ENFORCEMENT: CALIFORNIA CB'ER ISSUED NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
The FCC's Sam Francisco Field Office has issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation to Victor M. Coucelos of Anderson, California. This for what the regulatory agency says were violations of its Part 95 Rules governing the Citizens Radio Service.
According to the FCC, it received a complaint of Citizens Band Radio interference in the city of Anderson, California. This past August 24th agents from the San Francisco office confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on 27.085 MHz were emanating from Coucelos residence. Agents also heard Coucelos station transmitting sound effects, language that might be classified as profane, indecent or obscene, and music.
During an inspection on August 25th of Coucelos CB station he was identified as the person responsible for its operation. The inspection revealed that a Galaxy, model DX 2517, transceiver was in use at Coucelos base station, and a model Magnum S-9 Nitro transceiver installed in Coucelos vehicle. These transmitters are not certificated for CB use and Coucelos operation of these transmitters voided his authority to operate his CB station.
During the inspection, the San Francisco agents issued Coucelos a verbal warning that any further operation with these transmitters might subject him to more serious sanctions for engaging in violations of the Part 95 rules.
Coucelos was told that he must cease such violations immediately. If he fails to abide by the FCC edict, he could be re-investigated during FCC enforcement efforts. If such an investigation were to indicate that Coucelos had violated any FCC Rules he could face severe penalties, including a substantial monetary forfeiture, seizure of his radio equipment and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. He was given 15 days from the date of the letter to respond advising what corrective actions hr has taken to eliminate the observed violations of the Commission's Rules. (FCC)
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Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Gadfly, Dec 19, 2010.
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Oh, and playing music, cussin, and playing sound effects. See those are the guys I can't stand. We have one around here that likes to record our conversations, kick up the power, and then play them back to us.
Maybe he thinks we all have crappy short term memory.....
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I've read lots of old FCC Part 95 violations from the 60's and 70's and it's fun reading... almost comical... in how folks try to get away with breaking the rules. For example... the FCC gets a complaint for excessive power and issues a warning... then gets more complaints and goes back on an "announced" visit to find a 4 watt radio setup and determines compliance... then gets more complaints and goes back on a "surprise" visit to find linears sitting everywhere
Sad thing is 95% of all warnings turn into fines because folks just don't want to follow the rules no matter how many warnings are issued. The FCC really doesn't want to bother folks or issue fines... but people simply refuse to comply. I definitely know I would rather receive a warning than a $10,000 fine
Back in the 70's marked and unmarked FCC patrol cars were everywhere especially in metropolitan areas giving warnings. Now it's usually neighbors complaining about TVI and hams hunting illegal CB operations down... and these days it takes LOTS of complaining for the FCC to even bother checking into a problem.
I always wondered if anyone ever received jail time for breaking Part 95 rules. Never have seen a violation resulting in jail time, but $10,000 fines were common even back in the 70's. -
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Odd, I heard the guy in OKC had his wife and kids killed by a trucker, so he invested in a base station with a ton of power and had a recording of "I ain't got no panties on" that he'd send out over the airwaves....and once finally caught/apprehended, he said he did it to keep all the truck drivers awake.
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