Aside from FCC compliance, will the lack of an RF coating affect anything I should worry about?

If it's anything like the PC's I would tear apart in my dad's house, it may affect police-scanner reception, etc., when its in the house. (it MAY even be noticeable to a police office if you were pulled over and his car was close enough, AND the RF emissions happened to be in the band his radio needed).

I know when I lived at home (way back when), if I turned on my computer, my dad would have to "lock out" a particular channel from his scanner because it would consistently hit and then play funky static. When I replaced the computer with another "built from scratch and with no FCC compliance", he still had the problem but on a DIFFERENT frequency.

So that MIGHT be an issue here as well, but also, probably nothing to worry about.

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