Federal Communications Commission DA 08-1196
May 23, 2008
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Don Bassler, President
David Steele Enterprises, Inc.
22 Palazzo
Newport Beach, California 92660
Re: File No. EB-08-SE-202
Dear Mr. Bassler:
This is an official CITATION, issued pursuant to Section 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended (“Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(5), to David Steele Enterprises, Inc. (“David Steele”) 
for marketing in the United States unauthorized radio frequency devices in violation of Section 302(b) of 
the Act, 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b), and Sections 2.803 and 15.205(a) of the Commission’s Rules (“Rules”), 47 
C.F.R. §§ 2.803 and 15.205(a).  As explained below, future violations of the Commission’s rules in this 
regard may subject your company to monetary forfeitures.
By letter of inquiry of inquiry (“LOI”) dated May 15, 2008, the Spectrum Enforcement Division 
of the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau (“Division”) initiated an investigation into whether David 
Steele is marketing in the United States an unauthorized radio frequency jamming device listed as the 
“GPS Jammer.”  The Division observed an advertisement for the GPS Jammer on David Steele’s website, 
www.davidsteele.com, on May 15, 2008.
In your May 19, 2008 response, you admit that you import the GPS Jammer from a manufacturer 
in Taiwan.  You state that on December 3, 2007, you imported 30 units of the GPS Jammer, on March 3, 
2008, you imported 30 units of the GPS Jammer, and on May 13, 2008 you imported fifty units of the 
GPS Jammer.  You also admit to the sale of 67 GPS Jammers between December 5, 2007 and May 16, 
2008.  You state that upon receipt of the Division’s May 15, 2008 LOI, you ceased all advertisements of 
the GPS Jammer and no longer import or offer for sale the GPS Jammer.
Section 302(b) of the Act provides that “[n]o person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, 
or ship devices or home electronic equipment and systems, or use devices, which fail to comply with 
regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.”  Section 2.803(a)(1) of the Commission’s 
implementing regulations provides that:
no person shall sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease (including advertising for sale or lease), or 
import, ship, or distribute for the purpose of selling or leasing or offering for sale or lease, any 
radio frequency device unless … [i]n the case of a device subject to certification, such device has 
been authorized by the Commission in accordance with the rules in this chapter and is properly 
identified and labeled as required by § 2.925 and other relevant sections in this chapter.
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Additionally, Section 2.803(g) of the Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(g), provides in pertinent part that:
[R]adio frequency devices that could not be authorized or legally operated under the 
current rules … shall not be operated, advertised, displayed, offered for sale or lease, sold 
or leased, or otherwise marketed absent a license issued under part 5 of this chapter or a 
special temporary authorization issued by the Commission.  
Pursuant to Section 15.201(b) of the Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 15.201(b), intentional radiators1 must be 
authorized in accordance with the Commission’s certification procedures prior to the initiation of 
marketing2 in the U.S.  It does not, however, appear that the above-cited jammer device is capable of 
receiving a grant of certification.  In this regard, the main purpose of the jammer device is to block or 
interfere with radio communications.  Such use is clearly prohibited by Section 333 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 
§ 333, which states that “[n]o person shall willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to 
any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this Act or operated by the 
United States Government.”  Moreover, the GPS Jammer operates within restricted frequency bands 
listed in Section 15.205(a) of the Commission’s rules.3 Thus, this device cannot comply with the FCC’s 
technical standards and therefore cannot be certified or marketed.  
Accordingly, it appears that David Steele has violated Section 302(b) of the Act and Sections 
2.803 and 15.205(a) of the Rules by marketing in the United States a radio frequency device not eligible 
for certification.
If, after receipt of this citation, David Steele violates the Communications Act or the 
Commission’s Rules in any manner described herein, the Commission may impose monetary 
forfeitures not to exceed $11,000 for each such violation or each day of a continuing violation.4
If you choose to do so, you may respond to this citation within 30 days from the date of this letter 
either through (1) a personal interview at the Commission’s Field Office nearest to your place of business, 
or (2) a written statement.  Your response should specify the actions that David Steele is taking to ensure 
that it does not violate the Commission’s rules governing the marketing of radio frequency jamming 
devices in the future. 
  
1 Section 15.3(o) of the Rules defines an “intentional radiator” as a “device that intentionally generates and emits 
radio frequency energy by radiation or induction.”  47 C.F.R. § 15.3(o).
2 Section 2.803(e)(4) of the Rules defines “marketing” as the “sale or lease, or offering to sale or lease, 
including advertising for sale or lease, or importation, shipment or distribution for the purpose of selling or 
leasing or offering for sale or lease.”  47 C.F.R. § 2.803(e)(4).
3 Section 15.205(a) allows intentional radiators to transmit only spurious emissions in the restricted frequency bands.  
47 C.F.R. § 2.1 defines spurious emissions as “[e]missions on a frequency or frequencies which are outside the 
necessary bandwidth and the level of which may be reduced without affecting the corresponding transmission of 
information. Spurious emissions include harmonic emissions, parasitic emissions, intermodulation products and 
frequency conversion products, but exclude out-of-band emissions.”  The GPS Jammer (which operates in the 1450 
MHz to 1600 MHz bands) intentionally transmits radio frequency energy on restricted frequencies.
4 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(3).
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The nearest Commission field office is the Los Angeles, California office.  Please call Zachary 
Rothstein at 202-418-0608, if you wish to schedule a personal interview.  You should schedule any 
interview to take place within 30 days of the date of this letter.  You should send any written statement 
within 30 days of the date of this letter to: 
Kathryn S. Berthot
Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W., Rm. 3-C366
Washington, D.C.  20554 
Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(e)(3), we are informing you that the 
Commission’s staff will use all relevant material information before it, including information that you 
disclose in your interview or written statement, to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required 
to ensure your compliance with the Communications Act and the Commission’s rules. 
The knowing and willful making of any false statement, or the concealment of any material fact, 
in reply to this citation is punishable by fine or imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Sincerely, 
Kathryn S. Berthot
Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division
Enforcement Bureau