ARRL say the FCC Enforcement Bureau on November 7 issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation (NoUO) to Technician licensee Daryl Thomas, KE6MWS, of Carmichael, California, for allegedly operating an unlicensed FM radio station
On October 10, 2018, an Enforcement Bureau agent
from the FCC’s San Francisco Office responded to a complaint of an
unlicensed FM station operating on 95.7 MHz in Carmichael. The agent
confirmed by direction-finding techniques that a signal on 95.7 MHz was
emanating from a residence, and Thomas subsequently admitted that he was
the operator of this station, the FCC said in the NoUO.
The agent measured the field strength of the
signal found that it exceeded the maximum permitted level of 250 µV per
meter at 3 meters, established under Part 15.
The Notice cautioned Thomas that operation of
radio transmitting equipment without a valid radio station
authorization, or in violation of the Commission’s RF radiation limits,
constitutes a violation of the federal laws cited above and could
subject the operator to severe penalties, including, but not limited to,
substantial monetary fines, in rem seizure of the offending radio
equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment.
“Unlicensed operation of this radio station must be discontinued immediately and must not resume,” the Notice warned.
Source ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/news/california-radio-amateur-receives-notice-of-unlicensed-operation-from-fcc-1
Notice of Unlicensed Operation
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-355037A1.pdf
