[HCRA] Fw: [emergcomm] Digest Number 788

Fri, 23 May 2003 16:25:21 -0400

                               Eric Tuller   N1QKO
    flash floods+warlords+winter storms+callisto+tornados
        WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS.....AMATEUR RADIO !!
  earthquakes+monsters+hurricanes+evil gods+public service
               CT+ MD+ VT+ King Richards  Ren Faires

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There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. OT, but quite interesting -  Ohio Ham Hit with $12,000 Fine in
Malicious Interference Case
           From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
      2. Info from ARNewsline Report 1345 - May 23 2003
           From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>

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Message: 1
   Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 01:21:28 -0400
   From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
Subject: OT, but quite interesting -  Ohio Ham Hit with $12,000 Fine in
Malicious Interference Case

>From the ARRL

 OHIO HAM HIT WITH $12,000 FINE
IN MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE CASE

NEWINGTON, CT, May 22, 2003--Cooperation between Canadian and US amateurs
has resulted in a $12,000 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture
(NAL)
from the FCC to an Ohio amateur. The FCC has alleged that Ronald E.
Sauer,
WE8E, of Bedford Heights violated Part 97 rules prohibiting deliberate
and
malicious interference, transmission of music and failure to identify.

THE case involved daily interference to the Trans Provincial Net, a
Canadian net that operates on 7.055 MHz.

"THIS was no small task and was accomplished with the help of many people
from the US and Canada working together," said ARRL Great Lakes Vice
Director Dick Mondro, W8FQT, who expressed thanks to all involved. In
addition to TPN members, that included Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)
officials, Industry Canada, the FCC, ARRL Michigan and Ohio Section
officials, ARRL Official Observers and members of the Cuyahoga Amateur
Radio
Society (CARS).

"THIS was indeed an example of teamwork in action and proves again that
the
FCC does care and continues to work with us to stop interference," Mondro
added.

TPN Assistant Manager Jim Taylor, VA3KU, said the interference to the net
had gone on for several months. "Our break came when the jammer decided
to
intensify his efforts by going to his local library and sending out
repulsive and threatening e-mails to a few of our members," Taylor said.
"I
was one of his favorite targets."

 TAYLOR and other Canadian hams were able to determine that the e-mails
had
come from a public library terminal in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Taylor
contacted CARS President Bob Check, W8GC, for assistance in zeroing in on
the jammer.

TRACKING down the signal source involved mobile direction-finding work by
three CARS members, who passed along their findings to the FCC's Detroit
Office late last January. Already alerted to the situation, the FCC's
Detroit Office had called on the Commission's High Frequency Direction
Finding (HFDF) facility in Maryland. The HFDF group monitored jamming and
the playing of music and narrowed down the search to an area near the
intersection of Interstates 480 and 77 in the Cleveland area.

IN the meantime, the FCC received the CARS report indicating that the
interference was coming from Sauer's residence. On January 31, an FCC
agent
also used direction-finding techniques to track the source of the
interference on 7.055 MHz to Sauer's home and conducted an inspection.

THE FCC NAL said Sauer "admitted that he had been playing music and
deliberately jamming the frequency of 7.055 MHz." Sauer "further admitted
to
jamming and playing music on this frequency on previous days," the FCC
said.

BASED on its findings, the FCC concluded that the $12,000 fine was
justified. The FCC ordered Sauer to pay the fine within 30 days or file a
written statement seeking a reduction or cancellation of the proposed
forfeiture.

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Message: 2
   Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 01:52:15 -0400
   From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
Subject: Info from ARNewsline Report 1345 - May 23 2003

Must be a lot of air pollution in New Jersey... 

Something has to be affecting their politicians'
brain cells...
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 RADIO LAW:  N.J. MAY BAN "EVERYTHING" WHILE DRIVING

 NEW Jersey state lawmakers are proposing a wide ranging law that
would not only ban the use of cellular telephones in motion, it might
also ban just about anything else a person might do while driving a
car including sipping coffee or changing a radio station.

 ACCORDING to the May 11th Ocean County Observer, the state Assembly
Transportation Committee has released a bill to better define what is
and what is not considered to be reckless driving. Proponents of the
measure call it an effort to reduce motor vehicle accidents caused by
driver distraction.

THE proposed legislation says distracting behavior includes the use
of communication technology such as cellular telephones, pagers, fax
machines, locating devices, video players, two-way dispatch and
citizen band radios. Also on the list is the normal AM/FM radios
found in most vehicles along with compact disc and tape players.

THE bill also defines a variety of things that have been labeled as
distracting behavior. On this list are such activities as personal
grooming, consuming food or beverages, reading and tending to
unsecure pets. All would be considered as reckless driving.

 STATE Representative John Wisniewski of Middlesex is chairman of the
Transportation Committee and the primary sponsor of the bill.  He
says that giving the police a clear mandate to stop motorists who
drive inattentively is logical way to stem the tide of roadway
crashes and fatalities. And while Amateur Radio is not specifically
mentioned it could easily fall under the two-way radio portion of the
measure if it becomes state law.  (W2CE)

 RESCUE RADIO:   NHC TO PERFORM 2003 HURRICANE TEST

MARK June 1st for the National Hurricane Center's Amateur Radio
station WX4NHC to conduct its 2003 hurricane season on-the-air
station test. According to an ARRL bulletin the station will take to
the airwaves on Sunday, June 1st from 13:00 to 22:00 U-T-C.

COORDINATOR John McHugh, KU4GY, says the purpose of the annual test
is to check out all of the WX4NHC radios, computers and antennas
using as many modes and frequencies as possible. Some R-F-I
monitoring also will be done.

 LISTEN for WX4NHC on HF worldwide and VHF and UHF in South Florida.
Anyone making contact is asked to provide a signal report, location
and brief weather report. QSL cards are available via W4VBQ.  Please
be sure to include a self addressed stamped envelope with any QSL
requests.

 THE event will mark the first time the National Hurricane Center will
use its new call sign for this event.  In years past it operated as
W4EHW.  (ARRL)

 RESCUE RADIO:  HAM RADIO RESPONSIBLE FOR TORNADIO WARNING SYSTEM

 AN interesting side note to our coverage of this years tornado season
and the role that ham radio is playing in storm spotting and relief
efforts. We recently learned that one Kentucky city has ham radio to
thank for its early warning system.

 THE ham responsible is retired ARRL president George Wilson, W4OYI.
Wilson suggested the installation of the system following a twister
that hit Brandenburg, Kentucky in April of 1974. Wilson learned that
it had taken more than 40 minutes for severe weather alerts to reach
Owensboro from the National Weather Service in Evansville Indiana,
about 40 miles away. Thanks to the efforts of W4OYI, a month later
local warnings were coming from a NOAA weather radio monitoring
system installed in Owensboro.   (ARNewslimeT)

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