>From what I've read, the fine is very well deserved. He transmitted on an emergency frequency that he is not allowed to. He repeated this for two days 8 times. He identified himself as "comms operator", no call signs, no names. He had access to a phone, internet and everything else. No one was in immediate danger that he was trying to protect.
Rules are for a reason. And he just caused a fire chief to drop directing the operations on the fire-site and drove to an air strip where he was just to find him to tell him to stop in person. I mean, if things like this start to hit the news then our privileges would be questioned by people who would not understand the importance of HAM operations. We're already trying to explain to the masses why vaccination is important AGAIN, as if we're back in the 1800s, I don't believe we can fight a misleading news campaign that tells/frightens people that HAM operators are a danger to emergency operations. Not with how nowadays the internet/social media loves to create misleading sensational news. We should be careful in observing no interference rules but extremely more so, on emergency frequencies and other mission critical frequencies. EVen if we believe we're not causing any immediate harm, there is absolutely no reason to jump into an emergency frequency and start broadcasting when you have a phone on your hand. 73, KG0KHN On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM Daniel Godbout via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > So next time let the tower burn and when comms go down who’s the fcc will > blame > > Daniel Godbout > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of mike.williams > shopjubilee.com via BVARC <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 8, 2025 10:35 > *To:* terry leatherland <[email protected]>; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO > CLUB <[email protected]> > *Cc:* mike.williams shopjubilee.com <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Why we need to be proper on the use of our radios. > It could cost you. > > This FCC enforcement act is covered by "Ham Radio Crash Course" on > YouTube. > > 73, > Mike KK5SC > > Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > ------------------------------ > *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of terry leatherland > via BVARC <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 8, 2025 9:55:51 AM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Cc:* terry leatherland <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [BVARC] Why we need to be proper on the use of our radios. It > could cost you. > > Fellow HAMS, > I dont think this made it around our distribution so I apologize if it is > duplicate. > > Don't make this mistake. It was costly for this gentleman. > > Ham Operator Must Pay in First-Responder Interference Case > > > https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/ham-operator-must-pay-in-first-responder-interference-case > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > > Daniel Godbout > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Gokhan KORALTURK
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