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07/24/2015 | FCC Shows No Mercy, Sustains $22,000 Fine for Egregious On-Air Behavior by Michigan Licensee
The FCC has dropped the other shoe — hard — in the case of Michael Guernsey, KZ8O (ex-ND8V), of Parchment, Michigan, imposing the full $22,000 fine it had proposed in 2014.
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07/23/2015 | FCC Proposes Fining Georgia Ham $1000 for Failing to Identify
The FCC has proposed fining a Georgia ham $1000 for alleged failure to properly identify.
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07/17/2015 | ARRL Complains to FCC About The Home Depot’s Marketing of RF Lighting Devices
The ARRL has filed a formal complaint with the FCC, alleging that The Home Depot home improvement chain has been illegally marketing certain RF-ballast lighting devices in violation of FCC Part 18 rules.
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06/12/2015 | FCC Chairman, Lawmakers Announce Agreement to Scale Back Field Office Shutdowns
Leaders of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee have reached agreement with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to amend the Commission’s plans — announced in March — to close FCC field offices.
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04/13/2015 | Switching Power Supplies a More Common Noise Source than Power Lines, ARRL Lab Manager Says
ARRL Laboratory Manager and EMI Expert Ed Hare, W1RFI, told the HamRadioNow webcast recently that switching-mode power supplies are a more common noise source for radio amateurs than electrical power lines.
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03/19/2015 | FCC, Regulatory Issues Dominate ARRL Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
When the ARRL Executive Committee (EC) meets on March 21 in Dulles, Virginia — in the shadow of the nation’s capital — it will confront a raft of FCC-related and regulatory issues.
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03/11/2015 | FCC Enforcement Bureau Field Resources Poised to Shrink
According to an internal FCC Enforcement Bureau (EB) memorandum, the Bureau plans to ask the full Commission to cut two-thirds of its field offices and eliminate nearly one-half of its field agents.
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02/06/2015 | Denying Permission for FCC Station Inspection Nets Florida CBer a $3000 Fine
The FCC Enforcement Bureau has imposed a reduced fine of $3000 on a Florida, CB operator for failing to allow FCC agents inspect his station. The Commission issued Tommie Salter of Jacksonville a Forfeiture Order on February 5. Last August the FCC had...
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