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This is probably true, meaning you can't really have a FCC certified tx-capable SDR. However in order to legally use the tx-capabilities of an SDR you probably have to be a ham anyway. And hams don't need their equipment to be FCC certified if I am not mistaken.

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> However in order to legally use the tx-capabilities of an SDR you probably have to be a ham anyway.

You can transmit in the ISM bands without a license. There are still power restrictions which most SDRs won't exceed anyways.

Yes, a general user/consumer can transmit in the ISM band without a license, but they are still required to use intentional transmitters which have been certified by the FCC.

> but they are still required to use intentional transmitters which have been certified by the FCC.

For a hobbyist experimenting with an SDR, this wouldn't apply.

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