[CQ-Contest] K3NM/LU9AY 40M SSB FCC Fiasco

[Bill Fisher W4AN]

I read with great disappointment the letter sent to K3NM by the
FCC.  Before reading Matts response, I figured it was nothing more than a
case of "he said, she said", and wrote a letter to Riley expressing my
disappointment in his handling of it.

Essentially, you or anyone else can write a letter to the FCC making
accusations against someone else and get their callsign published on the
ARRL's web site attached to a letter sent by Riley.  

Do any of you feel this is just? 

I urge you all to express yourselves in this matter.  

I feel very bad for K3NM and LU9AY.  I'm also very disappointed that the
ARRL is publishing these letters with no opportunity for the convicted
--errrr-- accused to give their side of the story.

Just another reason to stay away from the CB --errr-- SSB band.  

73

Bill, W4AN

The CW Sprint is just 5 months away, and nobody got a letter from the FCC
after the last one.  :)


 


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>From Silver Ward" <hwardsil1 at mindspring.com  Tue Oct  9 03:27:29 2001
From: Silver Ward" <hwardsil1 at mindspring.com (Silver Ward)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 03:27:29 +0100
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 40M FCC Warnings
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0110082201030.28610-100000 at dayton.akorn.net>
Message-ID: <003901c15069$f2454a60$422579a5 at ward>


I believe that these letters are in the public record, so the question is
whether to publish the public record or not.  We have a "Police Blotter"
section in our local newspaper that records all the town "events" - but it
doesn't name names.  This seems to be the difference between being part of a
federally licensed service versus private individuals.  Once you're granted
a federal license, every piece of official bid'niss is at the very least,
discoverable.  Our activities (and transgressions) are public domain.

I'm not real sure that these "warnings" are appropriate to publish in a
national forum, though.  As long as there is significant doubt about whether
a transgression actually occurred, especially "he said, I said" cases such
as this one, maybe the letters could be held until a resolution has been
reached - either an enforcement action or other satisfactory resolution.

73, Ward N0AX

> I feel very bad for K3NM and LU9AY.  I'm also very disappointed that the
> ARRL is publishing these letters with no opportunity for the convicted
> --errrr-- accused to give their side of the story.
>
> 73
>
> Bill, W4AN
>
> The CW Sprint is just 5 months away, and nobody got a letter from the FCC
> after the last one.  :)
>
>
>
>
>
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