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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on April 19, 2014, 1637 UTC
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
WESTERN REGION
San Diego District Office
4542 Ruffner Street, Suite 370
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 496-5111
November 14, 2013
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-FIELDWR-13-00012131 Document Number: W201432940002
On November 7, 2013, in response to a complaint of unlicensed operation on
6133 kHz in the area of Chula Vista, California, an agent from this office
confirmed by radio direction finding techniques that radio signals on
frequency 6133 kHz were emanating from a residence in Chula Vista,
California. A search of the property records for this address found that
you are the current owner and resident. The Commission's records show that
no license was issued for operation of a station on the frequency of 6133
kHz from this location.
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. S 301.
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment
without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of 47
U.S.C. S 301 and could subject the operator of this illegal operation to
severe penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary
forfeitures, in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment,
and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (See 47 U.S.C. SS 401, 501,
503 and 510.)
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any
evidence that you have authority to operate granted by the FCC. Your
response should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference the
listed case and document number. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. S
552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the Commission's staff will use all
relevant material information before it to determine what, if any,
enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC Rules.
This will include any information that you disclose in your reply.
Be advised that this notice does not preclude this office from pursuing
additional sanctions based upon our investigation of this incident.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.
James T. Lyon
District Director
San Diego District Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet," March 2005
http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-324212A1.html (http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-324212A1.html)
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Interesting! I wonder who complained about operating on 6133. Maybe a local DXer trying to log Laos?
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I wondered who could possibly be operating on this frequency, so I googled 6133 KHZ and came up with this link:
http://scandiego.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1696
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Hey Skipmuck, great find...
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I have them in my logs, and recordings of them in operation, for a couple years. Solarix (the source of the linked audio file) pointed them out in the #wunclub quite a while back. My last log entry for them is about a month before the cite, on November 16, 2013.
T!
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Good going Bagge!
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It probably was not a good idea to operate there, with Link 11 running in the background!
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It probably was not a good idea to operate there, with Link 11 running in the background!
I've noticed Link-11 on 49m (around that frequency in fact) in the mornings here, when the band is pretty much clear of SWBC stations, and wondered if that was related to their bust.
IIRC, several of the busts for 43 meter band pirates have occurred when the stations were interfering with certain utility stations.