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Veil-lift radar

The veil-lift radar lists when hidden FCC exhibits are due to go public. The dates are free. Email alerts 7 days before a lift on your watchlist, and on the day, are part of Pro ($5/month).

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The Pro trial starts working the day you sign up. From day one you get watchlist alerts when a company you track files, the weekly deep-dive, and veil-lift radar alerts matched to your watchlist. You are set up before the next tracked veil lift: the Apple wireless headphones (FCC ID BCGA3577), whose veil lifts Nov 18. Your trial covers the 7-day advance email for that lift. The lift-day email falls after this trial ends.

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Our calls

No scored calls yet. We tracked four veil lifts in October (Samsung, Microsoft, and Meta), but our exhibit capture was broken for all four; we fixed it on October 16, too late to score them honestly, so they do not count. First tracked call lands Nov 18: Apple wireless headphones (FCC ID BCGA3577). After the exhibits go public, this section will show what the alert said in advance and what the exhibits showed.

Free radar vs Pro

The dates on the radar are free. Pro adds the email.

What happensFree radarPro ($5/mo)
Upcoming liftsDates on the free radarEmail 7 days before a veil on your watchlist lifts
Lift dayThe date is on this pageEmail that day, naming the filing
Watchlist alertsNot includedEmail the morning after a company you track files, with a link to the official FCC record

What is a veil lift?

A grantee can ask the FCC to keep internal photos, the user manual, and test-setup photos hidden for up to 180 days (47 CFR 0.457 and 0.459). Lift dates assume the grantee requested the full 180 days: exhibits can go public sooner, often at launch, and filings that requested no confidentiality may already be public. The veil-lift radar lists upcoming lifts. The dates are free.

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