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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 3 Jun 2014 13:39:54 -0400
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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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