FCC ISSUES $18,000 NAL TO KC5CSG

Wonderful to see enforcement actions after nearly two decades of not much more than crickets. Lets get a few dozen more egregious offenders slapped with an $18K NAL, and get the word out that the FCC once again, gives a damn (at least, for now).

 

The word "apparent" when used as a legal term has a clear and concise meaning.

 

In the PDF...

He further stated that he was “tired of this trash harassing me” and noted, “I’m going to tell you like I tell this trash over here. Pound sand lady.”

Pound sand lady...

Bwahahahahaha! That's hilarious. He just couldn't resist.

No wonder they (the FCC) decided to add $10,000 to his forfeiture.

Dan KI4AX

 

do a quick google search of his call sign.

It will turn up his call, "handle", and 27 mhz jamming

 

Wow! He even told the FCC to "pound sand" .... From this correspondent's perspective, that sorta makes me think there's no "apparent" to this one!
Why do so many of us mistake a "privilege" for a "right"? Maybe the distinction isn't taught well enough in our schools?

 

PS - off topic - W4RAV and W5BIB - Bored or not, thanks for your service guys! That phrase is getting more and more mainstream and it's almost so generic that nobody really listens anymore -- but I really mean it!

 

Well obviously you don't understand what they mean by "apparently"....Its a term used even in court....Example: Apparently he "DID" commit the crime....meaning they have evidence he did commit the crime....Understand?

 

now the need to go after those on 7.200 love to see them all hang

 

There once was a man from Luzianne
who thought he had a good plan
The repeater he abused it
so nobody could use it
But he got taken down by "The Man".

 

KY5U, Now That's what I call poetic justice.

 

It will be interesting to see if the case stands when it is finally disposed of in July of 2028...

 

Yawn...

To the main post; So what did this guy do to warrant an all out track-down of the 10 minute violation rule? Did he say something the powers to be did not like? If so, what was it? What really gets you an $18k ding?

 

If you read the complaint, it appears to be several things:

1. Emcomm. One of the alleged QRM parties was on a frequency being used for a net loosely affiliated with NWS. Whether real or imagined, there are still people who get very wound up about emcomm.
   
2. The alleged ten-minute ID rule violation wasn't by a few percent. It was by hundreds and/or thousands of percent.
   
3. The alleged QRM went on for hours. This wasn't a one-off fart played into the microphone. The FCC document describes hours of QRM on a single day.

We may not get a lot of enforcement in our service, but when somebody does offensive things for hours on end, that person can't complain when the FCC guy DFs his position with ease, and gets it all on tape.

If you fly the middle finger at Uncle Sam, you are inviting unwanted legal training upon yourself.

 

ERR, .......................parking under a repeaters antenna and playing music is not "failure to ID", its called deliberate and malicious interference.

didn't you read the NAL?

 

No, I did not read the NAL and on its face sounded like someone didn't give their call; a lot. Thanks for the clarification, seriously. BTW, I have not been on the receiving end of a stray fart on HF. Maybe that's a 2m thing <smile>.