[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Phantom radio users

[Steven Herman]

>From the FCC today:

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau today issued an Enforcement Advisory warning
amateur and personal radio services licensees and operators that they may
not use radio equipment to commit or facilitate criminal acts.  The
Enforcement Advisory says: “The Bureau has become aware of discussions on
social media platforms suggesting that certain radio services regulated by
the Commission may be an alternative to social media platforms for groups
to communicate and coordinate future activities.  The Bureau recognizes
that these services can be used for a wide range of permitted purposes,
including 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.  Specifically, the Bureau reminds
amateur licensees that they are prohibited from transmitting
‘communications intended to facilitate a criminal act’ or ‘messages encoded
for the purpose of obscuring their meaning.’”



The full enforcement advisory is available at:
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-73A1.pdf

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:33 AM Patrick Gray <patgperiod at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Todd,
>
>   I'm no lawyer, but I believe the FBI would still have to yield to the FCC
> who has jurisdictional Law Enforcement authority over te airwaves.
>
> Patrick KF4MTV
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:02 AM Todd Taylor <todd.taylor83 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Good morning all,
> >
> > Any illegal radio use by protesters/rioters/militia groups should be
> > reported to the FBI. This can be done online or by phone. See
> > https://www.fbi.gov/tips
> >
> > Be sure to record as much information as possible about the users and
> > transmissions. Include times, names, content, etc.
> >
> > If you look at photos of the Kan 6th attack on the Capitol, many of the
> > participants were carrying Baofengs.
> >
> > 73,
> > Todd
> > KO4IJH
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jan 17, 2021, at 6:33 AM, Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you can't shut down the repeater then keep it busy with legal
> > chatter.
> > > Most repeaters are idle all day long.
> > > 73, Ian N8IK
> > >
> > >> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 06:30 Alan Henney <alan at henney.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Had you guys experienced any problems with protesters bootlegging your
> > >> repeaters during the recent protests?
> > >>
> > >> I am here in the Silver Spring area where they were on GMRS without
> > >> permission.
> > >>
> > >> What can we do about it?
> > >>
> > >> Alan
> > >> N3LGE
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