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Bob,
I think the FCC has plenty of power, and they can certainly get whatever
resources they need. I also think that they are more concerned with money
than they are with radio for its own sake. Let's face it; hams don't
contribute much economically, when compared to TV broadcasts, for
example. That being the case, hams are a low priority unless they
interfere with other services. I'll bet you'd see some action if the nuts
in Southern California were jamming air traffic controller frequencies, or
Radar. Since they aren't, the FCC doesn't really care what they
do. Besides, aren't amateurs supposed to police themselves? Personally, I
wouldn't want the Friendly Candy Company nosing around every time it
thought I was guilty of some infraction like not identifying every ten
minutes, or having a 20KHz wide signal on 75 meter phone. Mind you, I'm
not advocating that hams behave worse than they already do; and I can think
of lots of them who should clean up their acts, but I think it's up to us
to let them know how we feel about what they're doing. I didn't mean to
expound quite so much on this topic, but I really think we could do a lot
more to get some of these wackos back into line. Trouble is, a lot of guys
think these clowns are funny, and egg them on.
Steve
On Wednesday 5/11/05 12:51 Bob Humbert wrote:
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>Does anyone know for sure about any ham who has ever bin fined or jailed =
>by the FCC? I said before that I think that the FCC is a toothless =
>paper tiger and no one commented on my remark. What goes on here in =
>southern California is truly a joke and I'm wondering if the same is =
>true around the country. I have heard about all of their fancy locating =
>equipment and how they have so much power but I frankly don't think they =
>give a d...m about ham radio frequency activities and that there is no =
>real way to stop monsters like we have here. If I'm wrong or if other =
>areas of the country are having better results with getting the FCC to =
>rid the bands of ham radio terrorist I would like to hear about it. =
>Many and I do mean many clubs and individuals have submitted written =
>complaints to the FCC and for years now he just keeps thumbing his nose =
>at any attempt to stop him. "Ignore him and he will eventually go =
>away" is the way that everyone is treating the problem here now but that =
>just isn't right. That makes about as much sense as "ignore the cereal =
>killer and he will eventually get tired of it and quit".
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>Does anyone know for sure about any ham who has ever = bin fined=20 or
>jailed by the FCC? I said before that I think that the FCC is a =
>toothless paper tiger and no one commented on my remark. What goes = on
>here=20 in southern California is truly a joke and I'm wondering if the
>same is = true=20 around the country. I have heard about all of their
>fancy locating = equipment and how they have so much power but I frankly
>don't think they = give a=20 d...m about ham radio frequency activities
>and that there is no real way = to stop=20 monsters like we have here. If
>I'm wrong or if other areas of the = country=20 are having better results
>with getting the FCC to rid the bands of ham = radio=20 terrorist I would
>like to hear about it. Many and I do mean many = clubs and=20 individuals
>have submitted written complaints to the FCC and for years = now he=20
>just keeps thumbing his nose at any attempt to stop = him. =20 "Ignore
>him and he will eventually go away" is the way that everyone is =
>treating=20 the problem here now but that just isn't right. That makes
>about = as much=20 sense as "ignore the cereal killer and he will
>eventually get tired of = it and=20 quit".
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