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  1. 07-05-2012, 07:39 PM #1
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    Default WHOOPS!!!! Ham caught with Bootleg transmitter!

    Seems a CA Ham is getting fined $17K for running a bootleg FM Band transmitter!

    http://www.arrl.org/news/california-...-radio-station

    Don't know where this town is, but no where in SoCal. Must be a NorCal station.

    He refused to let the FCC in to "INSPECT" his station. But that just made them madder and they called him up.

    “During his conversation with the agent, (the op) admitted to operating the broadcast station on frequency 104.9 MHz for six months,”

    Guess he wanted to be a DEEJAY and spin some tunes for his community.

    So now he's gotta come up with the SEVENTEEN G'S.

    Don't mess with the FCC!!!
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    Hope he had better programming than the junk around here.

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    It's in the Bay area.
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    Idiot!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by WA6MHZ View Post
    “During his conversation with the agent, (the op) admitted to operating the broadcast station on frequency 104.9 MHz for six months,” (emphasis added)
    As that great philosopher, Bugs Bunny, would say, "Nyehhh...what a maroon!"
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    Suisun city is not far from Napa. I wonder if they've done a bed check at the funny farm up there.
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    Well seems he picked the wrong band to play DJ on.
    73,
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    When I visited that area last November, it looked like a very nice place to live. Lotsa big trees, nice and GREEN compared to the dusty BROWN down here. But the HOBO SPIDER is advancing towards that area, so I won't be moving up there anytime soon! Ask Michelle about HOBO SPIDERS!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by WA6MHZ View Post
    When I visited that area last November, it looked like a very nice place to live. Lotsa big trees, nice and GREEN compared to the dusty BROWN down here. But the HOBO SPIDER is advancing towards that area, so I won't be moving up there anytime soon! Ask Michelle about HOBO SPIDERS!!!
    Besides....
    Where are you going to get the fleet of box trucks to move all those radios???
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    Bay area houses are MUCH PRICIER than SoCal houses!!! MY house up there would be worth 700 THOUSAND!!! (and in Kansas, it would be worth $20 thousand!)
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