Post by Gremlin on Feb 19, 2008 0:04:30 GMT -4
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Enforcement Bureau
Spectrum Enforcement Division
1270 Fairfield Road
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-7245
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
January 29, 2008
Todd E. Daugherty
800 W Main Cross
Taylorville, IL 62568
SUBJECT: Amateur Radio license N9OGL; WARNING NOTICE; Case #EB-07-SE-371
Dear Mr. Daugherty:
Information before the Commission indicates that you have been operating
an unlicensed radio station on, among other frequencies, 6.950 and 13.556
MHz. The information indicates that the signal strengths of these
transmissions exceed the power limit of Part 15 of the Commission's rules
for unlicensed transmitters. Your response to the Enforcement Bureau
received on November 6, 2007 was insufficient and contradictory, and
indicates a misunderstanding of the Part 15 power limits for unlicensed
stations. For example, you stated that your power levels were in
compliance with Part 15 of the Commission's rules, yet in statements made
in 2006 and 2007 describing your shortwave station "Omega One" you stated
that you were operating at 5 watts, then 10 watts and later 50 and 100
watts.
Such unlicensed operation would be a violation of Section 301 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 18 U.S.C. S: 301, and would
subject you to a monetary forfeiture (fine) or imprisonment, or both.
Forfeitures normally range from $7,500 to $10,000. Furthermore, such
operation would reflect adversely on your qualifications to retain an
Amateur license.
Sincerely,
W. Riley Hollingsworth
Special Counsel
cc: FCC Northeastern Regional Director
Enforcement Bureau
Spectrum Enforcement Division
1270 Fairfield Road
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-7245
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
January 29, 2008
Todd E. Daugherty
800 W Main Cross
Taylorville, IL 62568
SUBJECT: Amateur Radio license N9OGL; WARNING NOTICE; Case #EB-07-SE-371
Dear Mr. Daugherty:
Information before the Commission indicates that you have been operating
an unlicensed radio station on, among other frequencies, 6.950 and 13.556
MHz. The information indicates that the signal strengths of these
transmissions exceed the power limit of Part 15 of the Commission's rules
for unlicensed transmitters. Your response to the Enforcement Bureau
received on November 6, 2007 was insufficient and contradictory, and
indicates a misunderstanding of the Part 15 power limits for unlicensed
stations. For example, you stated that your power levels were in
compliance with Part 15 of the Commission's rules, yet in statements made
in 2006 and 2007 describing your shortwave station "Omega One" you stated
that you were operating at 5 watts, then 10 watts and later 50 and 100
watts.
Such unlicensed operation would be a violation of Section 301 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 18 U.S.C. S: 301, and would
subject you to a monetary forfeiture (fine) or imprisonment, or both.
Forfeitures normally range from $7,500 to $10,000. Furthermore, such
operation would reflect adversely on your qualifications to retain an
Amateur license.
Sincerely,
W. Riley Hollingsworth
Special Counsel
cc: FCC Northeastern Regional Director