[CQ-Contest] 59(9) all the time!

Bob Schreibmaier k3ph at ptd.net
Tue Jun 23 15:19:35 PDT 2009


 >>
 >> Let up, guys. The petitioner, W5FG, is 89 years old.
 >>
 >> 73,
 >> Steve, N2IC
 >>
 >
 >Thank you, Steve.
 >
 >And it's not like he's asking for something new.
 >
 >Here it is in my 1954 FCC Part 12 Rules and Regs.....
 >
 >       ยง 12.158.  False signals.  No licensed radio operator
 >       shall transmit false or deceptive signals or communications
 >       by radio.
 >
 >An inflated RST is certainly a false/deceptive signal, I'd say.

I disagree.  Signing AS3B and claiming to be from
Atlantis would be a false/deceptive signal.  Giving
someone a 59 who might actually be 55?  Unlikely.

73,
Bob
K3PH

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