(See comments by John, N6ZAE below)
John,
If you had not complied, here is what would have happened to you.
1. Tower confiscated, you would have had to take it down, of course
2. Large fine, probably something like $10,000. per day of violation
3. Confiscation of all your personal belongings, including house, wife, kids,
etc.
4. If in arears for more than 3 days, you would have to spend months
in jail for being a felon.
5. You would have been called to Washington DC to have Judge Starr's
gang interview you to see what you knew about Monica....since you live
in California. All at your own expenses of course.
6. Your ham license would have been exterminated, and you would be
banned for life from ever getting another license.
No doubt there are some things I can't think of now, so you should plan on
much more in the way of penalties for such a GROSS violation of Government
Rules! Shame on You OM!!!!
Your government at work, for the people - by the people!!
73
Dale K5MM
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At 03:57 PM 7/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Hi Pete...
>
>This re-registration requirement is from last year, and it's not just for
>the guys with tall towers.
>
>I put up my 55 foot crankup in 1993. I needed FAA approval because I am
>less than 1/2 mile from the end of the local (public, with a control tower
>and everything) airport's runway. I also got FCC approval after I had the
>FAA approval in hand.
>
>Last year I was required to re-register the tower with the FCC. This
>referred to ALL towers with FAA approval, regardless of owner or use. The
>FCC was doing it by state, and CA had to be done by January 1997 if I
>recall.
>
>I found out about it because somebody posted a notice about it in the DX or
>Towertalk reflector (can't remember which). They gave a link to the ARRL
>website were I read the rules and found out that I was involved. They had a
>link to the FCC site where I downloaded the required form. I filled it out
>and mailed it in (no money required). I shortly got my new FCC tower
>registration number.
>
>It was interesting that I never got any notice from the FCC that this
>re-registration was being required. I don't know what would have happened
>had I not re-registered. Anyway, all legal now.
>
>73, John N6ZAE
>
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