From the ARRL Newsletter comes the following report...This is one of the jokers that caused the ruckus on 14.313 for many years
Federal Court Complaint Filed to Recover Unpaid $11,500 FCC Fine in Amateur Case
The US Government has filed a civil complaint in Federal District Court
for the Western District of Pennsylvania to recover an unpaid $11,500
fine that the FCC imposed in a Forfeiture Order 2 years ago on
Brian Crow, K3VR, of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. The complaint was
filed in Federal District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
on the basis of Crow’s residence. The office of the clerk for the US
District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania confirmed to
ARRL that the complaint was filed on May 8.
In January 2015, the FCC levied the $11,500 fine on Crow for allegedly
causing deliberate interference. The FCC had linked its enforcement case
against Crow with the separate case of Michael Guernsey, KZ8O
(ex-ND8V), of Parchment, Michigan, whom the FCC has fined $22,000 for
allegedly causing intentional interference with other Amateur Radio
communications and for allegedly failing to identify. In both cases, the
FCC said, it responded in March 2014 to “several complaints of
intentional interference” on 14.313 MHz, and Commission agents used
radio direction-finding techniques to determine the transmission
sources.
According to the court complaint against Crow, FCC agents in March 2014
tracked transmissions to Crow’s residence and monitored them for
approximately 3 hours and heard him transmit slow-scan television (SSTV)
signals and a prerecorded voice transmission of another Amateur Radio
station on the frequency.
The complaint seeks payment of the $11,500 fine plus interest and the plaintiff’s costs. Read more.
