FCC fines $10,000 for xmit on 296.550

[jimvm]

From the CGC Communicator.
296.550 MHz is UHF Satcom uplink.

Ouch!

jimvm


http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-273578A1.html

 

[mancow]

Excellent!

It sounds like a Spanish party line up there at times.

 

[902]

Excellent!

It sounds like a Spanish party line up there at times.

With all the other legal modes of personal communication, ya gotta wonder why he intentionally put something THERE.

 

[w4esp]

What happend to his equipment and what was he using? Militiary surplus? I have a captured cordless phone that works near that freq, not made for usa ofcourse!

tom w4esp

 

[fwradio]

Just curious... that's not a broadcast freq, so he wasn't running a pirate radio station. He must have been talking to someone (unless he likes to transmit just to hear himself talk). I wonder if there were other people in the area that he was conversing with?

 

[mancow]

It was likely a modded ham rig and he was transmitting to god only knows who anywhere in the satellite's footprint.

 

[fwradio]

Hopefully the FCC will have more luck in finding these guys. They need all the help they can get, so if someone hears it locally, give them a call.

 

[prcguy]

The best way to find out what type of radio he was using and if it was on UHF Satcom is to call the guy and ask. The FCC field notice gives a lot of info on him. Any takers?
prcguy

 

[rescuecomm]

Never heard of ham rigs that will go on 296mhz. Too high for 222 mhz radios and too low for UHF stuff. Must have been deliberate use of surplus/military gear and thats why the fine is so high. Just because you can buy it doesn't mean you can use it. Sportsman Guide was selling used Czech military radios that worked on 46 to 55 mhz with no disclaimer about needing a ham license to use them on 6 meters.

Bob