This is really rather frightening. Many of us have similar collections of gear, and I'm wondering on what basis it was seized. I don't remember anything in the Constitution about seizure of potentially stolen property. I hope the stuff is his and he gets a really huge settlement (and that the folks he was jamming get the same from him). The idea that a government minion can simply decide that you have too much radio gear and take it seems rather onerous.
'JK --- In [email protected], Mike Morris WA6ILQ <wa6...@...> wrote: > > Recently the FCC busted a local jammer and when his residence > was searched they found a treasure trove. There are over 200 pieces > of equipment involved including laptops, desktops, over 120 handhelds > and several repeaters. And broadcast equipment including a > commercial grade FM transmitter. > > If anybody has serial numbers on file that matches anything on > the lists mentioned below I think that the Ventura County Sheriff's > Department would like to hear from you - contact Detective Jon Smith > at (805) 494-8216 or via e-mail at jon.smith (at) ventura (dot) org > > The snippet below is from the "CGC Communicator, a broadcast industry > weekly newsletter published by Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, <cgc (at) > cgc333 (dot) connectnet (dot) com>, Copyright 2009, Communications > General® Corporation (CGC). > Reprinted with permission, and the newsletter has given permission > for others to do likewise. No additional permission is needed. > > >****************************************************************** > > > > LIST OF POTENTIALLY STOLEN EQUIPMENT IN THE BONDY CASE > > > >The Ventura County Sheriff's Department has prepared its > >list of potentially stolen radio equipment in the Kevin Bondy > >case. Mr. Bondy is accused of jamming some southern California > >radio frequencies as discussed in recent CGC Communicator > >newsletters. A police search of his residence turned up an > >extraordinary amount of potentially stolen radio gear. > > > >Your help is needed. Is any of this equipment yours? Would > >you copy this story to others in the land-mobile and broadcast > >industries, particularly to equipment dealers and publications? > >If some or all of this equipment is stolen, the owners need to > >contact the Ventura County Sheriff pronto. > > > >Items #120 - 123 involve FM broadcast equipment; the rest > >is land-mobile gear (including repeaters) with a few miscellaneous > >items mixed in (e.g. computers, CB & amateur radio gear). The > >first URL takes you to the list. The second URL shows pictures > >of the FM broadcast equipment and gives contact information for > >the Ventura County Sheriff. > > > >Communications General Corp. has been in touch with Broadcast > >Electronics concerning Item #120, the solid state 1,000 watt FM > >broadcast transmitter. Unfortunately, the serial number is a bit > >outdated for their records, but perhaps you or an equipment dealer > >would have a record of the sales transaction. > > > >Thanks for helping by looking over the equipment list and > >forwarding this story to others. > > > > Equipment list: > > http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Oaks_Mall_09-5771.pdf > > > > Photographs of the FM broadcast equipment: > > http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Letters/Stolen%20Equipment.htm > > > > Background information on Mr. Bondy: > > http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-290813A1.html > > > >****************************************************************** >
