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[TowerTalk] Broadcaster fined,Thanks to Tom - W8JI

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Broadcaster fined,Thanks to Tom - W8JI
From: ezed@aloha.net (Edward Pagaduan)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:17:32 -1000 (HST)
That's telling them that a favor has been done to them.  Broadcasters are an
arrogant bunch when it comes to an individual and not the masses.

Ed
ezed@aloha.net


At 11:14 AM 4/12/99 PDT, you wrote:
>
> From the ARRL newsletter, Kudos go to Tom for his diligence:
>
> * Broadcast station fined for 160-meter spurious:
> An AM station in Florida was fined $7000 by the FCC for various 
>technical violations including radiating an excessive signal on 1909 
>kHz--in the JA DX window. WINV in Inverness also was cited for EAS 
>deficiencies and for not having its public file available. Well-known 
>Georgia Top Band operator Tom Rauch, W8JI, had noticed the spurious on 
>1909 and contacted the station. "After four unsuccessful attempts to 
>get them to correct the problem, their switchboard operator said, 'If 
>we are bothering you way up in Georgia, why don't you just call the 
>FCC and quit calling us?'" Rauch reported. "Just to be helpful, I did 
>exactly what she asked!" Rauch said it took the FCC just a week to 
>visit the station following his complaint. "It's great to see the
>FCC is back in business!" he said.
>
>
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