"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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There've been more than a few stations recently flagrantly & repeatedly
running excessive power -- and still hold their licenses.

I know of one station that operated on an unauthorized frequency, from an
unauthorized site, with an unauthorized pattern and power, and significantly
interfered with a major station for more that a year. Complaints to the FCC
did no good.

Eventually the FCC told them to stop, pay a modest fine, and they were
eventually licensed on the new frequency after really building the
authorized facilities.

As Doug says, it's hard to lose a license.

The only case of a lost license in my area was a case of obvious lying to
the FCC. That was close to 20 years ago.

bob