Enforcement Bureau Propose Fine for Violating Amateur Radio Rules
The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a fine of $24,000 against Philip Beaudet, an amateur operator in Burney, California, for allegedly intentionally interfering with the radio communications of the Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association (WARFA). “The Commission has received numerous complaints…
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alleging that Beaudet caused intentional interference to other amateur radio operators using frequency 3.908 MHz and failed to transmit his assigned call sign,” the bureau said Tuesday: Last year, a bureau investigator monitored Beaudet’s station "for approximately one hour … and heard Beaudet playing recordings on 3.908 MHz causing interference to the ongoing WARFA net without providing his assigned call sign.” Based on “the nature of Beaudet’s transmissions and the playing of a recording, we find that Beaudet’s transmissions appear to have been made deliberately to prevent other amateur radio operators from conducting legitimate communications,” the bureau said. Beaudet couldn’t be reached for comment.