NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION

[ChrisSmolinski]

                       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

[clobdell]

Interesting! I wonder who complained about operating on 6133. Maybe a local DXer trying to log Laos?

[Skipmuck]

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

[DimBulb]

Hey Skipmuck, great find...

[Token]

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!

[clobdell]

Good going Bagge!

[rdla4]

It probably was not a good idea to operate there, with Link 11 running in the background!

[ChrisSmolinski]

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.