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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on December 14, 2012, 2133 UTC

Title: FCC Finds New Jersey Ham Violated Comm Act, Reduces Forfeiture from $20,000
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 14, 2012, 2133 UTC

After unsuccessfully appealing to the FCC to cancel his $20,000 forfeiture, Joaquim Barbosa, N2KBJ, of Elizabeth, New Jersey was issued a Forfeiture Order stating that he must pay $16,000 for “willfully and repeatedly violating Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by operating a radio transmitting equipment on the frequency 296.550 MHz without Commission authorization.”

Full article: http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-finds-new-jersey-ham-violated-communication-act-reduces-forfeiture-from-20-000-to-16-000 (http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-finds-new-jersey-ham-violated-communication-act-reduces-forfeiture-from-20-000-to-16-000)

Title: Re: FCC Finds New Jersey Ham Violated Comm Act, Reduces Forfeiture from $20,000
Post by: cmradio on December 15, 2012, 0426 UTC

Holy shite! :o

Title: Re: FCC Finds New Jersey Ham Violated Comm Act, Reduces Forfeiture from $20,000
Post by: diymedia on December 16, 2012, 0358 UTC

"Master authorization?" Pass me some of that smoke...