Steveo wrote:



Here's a few more Jerry..it's a friggin' scroll of abuse reports.


ALBUQUERQUE, NM: The FCC sent a Warning Notice March 14, 2000, to Amateur
Extra licensee Dean M. Brown, AC5IU, advising him that information from the
FCC's High Frequency Direction Finding Center in Columbia, Maryland,
indicates that the licensee "deliberately interfered with the radio
operations of other licensed amateurs on the 20-meter amateur band on
March, 2, 2000." The FCC also cited information that the licensee "failed
to identify and used a disguised voice." FCC Special Counsel for Amateur
Radio Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth warned Brown that operation of the
type described "will not be tolerated," and he requested the licensee
contact him to discuss the matter.

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ: The FCC sent a Warning Notice March 14, 2000, to
Advanced licensee Ronald Marshott, N2NGY, to advise him that information
before the Commission indicates the licensee has been "deliberately
interfering with the radio operations of other licensed amateurs on the
75-meter band." The FCC also said it has information that the licensee
"failed to identify, identified by call signs not your own, and have made
threats to other licensees." FCC Special Counsel for Amateur Radio
Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth warned Marshott that operation of the type
described "will not be tolerated" and could result in a fine and revocation
proceedings. Hollingsworth requested the licensee contact him to discuss
the matter.

CRANE, MO [UPDATE]: The FCC wrote former Amateur Radio licensee Lonnie H.
Allen on March 15, 2000, setting aside the March 8 grant of a Technician
license, KC0HJP. On February 23, the FCC canceled Allen's General license,
N0TBO, after he failed to appear for retesting by January 31, as requested
December 6, 1999. FCC Special Counsel for Amateur Radio Enforcement Riley
Hollingsworth said it was setting aside Allen's most recent Amateur Radio
grant "due to allegations that raise questions about your qualifications to
hold an Amateur Radio license." The FCC said that Allen took a Technician
examination March 4 under the supervision of a W5YI-VEC volunteer examiner
team. For now, that application will revert to pending status.
Hollingsworth said the FCC would write Allen within two weeks "requesting a
response to complaints about the operation of N0TBO." Hollingsworth warned
Allen that, in the meantime, he has no authority to operate radio
transmitting equipment.

SALISBURY, NC: The FCC wrote Technician licensee Thomas F. Reynolds Sr,
N4TFR, on March 14, citing information before the Commission that the
licensee has been using ham gear on the Citizens Band and other frequencies
and has been selling "transmitting equipment not meeting the Commission's
certification standards" over the air on those frequencies. The FCC said
its information indicates the licensee has been using FM and LSB on 27.320
and 27.375 MHz and transmitting at power limits above those authorized for
the Citizens Band. The FCC said operating uncertificated equipment at
excessive power levels constitutes unlicensed radio operation and
jeopardizes Reynolds' ham ticket. "Such operation will subject you to
criminal prosecution and in rem seizure of transmitting equipment," the FCC
warned. The FCC gave Reynolds 20 days to respond to the allegations and
said the information he submits will be used to determine what action, if
any, to take in the matter. In late February, the FCC wrote nearly
identical letters to three other amateur licensees in Salisbury.

And this is what helps keep the ham bands from becoming the sewer pit of
communications like the cb band.