Certification or a Declaration of Conformity and the part 15 certification are basically the same thing. Most FCC certifications are actually done by 3rd party testing labs so the FCC type accepted go away but the "part 15" certification requirements dont. You also still are required to get an FCC-ID for your radio, this is granted based on the 3rd party testing documents. You will NOT find any part 97 certified radio because its are not required. You will find Part 15 certifications on ham gear.
Below s a part 15 cert info from a an alinco HT. You will find similar part 15 certifications on ALL recent vintage ham radios. Certifications as I have said in the past are for manufacture, import and sale within the US. Once you leave the ham bands then Service specific certifications is required within the ham bands you will need part 15 compliance.
"The following Application for FCC Type Certification of a Scanning Receiver is prepared on behalf of
Alinco, Inc. in accordance with Part 2, and Part 15, Subparts A and B of the Federal Communications
Commissions rules and regulations and Industry Canada RSS-210. The Equipment Under Test (EUT)
was the DJ-196T, FCC ID: EUGDJ-196T. The test results reported in this document relate only to the
item that was tested.
Ham even building there own gear must meet spectral purity requirements but as long as the volume of production is low can self certify. If your manufacturing larger volumes then you need certifications. Check out any new radio ad in the ham mags, usually there is a disclaimer that the radio is not being offered for sale until certifications is received.
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