<div dir="auto"><div>This applies only to FCC certification, what creates an interesting situation: this pretty much kills most drones used by professionals, who need something what flies, and they  don't want to know about technicalities. What probably will be very bad <a href="https://dronexl.co/2025/11/22/florida-dji-drone-ban-200-million-disaster/">https://dronexl.co/2025/11/22/florida-dji-drone-ban-200-million-disaster/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On the other hand, it changes almost nothing in the fpv world, because some components don't need FCC's blessing, and hardly anyone cares about certification for those, which should have it anyway. IIRC DJI with their digital system were the only ones who cared about completing paperwork. <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=mpdM5rT5DfI">https://youtube.com/watch?v=mpdM5rT5DfI</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jacek</div><div dir="auto">Kw4ep</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 16:21 Alex Fraser via Tacos <<a href="mailto:tacos@amrad.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tacos@amrad.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  

    
  
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    <font size="5" face="Comic Sans MS">I found this on the AMA (ass of
      model aeronautics) site <a href="https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2025/12/22/fcc-foreign-uas-component-decision/?_gl=1*1e068a5*_gcl_au*NjIwMzIyNDQ2LjE3NjY1NDM5NTkuMTI1MzUyMjg5My4xNzY2NTk4MjAwLjE3NjY1OTgyMzQ." rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a><br>
      the FCC site  <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1086A1.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1086A1.pdf</a><br>
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      I think this basically shuts down experimenting with drones in the
      US.<br>
      The components just aren't available.<br>
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