On Jun 12, 6:13 pm, (I AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:
From: (cmdr buzz corey)

10 meter radios are not CB and require an
Amateur (Ham) Radio operator's license
issued by the FCC to transmit on the 10 meter
ham band. You have to take a test to get a
ham license. For you to use a radio on the 10
meter band without a license is illegal and the
FCC is monitoring 10 meters for such activity.

All true but the last line. The FCC does no monitoring.

Wrong! There are a number of FCC monitoring station around the country
and they do monitor the ham bands. Here are a couple of examples.

On September 12, 2006 and September 13, 2006, an agent of the
Commission's Philadelphia Office monitored transmissions on the
frequency 439.850 MHz from station KB3GRK and observed the following
violation:

Agents in the Commission's Boston Field Office ("Boston Office")
subsequently conducted an investigation, including monitoring and
inspecting Baxter's station and, as a result of the investigation, the
Boston Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability to Baxter on June
7, 2005, in the amount of twenty-one thousand dollars