Glad to hear he finally got nailed.
I live in California where repeater jamming seems to be a way of life and has been so for a very long time. It was worse before people started putting
subaudible on repeaters but now that virtually all radios have that capability it's back.
If you've ever lived in a heavily populated area where jamming is a way of life, you get over the humor of it in a very big hurry. It's almost enough to get you
to unload all your vhf equipment at times.
Don W6SMB
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:11:24 -0600, Colin McDonald wrote:
ah great stuff.
Although, his jamming was quite amusing at times...he used to jam the 435
repeater system in L.A and i listened to it on shoutcast...some of the stuff
was funny...but on a constant basis, definitely not.
I guess there are still some judges with teeth out there.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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Subject: Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
> Excellent news!
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> Subject: ARLB017 Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB017
> ARLB017 Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
> ZCZC AG17
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> ARRL Bulletin 17 ARLB017
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT September 19, 2006
> To all radio amateurs
> SB QST ARL ARLB017
> ARLB017 Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
> It was a day a lot of radio amateurs in Southern California had been
> anticipating for a long time. On September 18, US District Court Judge R.
> Gary Klausner sentenced convicted radio jammed Jack Gerritsen, now 70, to
> seven years imprisonment and imposed $15,225 in fines on six counts -- one
> felony -- that included transmitting without a license and willful and
> malicious interference with radio
> transmissions. Before sentencing, Gerritsen apologized to the federal
> government, the FCC and the local Amateur Radio community, which had
endured
> the brunt of Gerritsen's on-air tirades and outright jamming. "I'm sorry,
> and I apologize to everyone here," Gerritsen told those in the courtroom.
> Gerritsen's contrition did nothing to convince Klausner toward leniency.
The
> judge berated Gerritsen as a repeat offender and said he believed
Gerritsen
> would continue to commit similar offenses. The sentence even exceeded US
> District Attorney Lamar Baker's recommended 46 months incarceration.
> In addition to the prison time, Klausner fined Gerritsen $225, payable
> immediately, and an additional $15,000 to be paid through the Probation
> Department. Klausner tacked on two years' supervised probation and
> recommended Gerritsen remain in custody in Southern California during that
> period.
> Klauser further ordered Gerritsen to participate in a substance abuse
> program at his own expense. He told Gerritsen he could not use any
> identification, including his previous Amateur Radio call sign KG6IRO,
other
> than his real name when identifying himself, and he told Gerritsen he
could
> not own, possess or use any radio transmitting equipment.
> The FCC had been investigating complaints of illegal radio transmissions
> linked to Gerritsen for four years. According to court documents, the FCC
> investigation revealed that Gerritsen transmitted both prerecorded
messages
> and real-time harassment and profanity for hours at a time, often
targeting
> local Amateur Radio repeater systems and precluding their use by licensed
> operators.
> Following trial last December, Gerritsen was found guilty of causing
> malicious interference with a communications system operated by the United
> States -- a felony. The court also found him guilty of two misdemeanor
> counts of willful or malicious interference with radio communications and
> three misdemeanor counts of transmitting radio signals without a license.
> Gerritsen has been in custody since his conviction.
> The FCC has already levied $52,000 in fines on Gerritsen for violating its
> rules and the Communications Act.
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