More hammy enforcement action

[mmckenna]

FCC seems to have shifted their gaze to the amateur radio arena as of late.

One more dumb a$$ ham gets taken out behind the FCC wood shed:

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-414882A1.pdf

 

[AB5ID]

7200, it's about time.

 

[EAFrizzle]

I wonder if they'll do something about 111111111man and 27385 in general? 🤣

 

[mmckenna]

I wonder if they'll do something about 111111111man and 27385 in general? 🤣

I think the FCC allows this nonsense on CB for a reason. It's their RF equivalent of a padded cell, or a ball pit at the mall. Let the little miscreants tire themselves out in a safe place where they won't interfere with the paying customers.

 

[GlobalNorth]

Start with one and keep going. It will be a long journey.

Forfeiture on every miscreant and fines as well.

 

[GlobalNorth]

I think the FCC allows this nonsense on CB for a reason. It's their RF equivalent of a padded cell, or a ball pit at the mall. Let the little miscreants ware themselves out in a safe place where they won't interfere with the paying customers.

That one trailer park in every city where everyone there has criminal warrants and all the crimes stay inside that trailer park.

 

[AK9R]

As Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH said back in May: "FCC knows who the 7200/3860 people are."

It just takes a while to build a solid case. I think the FCC enforcement lawyers want to be in a position where if the subject of one of their actions pushes the case to an administrative judge, the case won't get overturned due to a technicality or lack of evidence.

 

[EAFrizzle]

I think the FCC allows this nonsense on CB for a reason. It's their RF equivalent of a padded cell, or a ball pit at the mall. Let the little miscreants tire themselves out in a safe place where they won't interfere with the paying customers.

That's funny 'cause it's true.

 

[KK4JUG]

I think the FCC allows this nonsense on CB for a reason. It's their RF equivalent of a padded cell, or a ball pit at the mall. Let the little miscreants tire themselves out in a safe place where they won't interfere with the paying customers.

Furthermore, it would be too little, too late. There's no way on God's Green Earth they could police CB activity's present level of pandemonium, chaos and turmoil.

 

[MTS2000des]

As Lark Hadley spoke back in 2017 at IWCE at an ETA RFIM class I attended, "When the FCC commences an enforcement action, they put resources into getting compliance". In other words, when they choose to nail someone, they hammer it in all the way. FAFO.

 

[kc2asb]

Furthermore, it would be too little, too late. There's no way on God's Green Earth they could police CB activity's present level of pandemonium, chaos and turmoil.

Agreed. They couldn't control it 50 years ago when licensing was still in place. They are not going to expend resources they do not have to police the CB band. It largely has been complaint-driven enforcement, and will almost certainly remain that way.

Amateur radio will continue to be low on the FCC's priority list as well.

 

[W4AXW]

Agreed. They couldn't control it 50 years ago when licensing was still in place. They are not going to expend resources they do not have to police the CB band. It largely has been complaint-driven enforcement, and will almost certainly remain that way.

Amateur radio will continue to be low on the FCC's priority list as well.

In one small sense 11m is self-policing; those who tire of the idiocy and immaturity get the hell out via a "ham ticket", leaving the inmates to run the asylum.

 

[Echo4Thirty]

If you read the NOV the only things they got him on were not allowing access to their station and admitting he had a fake QSO which qualified as a one-way transmission. I am not defending this dude in the least, but those seem quite nit-picky for the FCC to NOV over. I suspect that he pissed off the FCC guys by not allowing them to look at the station, thus they hit him with the one way deal.

Of all the things to get someone on, this one seems trivial. I wonder if it was just a send a message to the rest that they are listening kinda thing.

 

[prcguy]

If you read the NOV the only things they got him on were not allowing access to their station and admitting he had a fake QSO which qualified as a one-way transmission. I am not defending this dude in the least, but those seem quite nit-picky for the FCC to NOV over. I suspect that he pissed off the FCC guys by not allowing them to look at the station, thus they hit him with the one way deal.

Of all the things to get someone on, this one seems trivial. I wonder if it was just a send a message to the rest that they are listening kinda thing.

Reading the NAL a few times it seems like the accused was doing something worse to have FCC people travel from NY to CT to investigate. The FCC can only charge you with what they can prove and they guy was caught transmitting to nobody then refused to let them for an inspection, which is a specific violation. The fact the guy was on the air when the FCC arrived from NY tells me he is fairly active at whatever annoying thing he does so there is probably more to this we will never know unless someone who is a victim of the accused speaks up about what bad things he's done. I also suspect someone dropped a dime on him rather than the FCC found him by random monitoring.

 

[kc2asb]

they guy was caught transmitting to nobody then refused to let them for an inspection, which is a specific violation. The fact the guy was on the air when the FCC arrived from NY tells me he is fairly active at whatever annoying thing he does so there is probably more to this we will never know unless someone who is a victim of the accused speaks up about what bad things he's done. I also suspect someone dropped a dime on him rather than the FCC found him by random monitoring.

I agree, it is likely he was reported vs random monitoring. And he was operating on 7200. That speaks volumes in itself.

As Obi Wan once said about 7200 kHz.....

 

[prcguy]

I agree, it is likely he was reported vs random monitoring. And he was operating on 7200. That speaks volumes in itself.

As Obi Wan once said about 7200 kHz.....

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Apparently Obi Wan has not been to So Cal lately.....

 

[Echo4Thirty]

I agree. I think there is more to this than whats in the NOV

 

[kc2asb]

Apparently Obi Wan has not been to So Cal lately.....

He probably never listened to the infamous So Cal "Renegade" repeater.

 

[KF0NYL]

You mean people actually talk/hold conversations on 7.200????

I thought that 7.200 was the official frequency to tune your antennas at.

On a serious note, I'm glad to see the FCC start doing something about the 7.200 zoo.

 

[AB5ID]

You mean people actually talk/hold conversations on 7.200????

Yes, but usually with themselves.