3A992 Category 3A

General purpose electronic equipment, not controlled by 3A002, as Follows (See List of Items Controlled).

Category 3: Electronics

Reasons for control

• RS: Regional stability
• AT: Anti-terrorism

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List-based license exceptions

Items

1. a. Electronic test equipment, n.e.s.
2. b. Digital instrumentation magnetic tape data recorders having any of the following characteristics;
3. b.1. A maximum digital interface transfer rate exceeding 60 Mbit/s and employing helical scan techniques;
4. b.2. A maximum digital interface transfer rate exceeding 120 Mbit/s and employing fixed head techniques; or
5. b.3. “Space qualified”.
6. c. Equipment, with a maximum digital interface transfer rate exceeding 60 Mbit/s, designed to convert digital video magnetic tape recorders for use as digital instrumentation data recorders.
7. d. Non-modular analog oscilloscopes having a bandwidth of 1 GHz or greater.
8. e. Modular analog oscilloscope systems having either of the following characteristics:
9. e.1. A mainframe with a bandwidth of 1 GHz or greater; or
10. e.2. Plug-in modules with an individual bandwidth of 4 GHz or greater.
11. f. Analog sampling oscilloscopes for the analysis of recurring phenomena with an effective bandwidth greater than 4 GHz.
12. g. Digital oscilloscopes and transient recorders, using analog-to-digital conversion techniques, capable of storing transients by sequentially sampling single-shot inputs at successive intervals of less than 1 ns (greater than 1 gigasample per second), digitizing to 8 bits or greater resolution and storing 256 or more samples.

Related controls

N/A

Notes

Note: This ECCN controls the following “specially designed” “parts” and “components” for analog oscilloscopes: 1. Plug-in units; 2. External amplifiers; 3. Pre-amplifiers; 4. Sampling devices; 5. Cathode ray tubes.

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.