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To: usconservative
Try reading the entire post, maybe you'd understand it then.

I didn't say anything about the FCC not enforcing the law. I actually posted earlier that they should enforce it in every case where they had either complaints or evidence of interference.

My statement about them not needing to do anything referred to the limited need to do any technical work or investigation to determine the source of the signals they are concerned about. Unlike the example you gave, or some antenna with a transmitter found near a fire station, Touch 106.1 has a website, everybody in the area knew about it, etc. So the investigative budget would be minimal.

The station pretty much admits to operation without a license, so the only significant costs will be those of the prosecution of the owners and operators. And sorry, but I doubt the FCC pays the salaries of the people working on this case at the US Attorneys office. No more than they'll pay the salary of the Judge, or the Clerks, etc. who hear and process the paperwork in the case.

You have obviously done a good job of reading the material presented by the FCC as a part of learning about your hobby. That's fine. But in the larger scheme of things how our government spends our money, and the money it borrows in the name of our children from other people, matters. Chasing down some unlicensed radio transmitter unless there are complaints or actual cases of interference is a waste of time and money that could and should be used elsewhere.

46 posted on 04/20/2014 7:00:33 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing
Chasing down some unlicensed radio transmitter unless there are complaints or actual cases of interference is a waste of time and money that could and should be used elsewhere.

If anyone on this thread doesn't get it, it's YOU. You've failed at least THREE times now to understand how interference jeopardizes public safety, and you advocate for literal chaos across the airwaves.

I'm done trying to explain this to you, you simply do not know what you're talking about on any level, and I'm done trying to educate you.

Have a nice day.

47 posted on 04/20/2014 7:07:06 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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