(Moderator's Note: Only FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio related actions are shown below.)

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Daily Digest
Federal Communications Commission
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Vol. 40 No. 818
News media information 202 / 418-0500
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April 20, 2021
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Report No: 2021-05. Released: 2021-04-20. REMINDER: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE CRIMINAL ACTS. (DA No. 21-453). The FCC's Enforcement Bureau issues this advisory to remind licensees and operators in the Amateur and Personal Radio Services that they may not use radio equipment to commit or facilitate crimes. EB. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau. DA-21-453A1.docxhttps://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-453A1.docx DA-21-453A1.pdfhttps://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-453A1.pdf DA-21-453A1.txthttps://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-453A1.txt

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Amateur or Part 97 match found in contents linked at URL:

FCC ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY
REMINDER: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND
OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE

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The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission issues this
Enforcement Advisory to again remind licensees in the Amateur Radio Service, as well as
licensees and operators in the Personal Radio Services, that the Commission prohibits the use of

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emergency communications and speech that is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Amateur and Personal Radio Services, however, may not be used to commit
or facilitate crimes.

As we did in our January 17 advisory earlier this year, the Bureau reminds amateur licensees that
they are prohibited from transmitting "communications intended to facilitate a criminal act" or

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using those radios "in connection with any activity which is against Federal, State or local law."2
Individuals using radios in the Amateur or Personal Radio Services in this manner may be
subject to severe penalties, including significant fines, seizure of the offending equipment, and,

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