Besides, I doubt that the FCC is much interested in what hams do as long as
it doesn't affect commercial or military frequencies. The focus is more on
politics and economics, not on good radio practice.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 07:37
Subject: Re: FCC Releases Warning Notices to Several Radio Amateurs
> They don't go after those groups and the 3.910 group around regions 1 and
> 2
> and probably 3 because they know those people are going to keep it up no
> matter how many letters and fines they get and the FCC doesn't have the
> resources to take the next step. The FCC doesn't want to waste all that
> money though why our government is nothing but a waste of money, but they
> don't want to spend the money to take these people to court because they
> won't pay the fines and what not, only for these people to cry that it
> wasn't them and no one can prove one way or another and they'll keep doing
> the same thing weather licensed or not. They'd rather go after the ones
> that
> are fairly new to their attention where they might have some impact rather
> than the habitual people who take the warning letters and notices and
> frame
> them, hang them all around their shacks then brag about them on the air
> and
> post pictures online and what not. It's not worth bothering with them,
> they
> don't have the resources to go after them. Plain and simple, I'm sorry to
> say it but that's what the problem is. If you mess up a couple times or
> push
> your limits, a letter might scare you straight or a fine once, you keep
> doing it and become a regular, they're not going to bother anymore.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Ringwald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 1:07 AM
> Subject: Re: FCC Releases Warning Notices to Several Radio Amateurs
>
>
>> Kind of a waste of FCC time going after these guys for not identifying =
>> when out here on the West Coast we have much worse stuff going on, on =
>> 3840, 75 meters. The worse jamming, swearing, foul language, threats, =
>> much worse than the CB band. And these guys appear to be adults.
>>
>> It is so embarrassing. What if someone is tuning around the ham bands =
>> thinking about getting a ham license? Or if some child is listening in. =
>> 99.99% of the hams are law abiding. But the .001 percent of bad guys =
>> really give our hobby a bad name.=20
>>
>> -Bob Ringwald K6YBV
>>
>>
>> From: Ron Canazzi=20
>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 9:25 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: FCC Releases Warning Notices to Several Radio Amateurs
>>
>> Hi Group,
>>
>> Read this article. It is interesting.
>>
>> http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-releases-warning-notices-to-several-radio-am=
>> ateurs
>>
>>
>> --=20
>>
>> Signature:
>> They ask me if I'm Happy, I say "yes."
>> They ask me "How happy are you?"
>> I say: "I'm as happy as a stowaway chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
>
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