well, I'm glad I missed it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
> John,
>
> I don't think I've ever heard anything quite like the repeater
> jamming that goes on in the Los Angeles area. I was out there for
> about a week, and it got awful old after about ten minutes.
>
> Steve
>
> On Wednesday 9/20/06 13:34 John Miller wrote:
>>It was getting to be a problem here but now it's pretty well cleaned up.
>>you
>>hear it on some repeaters from time to time, but it's not bad. It could be
>>a
>>lot worse.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:18 PM
>>Subject: Re: Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
>>
>>
>> > 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
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:03 AM
>> > Subject: Radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets seven years, fines
>> >
>> >
>> >> Excellent news!
>> >
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "ARRL Web site" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Cc: <Subscribed ARRL Members:>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:19 PM
>> >> 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
>> >> QST de W1AW
>> >> 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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