That doesn't mean it wasn't intimidating. John Ramsey sat down. If you don't cooperate, the agents said, we can tie you up forever. Then the agents revealed what they came for. The list was long, but what they were particularly after were wireless microphones and wireless microphone kits.
Wireless microphones are, by definition, micro-radio transmitters.
So it is entirely possible that the intimidating raids on Ramsey and other suppliers were intended, at least in part, to strike at the logistical requirements of some members of the micro-radio movement even as, with the other hand, the FCC rewards others with official approval. It would explain a lot. This is not to say that the government was not also doing exactly what they are apparently attempting to appear to be doing. After all, neither Radio Shack nor Dunifer himself was raided . So maybe it is all about suppressing unauthorized spying by electronic means after all.