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I know some folks scoffed, but it is important enough to have your
readers read it. It IS a serious a matter that some folks don't think
is valid, but more and more, Mr. Hollingsworth is working with ham
volunteers to stop it. Some say that FCC has not the time or funds to
curb such activity, but they have asked ARRL and ham volunteers to
assist in monitoring for such. Truly, FCC and hams are aware of it and
are NOT happy about it! FCC IS determined, with volunteers, to put a
stop to it.
J
FCC Warns Trucking Firms about Alleged Unlicensed 10-Meter Operation
NEWINGTON, CT, Jul 28, 2003--The FCC Enforcement Bureau has sent
Warning Notice letters to three highway transportation firms asserting
that drivers of some of their vehicles may have transmitted without a
license on 10 meters. All three notices allege the unlicensed
operations took place July 8 on Interstate highways in South Carolina.
Letters went out July 14 from FCC Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth
to Jolly Roger Capital Ltd of Columbia, South Carolina, Tidewater
Transit Company of Kinston, North Carolina, and Shuford Lumber of
Marion, North Carolina. He warned all three firms that operation of
radio transmitting equipment without a license could lead to fines of
up to $10,000, equipment seizure and even imprisonment.
Hollingsworth cited "information before the Commission" that spelled
out each vehicle's highway location, license plate and--in two
instances--operating frequency (28.085 MHz). One of the Warning Notice
letters also identified the make and year of the vehicle. The alleged
offenses were said to have occurred when the vehicles were under way
on Interstate 77 or Interstate 20 in South Carolina.
Hollingsworth asked all three firms to get in touch with him to
discuss the allegations.
you seem to treasure your precious ten meters..........how often do
you talk there???????? also i think this type of activity encourages
a system of 'rats'..........do-gooders, buttdinkskis........who
haven't anything better to do . anyone that does this sort of stuff
is a idiot...........think about it........some guy hears a trucker
talking on ten meters and jumps in his car, and goes and tries to find
out who is doing it........i tell you what you have here.......you
have a bunch of former cb types who have bought into all of the hype
about upgrading, etc........and now they think they are
'important'......so under the cover of the 'law', they do such
things,.....thinking that they are doing good .......but what is
happening here is pandora's box...........you are inviting the
government to become more and more intrusive in order to justify their
budgets and their jobs..........and where else can you sit around on
your ass and get paid for it, except the government..........you have
to ask yourself ........who controls what......??? you guys seem to
have a much greater self assessment of yourselves as far as radio
goes, than should be attributed......who is in control???? you?????
the arrl????? the american citizen????
Again, radio spectrum is controlled at the discretion of Congress and
regulated by FCC. As far as ham radio is concerned, for the most
part, the
licensed operators themselves have the obligation to police that which
as been
assigned by law to them. Most of us don't care what you do on the CB
frequen-
cies, but when certain ones decide that they can just invite
themselves along for the ride, that becomes a different matter! To
allow this to continue only
would open up radio to becoming useless on any band. If a group (in
this case,
truckers) decide to just start talking anywhere on any frequency, then
inter-
ference will prevail--even to the extent of loss of life.
and i ask you...........in
all seriousness........how much harm is done when a hard working
trucker, talks on 10 meters.......
What's the harm in anyone talking to air traffic controllers? What's
the harm
in everyone just having a radio so they can call the police department
directly? It lies in training, discipline and the purpose of the
particular
service. The general public has not the ability to intermesh with a
particular
procedure and routine designed into a given radio service. Controlled
radio
services are there to accomplish particular tasks, whether it be to
respond to
a car crash, a bank robbery or just order a pizza for a crew. To see
what would happen, I only point you to the CB band where chaos
prevails. The Amateur frequencies, while often are used by the
rightful operators just for
QSOs, are also recognized as a valuable resource, used for
experimentation for
the furtherance of radio in general, and has proven to save lives. It
is also
wrong for people to usurp frequencies simple because they want to.
The reason
for this is the fact remains that control and regulations are are
necessary for radio's survival.
J
they all use rinky dink
rigs.......anyways.......you guys are tilting at
windmills..........you think the government is your friend......one
day, this too shall pass...........gentlemen ........your radio art is
dying.......and all you are doing is contributing to its demise....
At last! Someone with good sense.