The ARRL web site reported on this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture from the FCC. That’s government talk for “we are fining you.”
In case you are wondering how you can get fined by the FCC, here’s the sequence of events that resulted in a $10,000 fine for this person:
- Get a Technician License and then let it expire.
- Repeatedly transmit on 14.312 MHz, interfering with licensed radio amateurs.
- Have FCC agents track the signal to your house
- When the FCC agents enter your house to inspect your radio station, leave the transmitter sitting on 14.311 MHz.
- Tell the FCC agents that you will remove the microphone from the transmitter and only use it as a receiver.
Hmmm, why does 14.312 MHz sound like a familiar frequency? 🙂
73, Bob K0NR