[KCDXC] K1MAN

[Mike ZooLoo]

FCC Official Requests that Maine Ham Submit Weekly
Reports

NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 24, 2003--The FCC's Boston office
has requested a Maine amateur to submit weekly reports
detailing some of his on-the-air activities. FCC
Boston District Director Vincent F. Kajunski wrote
Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, on March 4. Kajunski said the FCC
needed the information to determine if Baxter was
operating his station in compliance with Part 97 and
with rules regarding recording and broadcasting of
telephone calls. 

"Your Amateur Radio station is apparently being used
for broadcasting various 'programs,' 'talk shows,'
children's shows and programs having nothing to do
with Amateur Radio," Kajunski said in his letter.
"Transmissions from your station are being used for
deliberate interference and for communications in
which you apparently have a pecuniary interest." 

Kajunski also alleged that transmissions from Baxter's
station "start and end erratically, are sometimes
repetitive and abruptly end with no identification as
required by Commission rules." He said such operation
indicates the transmissions "are not under the control
of a licensed operator." Kajunski's three-page letter
also outlines other complaints and allegations
involving transmissions from or operation of K1MAN. 

Starting March 17 and continuing every week until
further notice, Kajunski said he wants a report from
Baxter that, among other specifics, provides the name,
address, telephone number and exact location of the
control operator and the method of station control
used when K1MAN transmits. He also has requested the
dates, times and frequencies of broadcasts of
telephone conversations, either live or recorded,
including any recordings from answering machines;
transmissions referencing the offer of a degree in
electronics or an IARN (International Amateur Radio
Network) credit card; transmissions referencing the
IARN Web site; and transmissions soliciting donations
of radio equipment or other items, including donations
to "the Radio Peace Corps Foundation." 

Kajunski further asked for dates and times of
transmissions "claiming that you, IARN or AARA
[American Amateur Radio Association] are affiliated
with 'People First Network' in the Solomon Islands,"
and a record of CQs transmitted, including recorded or
automated CQs and a description of any responses,
including the call sign of responding stations. 

Further, Kajunski has requested that Baxter provide
within 30 days information on the alleged transmission
of an "apparently continuous 'CQ' loop that the FCC
says aired at approximately 10-second intervals for
more than two hours on February 3, 2003, on 20-meter
SSB. Within the same time frame, the FCC also wants a
list of dates, length of time and frequencies "during
which your amateur station has operated since February
15, 2002, without you at the transmitter location." If
any, Kajunski asked for the name and address of the
control operator, the location of the control operator
and control point and the method of control used. 

Baxter was the subject of an FCC inquiry initiated in
1999, when FCC Special Counsel for Amateur Radio
Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth requested that Baxter
provide details about who was running his station on
May 14 and 15 of that year, when FCC personnel
monitored and visited Baxter's station in Belgrade
Lakes, Maine, but failed to find him or anyone else on
the premises. Baxter responded to the inquiry
asserting that he had not violated any FCC rules. 


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