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August 4th 03, 05:04 PM
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"tools" wrote in message rthlink.net...
"gw" wrote in message m... (RadioRay) wrote in message . com... I know some folks scoffed, but it is important enough to have your readers read it. It IS a serious a matter that some folks don't think is valid, but more and more, Mr. Hollingsworth is working with ham volunteers to stop it. Some say that FCC has not the time or funds to curb such activity, but they have asked ARRL and ham volunteers to assist in monitoring for such. Truly, FCC and hams are aware of it and are NOT happy about it! FCC IS determined, with volunteers, to put a stop to it. J FCC Warns Trucking Firms about Alleged Unlicensed 10-Meter Operation NEWINGTON, CT, Jul 28, 2003--The FCC Enforcement Bureau has sent Warning Notice letters to three highway transportation firms asserting that drivers of some of their vehicles may have transmitted without a license on 10 meters. All three notices allege the unlicensed operations took place July 8 on Interstate highways in South Carolina. Letters went out July 14 from FCC Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth to Jolly Roger Capital Ltd of Columbia, South Carolina, Tidewater Transit Company of Kinston, North Carolina, and Shuford Lumber of Marion, North Carolina. He warned all three firms that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a license could lead to fines of up to $10,000, equipment seizure and even imprisonment. Hollingsworth cited "information before the Commission" that spelled out each vehicle's highway location, license plate and--in two instances--operating frequency (28.085 MHz). One of the Warning Notice letters also identified the make and year of the vehicle. The alleged offenses were said to have occurred when the vehicles were under way on Interstate 77 or Interstate 20 in South Carolina. Hollingsworth asked all three firms to get in touch with him to discuss the allegations. you seem to treasure your precious ten meters..........how often do you talk there???????? also i think this type of activity encourages a system of 'rats'..........do-gooders, buttdinkskis........who haven't anything better to do . anyone that does this sort of stuff is a idiot...........think about it........some guy hears a trucker talking on ten meters and jumps in his car, and goes and tries to find out who is doing it........i tell you what you have here.......you have a bunch of former cb types who have bought into all of the hype about upgrading, etc........and now they think they are 'important'......so under the cover of the 'law', they do such things,.....thinking that they are doing good .......but what is happening here is pandora's box...........you are inviting the government to become more and more intrusive in order to justify their budgets and their jobs..........and where else can you sit around on your ass and get paid for it, except the government..........you have to ask yourself ........who controls what......??? you guys seem to have a much greater self assessment of yourselves as far as radio goes, than should be attributed......who is in control???? you????? the arrl????? the american citizen???? Again, radio spectrum is controlled at the discretion of Congress and regulated by FCC. As far as ham radio is concerned, for the most part, the licensed operators themselves have the obligation to police that which as been assigned by law to them. Most of us don't care what you do on the CB frequen- cies, but when certain ones decide that they can just invite themselves along for the ride, that becomes a different matter! To allow this to continue only would open up radio to becoming useless on any band. If a group (in this case, truckers) decide to just start talking anywhere on any frequency, then inter- ference will prevail--even to the extent of loss of life. and i ask you...........in all seriousness........how much harm is done when a hard working trucker, talks on 10 meters....... What's the harm in anyone talking to air traffic controllers? What's the harm in everyone just having a radio so they can call the police department directly? It lies in training, discipline and the purpose of the particular service. The general public has not the ability to intermesh with a particular procedure and routine designed into a given radio service. Controlled radio services are there to accomplish particular tasks, whether it be to respond to a car crash, a bank robbery or just order a pizza for a crew. To see what would happen, I only point you to the CB band where chaos prevails. The Amateur frequencies, while often are used by the rightful operators just for QSOs, are also recognized as a valuable resource, used for experimentation for the furtherance of radio in general, and has proven to save lives. It is also wrong for people to usurp frequencies simple because they want to. The reason for this is the fact remains that control and regulations are are necessary for radio's survival. J they all use rinky dink rigs.......anyways.......you guys are tilting at windmills..........you think the government is your friend......one day, this too shall pass...........gentlemen ........your radio art is dying.......and all you are doing is contributing to its demise.... At last! Someone with good sense. |
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