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Old July 15th 03, 10:54 PM
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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ORDERS CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST RICHARD I. ROWLAND
FOR UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION. The FCC announced that in the US
Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, US District Judge
Honorable Gregory A. Presnell granted judgment in favor of US to collect
a civil penalty against defendant Richard I. Rowland in the amount of
$10,000. News Release. News Media Contact: David Fiske at (202)
418-0500 EB. Contact Lisa Fowlkes at (202) 418-7450, TTY: 1(888)
835-5322
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-236551A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-236551A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-236551A1.txt

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Old July 15th 03, 11:09 PM
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Anyone know how big a station he had power wise and how long was he on the
air?
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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ORDERS CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST RICHARD I. ROWLAND
FOR UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION. The FCC announced that in the US
Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, US District Judge
Honorable Gregory A. Presnell granted judgment in favor of US to collect
a civil penalty against defendant Richard I. Rowland in the amount of
$10,000. News Release. News Media Contact: David Fiske at (202)
418-0500 EB. Contact Lisa Fowlkes at (202) 418-7450, TTY: 1(888)
835-5322
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-236551A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-236551A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-236551A1.txt



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Old July 16th 03, 01:04 AM
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Anyone know how big a station he had power wise and how long was he on the
air?


Ramsey 1/10th watt; closed down on third day.


:-)
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Old July 16th 03, 02:08 AM
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Who did he **** off?

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Anyone know how big a station he had power wise and how long was he on

the
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Ramsey 1/10th watt; closed down on third day.


:-)



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Old July 16th 03, 04:05 PM
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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ORDERS CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST RICHARD I. ROWLAND
FOR UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION. The FCC announced that in the US
Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, US District Judge
Honorable Gregory A. Presnell granted judgment in favor of US to collect
a civil penalty against defendant Richard I. Rowland in the amount of
$10,000.


Darn shame too as there was no reason for this.
(not the FCC, the pirate)

Anyone can buy airtime at a very reasonable
rate on WBCQ anymore
and broadcast legally to your heart's content.




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Old July 16th 03, 09:42 PM
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"joe's grill" wrote:

Darn shame too as there was no reason for this.
(not the FCC, the pirate)

Anyone can buy airtime at a very reasonable
rate on WBCQ anymore
and broadcast legally to your heart's content.


That takes all the fun out of it. Let's see if the Feds ever collect a
cent of the fine.

Art
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Old July 16th 03, 11:09 PM
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"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message ...
What I can't understand is what can 1/10 wat do. This guy must have done
something else to get the FCC after 1/10 watt? What was it?

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"Radioman390" wrote in message
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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ORDERS CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST RICHARD I. ROWLAND
FOR UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION. The FCC announced that in the US
Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, US District Judge
Honorable Gregory A. Presnell granted judgment in favor of US to collect
a civil penalty against defendant Richard I. Rowland in the amount of
$10,000.


Darn shame too as there was no reason for this.
(not the FCC, the pirate)

Anyone can buy airtime at a very reasonable
rate on WBCQ anymore
and broadcast legally to your heart's content.



Probably broadcasting content that was not of Pro Liberal Democrat content.
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Old July 17th 03, 12:41 AM
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RedOctober90 wrote:

"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message
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What I can't understand is what can 1/10 wat do. This guy must have done
something else to get the FCC after 1/10 watt? What was it?

"joe's grill" wrote in message
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"Radioman390" wrote in message
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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ORDERS CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST RICHARD I.
ROWLAND
FOR UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION. The FCC announced that in the US
Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, US District Judge
Honorable Gregory A. Presnell granted judgment in favor of US to
collect a civil penalty against defendant Richard I. Rowland in the
amount of $10,000.

Darn shame too as there was no reason for this.
(not the FCC, the pirate)

Anyone can buy airtime at a very reasonable
rate on WBCQ anymore
and broadcast legally to your heart's content.



Probably broadcasting content that was not of Pro Liberal Democrat
content.


If you look for other information about the fine, you'll find he did little
to avoid it.

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2001/da01330.html

Could not find any details on his power level, or what really caused the NAL
to be issued.

Looks to me like he earned the fine.


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Old July 19th 03, 12:56 AM
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"Wow" wrote in message
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Ramsey 100 mW stations are not illegal are they?
Is that really all he was doing?


Ramsey kits are legal only if completely unmodified, and using the screw-in
monopole antenna that is included with the kit. If you attach an external
antenna, you're illegal. If you strap them, you're illegal.

Also, Part 15 regs allow only a few nanowatts, nowhere near 100mW, the 100mW
figure applies only to AM and HF frequencies.

There is also the caveat that these kits may not cause interference...
Ramsey kits by and large put out as many spurs and harmonics as they do
fundamental frequencies.



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Old July 19th 03, 11:41 PM
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 07:56:31 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Wow" wrote in message
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Ramsey 100 mW stations are not illegal are they?
Is that really all he was doing?


Ramsey kits are legal only if completely unmodified, and using the screw-in
monopole antenna that is included with the kit. If you attach an external
antenna, you're illegal. If you strap them, you're illegal.

Also, Part 15 regs allow only a few nanowatts, nowhere near 100mW, the 100mW
figure applies only to AM and HF frequencies.

There is also the caveat that these kits may not cause interference...
Ramsey kits by and large put out as many spurs and harmonics as they do
fundamental frequencies.


But yet you say they are legal as long as you use the internal antenna
suipplied with it. Hmmmm...

I suppose it would be legal as long as you are using the supplied
antenna at the time the FCC Engineer arrives to inspect your
station and physically sees it too!

I would love to ask this guy in Longwood Florida what he was doing
that got them so interested in him!

Do you know?

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