Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554



In the Matter of

Paul D. Westcott
Purdy, MO 65734

Licensee of Amateur Radio Station KC0OAB


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File No. EB-04-KC-135
NAL/Acct. No. 200532560001
FRN 0007599210









FORFEITURE ORDER

Adopted: February 14, 2005 Released: February 16, 2005


By the Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau:


1. In this Forfeiture Order ("Order"), we issue a monetary forfeiture in
the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to Paul D. Westcott,
licensee of amateur radio station KC0OAB, for willful and repeated
failure to respond to Commission requests for information about his
station, pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended ("Act").[1]


2. On November 30, 2004, the District Director of the Commission's
Kansas City Field Office ("Kansas City Office") issued a Notice of
Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL") in the amount of $4,000 to Mr.
Westcott.[2] Mr. Westcott has not filed a response to the NAL. Based on
the information before us, we affirm the forfeiture.


3. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"),[3] and Sections 0.111,
0.311 and 1.80(f)(4) of the Commission's Rules,[4] Paul D. Westcott IS
LIABLE FOR A MONETARY FORFEITURE in the amount of $4,000 for willfully
and repeatedly failing to respond to Commission requests for information
about his station.


4. Payment of the forfeiture shall be made in the manner provided for in
Section 1.80 of the Rules within 30 days of the release of this Order.
If the forfeiture is not paid within the period specified, the case may
be referred to the Department of Justice for collection pursuant to
Section 504(a) of the Act.[5] Payment by check or money order may be
mailed to Forfeiture Collection Section, Finance Branch, Federal
Communications Commission, P.O. Box 73482, Chicago, Illinois 60673-7482.
Payment by overnight mail may be sent to Bank One/LB 73482, 525 West
Monroe, 8th Floor Mailroom, Chicago, IL 60661. Payment by wire transfer
may be made to ABA Number 071000013, receiving bank Bank One, and
account number 1165259. The payment should note NAL/Acct. No.
200532560001, and FRN 0007599210. Requests for full payment under an
installment plan should be sent to: Chief, Revenue and Receivables
Group, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.[6]


5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be sent by
First Class Mail and Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested to Paul D.
Westcott at his address of record.


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


George R. Dillon
Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau


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robert casey wrote:

Didn't think this could happen; someone operating
Morse code violating the rules....

from the ARRL web site newsletters:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/05/0218/

The FCC has affirmed a $4000 fine for Paul D. Westcott, KC0OAB, of Purdy,
Missouri, for "willful and repeated failure to respond to Commission
requests for information about his station." The Commission released a
Forfeiture Order in the case on February 16. The FCC reports it has
received
"numerous complaints" alleging that KC0OAB for several months now has been
transmitting CW "24 hours a day, 7 days a week" on 7.030 MHz. While
complainants assert the transmissions constitute broadcasting, the FCC
contends they interfere with other amateur communications "due to an
apparent lack of station control."

wrote:
Caveat Lector wrote:
I recall many times -- one guy sent a four letter word over and
over
again
in CW with no ID -- local Hams found him turned him in
Gee what was he thinking -- no ID and obsentities - probably had
TVI
too
(;-(

When was that?

73 de Jim, N2EY

--

There's always been "monkey business" here and there in the "CW bands".
The notion held by some that the CW bands are some sort of pristine
Radio Nirvana where there are no sinners is complete nonsense and/or
wishful thinking. Go all the way back to the 1950s around 3.505 and
thereabouts on cold midnites when one could almost hear all the guys
listening for some DX to pop up. Got tiresome but we hung in. On any
number of occasions some bush-league miscreant would get tired of
listening to the noise floor and just for the hell of it would decide
to generate a pileup. I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right. The W9 buro. Even Jack VE1ZZ the Lord High
Commissioner of 80M dxing couldn't resist jumping into those frays if
they were really good ones.

w3rv

wrote:

There's always been "monkey business" here and there in the "CW
bands".
The notion held by some that the CW bands are some sort of pristine
Radio Nirvana where there are no sinners is complete nonsense and/or
wishful thinking. Go all the way back to the 1950s around 3.505 and
thereabouts on cold midnites when one could almost hear all the guys
listening for some DX to pop up. Got tiresome but we hung in. On any
number of occasions some bush-league miscreant would get tired of
listening to the noise floor and just for the hell of it would decide
to generate a pileup. I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right. The W9 buro. Even Jack VE1ZZ the Lord
High
Commissioner of 80M dxing couldn't resist jumping into those frays if
they were really good ones.

w3rv

Welp, there you have it.

I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right.

ROTFLMAO!


You probably did work someone who had a 6L6GB vacuum tube
final in his transmitter....... :-)

Others:
6u6gt
6w6gt
6w4gta
6y6ga
6k5gt
6k8gt
6j5gt
6a8gt
5z4gt
5x4ga
5r4gyb
5u4gb
3q5gt
2w3gt

robert casey wrote:
I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right.

ROTFLMAO!


You probably did work someone who had a 6L6GB vacuum tube
final in his transmitter....... :-)

No doubt. But most of the serious 80M dxers in those days ran "suds", a
lotta power, not just a lotta power but 'WAY too much power. Back then
the max allowable power was one kW input vs. today's 1.5kW output. Any
number of the Really Big Guns used homebrewed amps which tossed out a
kilowatt's worth of heat alone. Or more. And those beasts weren't lossy
linears either. Which is another example of blatent "impurity" in the
CW bands. Offhand I'd be willing to bet that there are far fewer
instances of busting the power limits today than there were back then.
The FCC took the easy way out of having to bother with enforcing the
power limits by roughly tripling the max allowable power input, clever
labor-avoiding folk that they are. That move plus economics, the drying
up of the WW2 parts sources and the need for linear amps have "solved"
the excesss power problem and brought most of those bad old boys and
their descendants into "compliance" today.


Others:
6u6gt
6w6gt
6w4gta
6y6ga
6k5gt
6k8gt
6j5gt
6a8gt
5z4gt
5x4ga
5r4gyb
5u4gb
3q5gt
2w3gt

"Tube callsigns" were a favorite but there were others and some were a
tad on the raunchy side. 4Q2?? showed up more than once. Whatever it
took to get some giggles.

w3rv

wrote:
wrote:
Caveat Lector wrote:
I recall many times -- one guy sent a four letter word over and
over
again
in CW with no ID -- local Hams found him turned him in
Gee what was he thinking -- no ID and obsentities - probably had
TVI
too
(;-(

When was that?

73 de Jim, N2EY

--

There's always been "monkey business" here and there in the "CW
bands".

Of course!

The notion held by some that the CW bands are some sort of pristine
Radio Nirvana where there are no sinners is complete nonsense and/or
wishful thinking.

I don't recall anybody saying they were perfect. Just a lot better
behaved.

Go all the way back to the 1950s around 3.505 and
thereabouts on cold midnites when one could almost hear all the guys
listening for some DX to pop up. Got tiresome but we hung in. On any
number of occasions some bush-league miscreant would get tired of
listening to the noise floor and just for the hell of it would decide
to generate a pileup. I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB".

A certain other local OT DXer sez it was "5U4GB"

"QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right. The W9 buro.

Wrong end of the burro, too.

Even Jack VE1ZZ the Lord High
Commissioner of 80M dxing couldn't resist jumping into those frays if
they were really good ones.

All of which was pretty harmless compared to, say, intentional jamming,
cussing, threats, interference to genuine public service comms, etc.

Most of all - did FCC ever get involved? Were there complaints? Or was
it just a bit of shenanigans on the QRG?

Look at the enforcement letters *today* and see what the charges are.
And what modes are used. It ain't about a couple of CW DXers working a
slim.

73 de Jim, N2EY

robert casey wrote:

I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right.

ROTFLMAO!

You probably did work someone who had a 6L6GB vacuum tube
final in his transmitter....... :-)

Others:
6u6gt
6w6gt
6w4gta
6y6ga
6k5gt
6k8gt
6j5gt
6a8gt
5z4gt
5x4ga
5r4gyb
5u4gb
3q5gt
2w3gt

Let's not leave out:

RG8U
F0OL
AP1RL
UR1TOO
VO1LA

Dave K8MN

Caveat Lector wrote:
About 1982 in San Jose, CA area
--
Caveat Lector (Reader Beware)

So we get a serious (?) enforcement action for hams using CW every
decade or so. Compared to how many for other modes?

73 de Jim, N2EY



wrote in message
oups.com...

Caveat Lector wrote:
I recall many times -- one guy sent a four letter word over and
over
again
in CW with no ID -- local Hams found him turned him in
Gee what was he thinking -- no ID and obsentities - probably had
TVI
too
(;-(

When was that?

73 de Jim, N2EY

wrote in message
ups.com...
wrote:
Caveat Lector wrote:
I recall many times -- one guy sent a four letter word over and
over
again
in CW with no ID -- local Hams found him turned him in
Gee what was he thinking -- no ID and obsentities - probably had
TVI
too
(;-(

When was that?

73 de Jim, N2EY

--

There's always been "monkey business" here and there in the "CW bands".
The notion held by some that the CW bands are some sort of pristine
Radio Nirvana where there are no sinners is complete nonsense and/or
wishful thinking. Go all the way back to the 1950s around 3.505 and
thereabouts on cold midnites when one could almost hear all the guys
listening for some DX to pop up. Got tiresome but we hung in. On any
number of occasions some bush-league miscreant would get tired of
listening to the noise floor and just for the hell of it would decide
to generate a pileup. I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right. The W9 buro. Even Jack VE1ZZ the Lord High
Commissioner of 80M dxing couldn't resist jumping into those frays if
they were really good ones.

w3rv


I got a 599 from 5U4GB in 1963.

Dan/W4NTI

A walk down memory lane ..... brought up some good memories .....

73 .... Tom Popovic KI3R Belle Vernon Pa.






On any
number of occasions some bush-league miscreant would get tired of
listening to the noise floor and just for the hell of it would decide
to generate a pileup. I dunno how many times I worked "6L6GB". "QSL
via the buro". Yeah, right. The W9 buro. Even Jack VE1ZZ the Lord High
Commissioner of 80M dxing couldn't resist jumping into those frays if
they were really good ones.