Another CB Shop Gets Busted By The FCC...

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  1. delta5

    delta5 Road Train Member

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    FCC Cites New Jersey CB Shop for Marketing Unauthorized RF Devices




    03/06/2014
    The FCC has issued a Citation
    to a New Jersey Citizens Band radio shop for marketing unauthorized RF devices
    to consumers, in violation of the Communications Act of 1934 and FCC Part 2
    rules. The Citation to Thomas Wilson, doing business as Redman CB Stop, in Absecon, New
    Jersey, was issued March 5.

    “Redman CB Stop should take immediate steps to discontinue the marketing of
    unauthorized radio frequency devices, and to avoid any recurrence of the
    misconduct described herein,” the FCC said in the Citation.

    Last October an agent from the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s Philadelphia office
    browsed the website of the online retailer of CB and Amateur Radio gear. The
    agent “observed for sale 16 makes and models of non-certified RF power
    amplifiers” capable of operation on both the 11 meter Citizens Band and the 10
    meter ham band. The FCC said examples of the non-certified offerings included
    “the Fatboy 900 Mobile Amplifier” and the “Zombie Products 500 Watt ERP Linear
    Amplifier.” Neither of those devices and others that the FCC alleges the
    retailer was marketing, may be offered for sale prior to FCC certification. FCC
    rules require external RF amplifiers operating below 144 MHz and marketed in the
    US to first receive Commission a grant of certification before they may be
    marketed. In addition, the FCC rules prohibit marketing or selling external RF
    amplifiers capable of amplification between 26 MHz and 28 MHz — the 11 meter
    Citizens Band.

    The FCC gave Redman CB Stop 30 days to respond to the Citation. The
    FCC said it will use “all relevant material information before it,” including
    information the retailer may disclose, to determine what, if any, enforcement
    action may be necessary “to ensure your compliance with the
    Communications Act and the Commission’s rules.”

    Source: www.arrl.org
     
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  3. delta5

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    I guess they were caught selling those Fatboy "cw transmitters" again... LOL
     
  4. Freddy57

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    Selling equipment to CBers can be a bit costly if you get caught. I don't know what the rub is anymore, nobody uses the CB anymore anyway.
     
  5. Ridgeline

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    Could of fooled me.
     
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  6. Stinky Dairy Air

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    You would think the FCC would have bigger fish to fry. Good Grief!
     
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  7. dude6710

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    Maybe the DOT is helping them out?
     
  8. HalpinUout

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    Throw the CB out the window and you will realize how much more preaceful the day will become... Unless you like hearing 10 year olds whine daily...
     
  9. Gadfly

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    If it were YOU being splattered on, or finding people on YOUR assigned frequencies that have no right to be there, it would be a different story. True, CB itself is not all that important in the scheme of things. But lest we forget, there are OTHER radio users above and below 11 Meters. Those unfiltered amps can generate harmonics quite a distance from 27 MHZ, and those modified and so-called "10 Meter 'amateur' radios" create interference to other services. It is often just too great a temptation for unlicensed CBers to stray out of the 27 MHZ area onto adjacent bands. They often land in the 10 Meter ham band. For those who have listened to (Why, that racket is ruining my private channel!) the morse code and digital signals that populate the lower part of 10M, are authorized users of those frequencies who are USING them in accordance with US law and International treaties. CBers often think "them channels is empty and nobody uses 'em anymore", and that is a myth. That "racket" IS communicating: its just in a different mode. That's where FCC comes in. These authorized users---US military, commercial, government and the Amateur Radio users----all hear the AM signals of CB ops chatting away interfering with THEM! They complain about the splattering interference of amps, illegal signals, and the botched up radios wid dem "extree" channels:biggrin_25519:, and FCC then gets involved in busting those who facilitate the interference. They also go after individuals, too. There's usually one or two CBers being busted as well via FCC's website.

    Its all about fairness. CBers should be able to use their radios without interference so long as they are legal. Others outside CB should be able to use THEIRS, too, without interference from CB. You must know that some CBers take great store in being "loud 'n proud" and that often this is achieved with BIG splattering amps and boogered up radios. These people don't CARE about who they mess up. Indeed, to them its part of the fulfillment, filling the void of inadequacy in their lives. Being discourteous and stomping mudducks is their forte'!

    If it were YOU being bothered, you'd think differently about what FCC does.:yes2557:
     
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  10. Turbo-T

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    Not true, CB is still in use, but even if it weren't, the law is the law....until the FCC wants to lift their rules on CB, they are what they are, regardless of who uses them.

    They probably need revenue money in this Obamanized economy we live in...what better way than to go after violators. Not much different than the cops who sit and run speed traps.
     
  11. volvo244t

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    CB is still in use, but barely. I really do think it's probably going to die out in a few years, and that usage will drop as the solar cycle heads toward minimum and the skip stops rolling. I suspect it will die out shortly thereafter. Or who knows - maybe once the clowns with 10,000+ watt base stations can't propagate for a decade, there will be a resurgence of local chatter. One can hope, anyway.

    Sucks. I finally picked up one of my dream radios last week, a Cobra 148, been wanting one of those since I was 13... but alas, hardly anybody to talk to anymore.

    Sure wish I was born 20 years before I was sometimes...
     
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