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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