The FCC has proposed levying an $8000 fine on a Cincinnati, Ohio, radio amateur, Daniel R. Hicks, KB8UYZ, who, at one point, had volunteered to track down the interference he was causing on a number of primarily VHF repeaters. In a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) released on August 20, the FCC Enforcement Bureau asserted that Hicks intentionally interfered with other Amateur Radio operators’ communications and failed to identify properly. According to the NAL, an agent from the Bureau’s Detroit office first responded to multiple complaints of interference on various repeaters in April 2014.
“The agent, working with a local amateur group which included Mr Hicks, was unable to locate the source of the transmission,” recounted the NAL, signed by FCC District Director James Bridgewater. Nearly a year later, in response to continued interference complaints, an agent from the Bureau’s Detroit office returned to the Cincinnati area to take another crack at finding the source of the transmissions….
Read Full Article:
There are no ads, please add some
Radio amateurs once were the target of interference complaints filed with the FCC. Now, the FCC has made it easier for hams to file their own RF inter... Read more
A modern Logbook by Hams, for Hams Share your QSO Statistics and even your whole Logbook with others A Place for other hams to take a look at your QSO... Read more
THE STAGE IS SET FOR AURORAS: A minor CME struck Earth’s magnetic field on Aug. 27th (~0100 UT). At first the impact had little effect. Now, how... Read more
Reuter Pocket – Neuvorstellung The Reuter Pocket the company design and prototyping Burkhard Reuter was first as a highly regarded pre-produ... Read more
The second week of the World Radiocommunication Conference reports on the status of two issues affecting the amateur satellite service. In a report wr... Read more
The Rover Vehicle: A 2002 Ford Explorer – A 6M quarter wave whip for 6M FM operation. – A 2M 5/8 wave whip for 2M FM operation. – A... Read more
Vice President Mike Pence visited radio amateurs and emergency responders at the Puerto Rico Emergency Operations Center (PREOC) in San Juan’s Convent... Read more
Built by popular demand, the DX Engineering Ladder Line Surge Protector is ready to be placed in line with your balanced feedline antenna system! For... Read more
A recent BBC news article regarding a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) contract award for operation within the 70 centimeter band has raised some... Read more
Recent Posts
Redesigned FCC Website Makes it Easy for Hams to File Interference Complaints
TyQSL – Online Logbook
Solar Tsunami and CME
Reuter Pocket
IARU update regarding Amateur Satellite allocations
K2EZ ROVER Hamvention 2018 Presentation
Vice President Mike Pence Visits Amateur Radio Volunteers in Puerto Rico
DX Engineering Ladder Line Surge Protector DXE-LLSP
No Need for Panic Regarding Synthetic Aperture Radars on 70 Centimeters, ARRL CTO Says
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Ffcc-proposes-to-fine-ohio-radio-amateur-for-malicious-interference-failure-to-identify%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
![Working with the Xiegu X6100 [ Videos ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A_03_1024x1024-2-1-90x60.jpg)
![Working with the Xiegu X6100 [ Videos ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A_03_1024x1024-2-1-180x120.jpg)
