While it’s nice to see anything out of the Enforcement Bureau, I‘m just telling you that as soon as this news hits the membership, I will get a $h!t storm as we are once again ignored by Laura Smith and company regarding the 7+ year wait for help in ending the 24/7 jamming of repeaters in the metropolitan New York City area. I would suspect that the members on the West Coast who have suffered the ongoing tribulations of the WARFA net will be similarly incensed at this complete B*ll$h!t response to all of our continuing complaints these many years. Frankly, it’s obvious that this is a blatant and intentional response to our protests. They treat us with a continuing lack of respect and complete contempt. I guess we’ll have to wait another year as it seems to take that long for anything to come out of the Enforcement Bureau. This truly ................. well, you get the picture. Mike From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 1:14 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24521] Re: As promised by Chris yesterday There is some confusion regarding Guernsey because the links go to the Notice of Apparent Liability document that is a year old and not to the new Forfeiture Order. It’s worth noting that Tolassi is ex-WA1BHV. See the following from the March 18, 2005 ARRL Letter: The FCC has warned David J. Tolassi, WA1BHV (ex-KB1EVE), of Barre, Vermont, that he's risking a substantial fine if he continues to violate the conditions of his 2004 license renewal. After a series of "enforcement issues" relating to the operation of KB1EVE, the FCC renewed Tolassi's General class ticket in January 2004 on the condition that he refrain from 20-meter voice operation for three years. Following up on allegations that Tolassi had violated the prohibition, FCC Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth wrote the licensee February 23. "Information before the Commission indicates that you have violated the condition of your license by operating voice on the 20-meter amateur band," Hollingsworth said. "Please be advised that if the condition is violated again, you will be issued a monetary forfeiture (fine)." Hollingsworth noted that fines for such unauthorized operation typically range from $4000 to $7000. In late 2003, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) referred Tolassi's renewal application to the Enforcement Bureau for review as a result of the "enforcement issues," which, Hollingsworth says, involved inappropriate on-the-air behavior. To resolve the situation, Tolassi agreed to stay off 20-meter phone until February 1, 2007, in exchange for having the FCC renew his license. In 1999, Tolassi, formerly KC1ZQ, failed to pass the Advanced class examination after being summoned by the FCC for retesting, and his license class was downgraded to General. The FCC issued KB1EVE, a call sign appropriate for a General class licensee in March 2000. Tolassi obtained WA1BHV last May through the vanity call sign program. Dave K1ZZ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:48 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24520] As promised by Chris yesterday DAVID J. TOLASSI. Notified David J. Tolassi of an Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $1,000 for failure to identify his call sign during multiple transmissions on one day. Action by: District Director, Atlanta Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 07/22/2015 by NALF. (DA No. 15-831). EB https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-831A1.docx https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-831A1.pdf MICHAEL GUERNSEY. Imposed penalty of $22,000 against Michael Guernsey for intentionally causing interference to other amateur radio operators and failure to provide station identification in violation of the Communications Act. Action by: Regional Director, Northeast Region, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 07/22/2015 by Forfeiture Order. (DA No. 15-832). EB https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-832A1.docx https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-832A1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv