[MCARC] [Fwd: ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24, 000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to ID: FCC]

[Kenneth Herring]

Thought I'd pass this along to everyone. Enjoy.

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 3:40 PM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:

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>
> Date: Mon,  5 Jun 2023 16:10:15 -0400 (EDT)
> From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at arrl.org>
> To: n0nb at n0nb.us
> Subject: ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to
>  ID: FCC
>
> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX005
> ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to
> ID: FCC
>
> ZCZC AX05
> QST de W1AW
> Special Bulletin 5  ARLX005
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  June 5, 2023
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX005
> ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to
> ID: FCC
>
> An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> results in a large fine against a California amateur radio license
> holder.
>
> A Notice of Apparent Liability Forfeiture (NALF) for $24,000 has
> been filed against Phillip J. Beaudet, N6PJB, of Burney, California.
>
> According to the filing, the penalty is for Beaudet "willfully and
> repeatedly interfering with the radio communications of the Western
> Amateur Radio Friendship Association (WARFA) while it was attempting
> to hold a regularly scheduled net and for failing to provide station
> identification on amateur radio frequencies."
>
> FCC agents used direction finding techniques during November and
> December of 2022 to track the interfering signals to Beaudet's home
> station. Agents "heard him playing recordings on 3.908 MHz that
> caused interference to the ongoing WARFA net while failing to
> provide his assigned amateur call sign," the document stated.
> NNNN
> /EX
>
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Kenneth Herring - W0HLK
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