RadioBanter - View Single Post - 05-235

December 18th 05, 05:00 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

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At one time I noted that most of the violations were awarded to the
higher class licensees.

But was that really true?

Did you provide any statistics, or did it just seem that way to you?

It's really true that I noted that. If you have unsupervised numbers
to contradict me, you 're welcome to post them. This is America, after
all.

IOW, you have no statistics to back up your claim.

IOW, your role here is to merely cast aspersions without having any
unsupervised numbers whatsoever.

I don't know if that was an artifact of the
FCC picking on them because they should know better, or if it had to do
with the kind of attitudes of so many of the Extra's display on RRAP
carrying over the the bands.

Fun fact: The $42,000 fines for ex-KG6IRO have been upheld. When you
read what the guy did, it's pretty awful.

KG6? From Guam?

From Bell, California. Just a few miles from yer buddy Len's house
in Sun Valley. You know, the neighborhood zoned R1....

Never been there. Is it a nice R1?

Guess what class of license he held. And how old he is.

Ex-KG6IRO held no license (kind of the reason you had to say "ex").

He briefly held a Technician license back about 2000. Then FCC
figured out who he was and revoked the license.

Good. I am for getting rid of the bad elements regardless of license
class. Back in '98 concerning the restructuring, I told the FCC that
what bothered be most about restructuring was a lack of enforcement and
what bothered me most about maintaining the status quo was a lack of
enforcement.

That was part of the problem.

The big part was things like deliberate interference to MARS
and other communications.

Not really. I hate to break it to you Jim, but MARS communications do
not fall under AMATEUR RADIO, nor the FCC's jurisdiction. This guy
could have ended up in a secret prison in Rumania. ;^)

How old he is?

He's 69 years old.

Prime age for bowel problems. Makes 'em cranky.

Is there an age limit on hams?

Thankfully, there isn't.

As long as "thier" lucid.