"Black Cowboy" wrote in message
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Oh My Oh My Oh My! an imaginary "army" of
wannabe hams with no life, patrolling the
nation's
interstates 24/7 !
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

When I'm out driving to and from work sites I tune
in to the low end of 10m. And yeah, from time to
time, I hear mainly truckers using AM. If I got
close enough I would ID them too. I would be
sending the info in to the FCC field office, the
ARRL, and the trucker's company just to let them
know a fine may be coming their way. The company
can thank the law breaking employee of theirs for
the privilege of contributing to the payment of
the national deficit.


I bet 25 Million owners of CB radios are just
shaking in fear
at this self-appointed army of wannabe hams!

If you're on 10m illegally and see a vehicle with
funny looking antennas pacing you in from the cab
you should worry.

Post some
of your fake "enforcement" letters for us.

Fake there not. Contact the companies listed below
for yourself.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
ROTFLMAO!

I'll bet the guilty truckers aren't laughing when
the boss tells them it either the radio or their
job. If some bozo driver cost me, as the owner, a
$10K fine I would find me another driver. There
are plenty of hungry unemployed drivers out there
who would be happy to have a job right now.

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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.
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Push to Identify Unlicensed 10-Meter Operators
Continues
NEWINGTON, CT, Oct 10, 2003

A concerted effort begun last spring to
monitor for and possibly identify unlicensed
operators on 10 meters will continue through
October. The FCC already has asked the ARRL
Amateur Auxiliary/Official Observers for
assistance. Now, FCC Special Counsel Riley
Hollingsworth is inviting hard information on
suspected interlopers from all amateurs.

"If I don't receive reports, we'll have to
conclude that unlicensed operation on 10 meters no
longer is a problem," Hollingsworth said this
week. Hollingsworth's initial request to beef up
monitoring came in the wake of complaints from the
amateur community that rose to the level of a
major enforcement headache. He's expressed some
disappointment, however, that the number of solid
reports received so far has been few, although
he's aware that a problem exists.

Hollingsworth asks amateurs to be specific in what
they report. "Everybody should police their own
neighborhood," he suggested. "Turn on the radio,
and take a listen on the band. If you hear a loud
signal that's obviously an unlicensed interloper,
see if you can track it down."

Hollingsworth said that in the case of a suspected
unlicensed trucker on the highway, amateurs should
try to get the license plate number of the
tractor--not the trailer--or at least the company
name and, if possible, the DOT number.

The FCC does not require direction-finding data
but would appreciate, where possible, names and
addresses of alleged or suspected operators. Audio
recordings of apparently illegal transmissions
also can prove helpful but are not absolutely
necessary.

Individual amateurs with solid information on
alleged unlicensed operation on 10 or even 12
meters should report it to the FCC via e-mail.
Official Observers should file their reports
through normal ARRL channels.

ARRL Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck
Skolaut, K0BOG, says the FCC wants to pin down
specific areas where unlicensed operation is
prevalent in the US. He and Hollingsworth concede,
however, that not all illegal 10-meter operation
is of domestic origin.

The FCC's initial request last May request was
made in accordance with the Communications Act and
a longstanding agreement between ARRL and the FCC
regarding the use of Amateur Radio volunteers to
assist in enforcement.
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--
Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

ARRL Member
NCI Member

Charter member of the
Lawrence Technological University
Wireless Society W8LTU