Louisiana Amateur Radio Operator Faces $18,000 FCC Fine
The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a penalty of $18,000 against an amateur radio operator in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for allegedly interfering with other operators in violation of the Communications Act. “The Commission has received numerous complaints alleging that he was…
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causing interference to a local amateur repeater … preventing other amateur licensees from using the repeater,” the bureau said. In June 2017, the FCC received a complaint that Jerry Materne interfered with an attempted emergency net in response to the imminent landfall of Tropical Storm Cindy, the bureau said: “Materne repeatedly transmitted on the repeater’s input frequency, hindering the local Emergency Net’s ability to coordinate weather Warnings and Alerts on behalf of the National Weather Service.” Materne couldn’t be reached for comment.