You may be right about that, John, but didn't the FCC restrict amateur
operation on 440 because of possible interference with Radar?
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 13:39
Subject: Re: FCC Releases Warning Notices to Several Radio Amateurs
>I believe the military handles their own frequencies for the most part but
>I
> could be wrong.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: FCC Releases Warning Notices to Several Radio Amateurs
>
>
>> 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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