC takes action on

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<v Speaker 1>bad labs quote apparently controlled by China. FCC takes first

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<v Speaker 1>step to enforce recent bad labs rules, beginning proceeding to

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<v Speaker 1>withdraw recognition from foreign adversary owned labs. This article is

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<v Speaker 1>written earlier this month. At the time of this recording

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<v Speaker 1>comes from Washington on September eighth of twenty twenty five. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>the FCC took an initial set of actions to address

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<v Speaker 1>the threats posed by quote bad labs they call it.

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<v Speaker 1>These are labs that review and approve electronics for use

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<v Speaker 1>in the US, but are ultimately owned or controlled by

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<v Speaker 1>a foreign adversary nation. Adversary nation. A lot of you

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<v Speaker 1>come along this channel and you're like CCR Chinese Communist Republic.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, why would you ever buy anything? And again,

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<v Speaker 1>USA manufacturing needs to step up their game. We need

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<v Speaker 1>to get some sort of manufacturing inside the USA because

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<v Speaker 1>there are no handheld radios for any service HAM Radio,

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<v Speaker 1>Commercial Radio GMRS CB, nothing None of that stuff is

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<v Speaker 1>made in the USA. Most all of it is made

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<v Speaker 1>in China. Heck man, if it was made in Mexico

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<v Speaker 1>or South America somewhere, or in Italy, I'd be okay

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<v Speaker 1>with that. But most of it is made in China.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of it's made in Japan. Some of it's made

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<v Speaker 1>in Japan. There's a lot of ham radios that are

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<v Speaker 1>made in Japan. Obviously handheld ham radios for our service

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<v Speaker 1>that are made in Japan. But there's hardly anything that's

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<v Speaker 1>made in Japan for gmrs or stuff like that. So

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<v Speaker 1>a cbe radio that kind of thing. So we need

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<v Speaker 1>to I would like to see a comment in the

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<v Speaker 1>video below, because every time I talk about products that

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<v Speaker 1>are made in USA, all Acraft, Flex Radio, some other stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>Buddy Pool, I get comments about how expensive those items are.

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<v Speaker 1>So put a comment in this video below and tell

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<v Speaker 1>me one of two things. Do you prefer cheap products

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<v Speaker 1>cheaper price or better quality made in the USA products,

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<v Speaker 1>because you can't have both. If someone like Flex Radio

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<v Speaker 1>were to come along and say we're gonna start making

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<v Speaker 1>a duel man HT just as good as their HF radios,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe just as good as a Motorola handheld radio. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>ht's gonna be upwards of that. It's gonna be north

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<v Speaker 1>of one thousand dollars fifteen hundred eighteen hundred bucks something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Would you be okay with that? Would you

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<v Speaker 1>want one? Do you think you'd buy one? I doubt

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<v Speaker 1>you'd buy four of them? You probably have four UV

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<v Speaker 1>five rs, right, I doubt you'd buy that many. But

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<v Speaker 1>would you buy one? Would you be okay with a

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<v Speaker 1>high price if it's made in USA? Or would you

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<v Speaker 1>rather have lower prices that are made in other countries?

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<v Speaker 1>Put a comment in the video below. Specifically, the FCC's

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<v Speaker 1>Office of Engineering and Technology issued notices today that begin

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<v Speaker 1>proceedings to withdraw recognition from an initial tranch of these

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<v Speaker 1>bad labs. The FCC adopted this process at its May

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<v Speaker 1>Commission meeting and now takes these actions immediately upon those

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<v Speaker 1>rules becoming effective. The agency has now begun proceedings to

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<v Speaker 1>withdraw recognition from seven test labs owned or controlled by

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<v Speaker 1>the Chinese government. The recognition of four other such labs

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<v Speaker 1>have expired. Since the adoption of our rules will not

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<v Speaker 1>be renewed. Okay. President Trump is leading the charge to

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<v Speaker 1>reshore America's industrial capacity and safeguard critical supply chains from

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<v Speaker 1>foreign adversary nations. Today's FCC action on bad Labs will

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<v Speaker 1>continue to do just that, said the FCC Chairman, Brandon Carr.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's whose Twitter account we were looking out right here,

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon Carr. Foreign adversary governments should not own and control

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<v Speaker 1>the labs that test the devices the FCC certifies as

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<v Speaker 1>safe for the US market. This is an important step

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<v Speaker 1>in restoring trust in the commissions equipment authorization process and

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<v Speaker 1>combating foreign adversary threats. I commend OEt, the Enforcement Bureau,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Agency's Council on Natural Security for their work

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<v Speaker 1>on this action, and it goes on to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>some other government agencies down here. So I think this

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<v Speaker 1>is a good thing. I don't really think that foreign

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<v Speaker 1>labs foreign companies should control test labs in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think foreign companies should control there's certain things. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>a foreign person or an immigrant who is naturalized and

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<v Speaker 1>has become a citizen, of course, that's totally fine. But

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<v Speaker 1>a foreign company that's owned and operated overseas, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really care what the country is. I don't really think

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<v Speaker 1>they should be controlling this type of test lab inside

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. So what do you guys think.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that this is a good or a

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<v Speaker 1>bad action by the FCC. I personally think this this

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<v Speaker 1>type of thing is more what the FCC should be doing.

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<v Speaker 1>They should be not worried so much about what's happening

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<v Speaker 1>inside the borders, but worrying about stuff that's coming into

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<v Speaker 1>the country from outside of the United States borders and

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<v Speaker 1>regulating more of that. So it's not really regulating stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that US citizens are doing as much. It is as

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<v Speaker 1>regulating companies and individuals outside of the United States trying

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<v Speaker 1>to push products into the import industry of this country.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think this is kind of what they should

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<v Speaker 1>be doing a little bit more than looking at people

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<v Speaker 1>for bad transmitters on their GMRS towers or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'll put links to this in the description blow

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<v Speaker 1>So please comment on this video. And if you enjoyed

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