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From: rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: FCC aux comments
Message-ID: <12826@mgweed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 13:19:50 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  3 13:19:50 1984
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I think the idea of an FCC auxilliary is a good one. After  all,  hams
are doing the testing now so why not.

However I really wonder how well it would work.

Last year we  had  a  couple  jammers  on  several  Northern  Illinois
repeaters.   We  caught  one of them, so we have his name and address.
(Stupid jerk had a CB receiver connected to a 2 meter rig and let  the
vox  kick  on  the 2 meter rig on our input. This went on continuously
for 2 days).  We called the Chicago FCC office and were promised  help
from  a  field engineer, which never happened. I wrote to a Senator, a
Congressman, and the head honcho of the FCC in Washington. So far  all
we  got  is  the  promise  that  the  FCC  will now take the word of a
repeater trustee that a violation has occured (they no longer have  to
hear it themselves).

I gess my point is that I have seen no action  yet,  even  though  the
name and address of the offendor was given them. The same is true of a
27.5 MHz ssb'er. One I heard was dumb enough to give his address  over
the air. I told the FCC about him too, and nothing has been done.

As I see it, funds for the FCC have been cut so badly they don't  have
anyone to do enforcement work. What's the solution?

Bob K9EUI