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FCC Shuts Down Fallbrook Pirate Radio Station:
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by K3CLT on July 7, 2012
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Boy to get the FCC to do that they must have came over and picked up the officers and drove them over to the guys house and stopped on the way and bought them lunch.
I have been filing email complaints to them for over a year and a half about a guy who is on one of the nets in the morning on 80 meters. This "Professional Radio Operator" has been interfering with the net every morning for hours on end.
I can't even get a reply from the FCC. Maybe I need to send some donuts to the field office...
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RE: FCC Shuts Down Fallbrook Pirate Radio Station:
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by K0ZN on July 7, 2012
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You don't understand. The violations, jamming, illegal operation and filthy language that constantly go
on on 75 meters are NOT "serious". This is a ham band.... it does not affect the "public".
This guy was some sociopath, low life, who transmitted a signal illegally over a one mile radius on the FM Broadcast band !! He was a potential threat to
the stability and security of the Administration and American way of life. He was the ultimate expression of freedom of speech and the press!!
THAT is serious stuff !! You CANNOT communicate directly to your fellow citizens without approval of the Government. When people are free to communicate
without government oversight and control, it is a legitimate threat to those in power.
"Americans DESERVE the government they have!"
73, K0ZN
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by K1DA on July 8, 2012
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The UK, where there are far FEWER FM stations per capita than here, has an easy to get "low power" FM license. Of course they have space to fill. Obviously no "band" is going to be any good to anyone unless technical standards and regulations are enforced, (and some of the ham bands are showing signs of LACK of enforcement) so pure unlicensed broadcasting is self defeating... at some point you can't hear ANYBODY. Nevertheless, there also needs to be some alternative to the "produced in a bunker somewhere" canned music and DJ babble that goes out over huge networks everywhere at once. NPR runs locally produced stuff, if you can stand the political bias. I can't.
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RE: FCC Shuts Down Fallbrook Pirate Radio Station:
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by KT4WO on July 8, 2012
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"Americans DESERVE the government they have!"
You got that right!
We have no one to blame except our self.
KT4WO
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RE: FCC Shuts Down Fallbrook Pirate Radio Station:
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by K0ZN on July 8, 2012
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To K1DA:
My comments were mostly satirical. I do understand the
need for order in the broadcast world. Nobody
wants to return to anarchy on the bands, but there was also some truth in my comments. A large government and those in power will, first and foremost, attempt to
protect itself.
The priorities and processes of the FCC are so twisted and distorted that it seriously concerning. The FCC has essentially rendered itself ineffective due to the inane and labored, lengthy "processes" it follows....and this is bad for all of us. Once the the rule of law unravels (i.e. like the CB bands) it is almost impossible to put the Genie back into the bottle. Some of the ham bands are close at times and the FCC is, for the most part, simply abdicating its responsibilities by letting all the "junk" continue to go on. Some due process is appropriate, but the FCC has carried to an extreme that undermines the purpose of the agency.
Further, isn't it interesting how the ARRL...who editorializes on kinds of issues, absolutely ignores the trash and low life operation that goes
on. When was the last time you saw the ARRL take a TRULY, strong, aggressive and very visible stand to clean up some of the trash and push on the FCC to act on enforcement issues? Answer: Never.
And these are the two organizations who are supposedly the protectors of Amateur Radio......
73, K0ZN
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by KA2FIR on July 8, 2012
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K0ZN,
I couldn't have said it any better. Right on!
We know who the real enemy is.
Mike KA2FIR
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RE: FCC Shuts Down Fallbrook Pirate Radio Station:
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by W8AAZ on July 9, 2012
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Look in some old, old QST mags about them busting hams for being off freq, out of license subband or all sorts of infractions, and long editorials about poor operators, etc. I guess the FCC is a shadow of itself for enforcement anymore. I sent them a notice about someone online selling chinese wireless devices that explicitely list the frequency of operation as falling in the aeronautical navigation frequencies, they did not seem all that interested and very slow to answer.
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RE: FCC Shuts Down Fallbrook Pirate Radio Station:
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by KE4ZHN on July 13, 2012
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K0ZN You sir hit a grand slam home run...well said and spot on.
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