[RFI] K2MO Solar Panel RFI Issue: Problem Solved!

[Jim Brown]

On 7/25/2024 8:34 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> Small Government, what is that?  How about those in charge of the FCC 
> determined that enforcement was not a priority and diverted those fund 
> elsewhere.

W0LEV and I were both around in the early '80s when the FCC was gutted 
by Congress in the name of Small Government. Before that, the FCC had a 
very strong enforcement arm -- broadcasters and manufacturers lived in 
fear of FCC inspectors enforcing our country's laws about our radio 
spectrum. But big business didn't like that, the FCC's budget was 
slashed, their Regulations were scaled back, both with adherence to 
technical Rules for broadcasters, and for conformance by manufacturers 
to keeping equipment clean. Enforcement staff was drastically cut. Field 
offices where the enforcement officers worked were closed. In following 
decades, additional cuts were made.

These are facts of history. Anyone who worked anywhere around 
broadcasting before and after can tell you about it. My first job in 
broadcasting was in 1960, at a station in my hometown that had both an 
5kW AM station and a TV station that had gone on the air in 1947. This 
is not a "political statement."

73, Jim K9YC