No Inspection? That will be $18,000 Please.

[W3WN]

From today's FCC digest:

NATHANIEL JOHNSON. Notified Nathaniel Johnson of his Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $18,000 for failure to make his CB station available for inspection by authorized FCC representatives; et al. by NALF. Action by: District Director, Philadelphia Office, Northeast Region, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 05/14/2013 by ORDER. (DA No. 13-1089). EB
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...-13-1089A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...-13-1089A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...-13-1089A1.txt

On January 19, 2012, the FCC received a complaint that Mr. Johnson’s CB station was causing interference to his neighbors’ telephone and television reception.[1] When agents in the Enforcement Bureau’s Philadelphia Office (Philadelphia Office) attempted to conduct an on-scene inspection at Mr. Johnson’s residence on February 16, 2012, no one answered the agents’ knock on the door. On March 19, 2012, the Philadelphia Office sent a Warning Letter (by both certified and first class mail) to Mr. Johnson, directing him to contact the Philadelphia Office within ten (10) calendar days to schedule an inspection

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[1] See Letter from Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., to Greg Guice, Acting Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, FCC (Jan. 19, 2012) (on file in EB-FIELDNER-12-00002628).

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In a word: Ouch!

[PA5COR]

Stupid id as stupid does.
I bet he will file for a drop in that amount for not being able to pay it...
Here they would just come with police and enter the premisses and take all illegal stuff out and he would get his day in court and a hefty fine 2500 euro first time offense, 25.000 euro second time offense.

[WØTKX]

I doubt a legal CB transceiver would cause that much trouble, well maybe tweaked and peaked with a power mic. With TV being digital or cable these days? It's pretty difficult to cause interference there, and simple phone filters would fix it. Bet his neighbors have loved him for some time now.

[WN9HJW]

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[KC2UGV]

I would have just scheduled the inspection.

It'd be a waste of time anyways. 9 days to get put your "linyar" in another room? Buy a $30 dollar Walmart CB, and install that in place of the "peaked and tweaked" unit...

[NQ6U]

I would have just scheduled the inspection.

It'd be a waste of time anyways. 9 days to get put your "linyar" in another room? Buy a $30 dollar Walmart CB, and install that in place of the "peaked and tweaked" unit...

Yeah, but you're smart. Something tells me this character isn't.

[KA9MOT]

This is a complete violation of Mr. Johnson's First Amendment Rights! :rofl::rofl:

[KG4CGC]

Yeah, but you're smart. Something tells me this character isn't.

I wonder if he could have disguised that WM CB as "groceries" as they watched him from across the street. Our DNR here now set up all kinds of off the wall stings. I think they got the idea a few years ago when they went after a guy who was keeping a deer as a pet in his back yard and they ended up finding beastporn and literature about constructing clandestine meth-labs disguised as BBQ smokers.

[ki4itv]

I wonder if he could have disguised that WM CB as "groceries" as they watched him from across the street. Our DNR here now set up all kinds of off the wall stings. I think they got the idea a few years ago when they went after a guy who was keeping a deer as a pet in his back yard and they ended up finding beastporn and literature about constructing clandestine meth-labs disguised as BBQ smokers.

You can never have enough hobbies.

[N8YX]

Use a legal rig and if you need a stronger signal, install a physically or electrically rotatable directional antenna. Proper grounding, low-pass filters and well-shielded coax (RG-214, 9913, LMR400, etc) runs to the antenna will eliminate almost any grief.

Stay off the FCC's radar by virtue of staying out of everyone's home electronics and they probably won't care how much skip you shoot.