Hi Ward,
Nicely put! Interestingly though that does not jive with what is
happening... We are seeing enforcement take place, which confuses me
after reading your take on the 2012 meeting with involved Laura Smith.
I have dealt with Laura, and found her nothing but helpful, and she has
performed enforcement tasks, based on valid data provided to her. This
is at odds with the interpretation of the 2012 meeting, which sounds
like no enforcement will happen at all... Any idea where the disconnect
on this is happening? What am I missing?
I do fully agree with your assessment of having major broadcasters, or
cell vendors involved, and in your suggestion to document, document,
document!
It really is too bad these RFI generating devices don't spray into the
cell phone spectrum a bit. :)
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On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 22:25 -0500, Ward Silver wrote:
> > I really don't care too much how the FCC accomplishes it's job, as
> long as it is accomplishing it's jobs correctly.
>
> At the FCC Forum at Pacificon a couple of years ago (2012, I think) FCC
> Enforcement Counsel Laura Smith was asked directly and specifically
> about problems caused by RFI from consumer devices. In a nutshell, she
> replied that the FCC would take enforcement action when Congress
> directed the FCC to do so and not before. In the language of the
> Executive Branch, that means when Congress creates spending authority
> for them to do so. That responsibility lies in House of Representatives
> and they are not asking the FCC to impede commerce (i.e. inconvenience
> their campaign donors) in order to respond to complaints from ham radio
> operators.
>
> It is possible that if the broadcasters and mobile networking companies
> turn up the heat on *both* the FCC and the House, with support from the
> hams, there might be some action taken. Until then, or there is some
> tragedy or security problem caused by RFI from a non-compliant device,
> petitioning (or blaming) the White House is pretty much pointless. You
> need to patiently explain to your Congressional Representative (not your
> senator) what the problem is and hope they hear the same message from
> the AM broadcasters and local mobile phone provider lobbyists cutting
> them checks.
>
> Until then, I think it behooves us to document, document, document so
> that when we have an opportunity to influence the political process we
> have the facts, if not the money, to do so.
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
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