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FCC ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY
FCC.gov ^ | 1/17/21 | FCC

Posted on 01/17/2021 3:46:04 PM PST by gwjack

WARNING: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE CRIMINAL ACTS

The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission issues this Enforcement Advisory to remind licensees in the Amateur Radio Service, as well as licensees and operators in the Personal Radio Services, that the Commission prohibits the use of radios in those services to commit or facilitate criminal acts.

The Bureau has become aware of discussions on social media platforms suggesting that certain radio services regulated by the Commission may be an alternative to social media platforms for groups to communicate and coordinate future activities. The Bureau recognizes that these services can be used for a wide range of permitted purposes, including speech that is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Amateur and Personal Radio Services, however, may not be used to commit or facilitate crimes.

Specifically, the Bureau reminds amateur licensees that they are prohibited from transmitting “communications intended to facilitate a criminal act” or “messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning.”1 Likewise, individuals operating radios in the Personal Radio Services, a category that includes Citizens Band radios, Family Radio Service walkie-talkies, and General Mobile Radio Service, are prohibited from using those radios “in connection with any activity which is against Federal, State or local law.”2 Individuals using radios in the Amateur or Personal Radio Services in this manner may be subject to severe penalties, including significant fines, seizure of the offending equipment, and, in some cases, criminal prosecution.

Media inquiries should be directed to 202-418-0500 or MediaRelations@fcc.gov.

To file a complaint with the FCC, visit https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov or call 1-888-CALL- FCC. To report a crime, contact your local law enforcement office or the FBI.

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Weird timing for a Sunday release. But, it must be important to shape the battlefield before the inauguration (or other actions).

Stay safe out there.

Gwjack

1 posted on 01/17/2021 3:46:04 PM PST by gwjack
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To: gwjack

Wound my heart with monotonous languor.


2 posted on 01/17/2021 3:47:15 PM PST by Noumenon (s long as you have a rifle, you still have a vote. (KTF))
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To: gwjack

Translation, don’t power up your Baofeng !


3 posted on 01/17/2021 3:47:40 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING in )
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Breaker 1-9, Breaker 1-9... we gotta stolen election in the rearview....


4 posted on 01/17/2021 3:47:53 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SecondAmendment

Relax dude


5 posted on 01/17/2021 3:49:58 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: gwjack

Does this apply to Nellie Ohr too?


6 posted on 01/17/2021 3:50:05 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Gene Eric

7 posted on 01/17/2021 3:50:35 PM PST by 4Liberty ("Never give up the con!" -mission statement of the Left)
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To: gwjack
Jean has a long mustache.
Repeat.
Jean has a long mustache.
8 posted on 01/17/2021 3:51:56 PM PST by Thumper1960 (Trump-2020)
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To: Thumper1960

The chair is against the wall!


9 posted on 01/17/2021 3:52:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gwjack
Armed Protesters Begin To Arrive At State Capitols Around The Nation (Boogaloo)
10 posted on 01/17/2021 3:53:17 PM PST by blam
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To: Noumenon

John has a long mustache, repeat, John has a long mustache.


11 posted on 01/17/2021 3:53:33 PM PST by alarm rider (We are well and truly screwed.)
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To: Gene Eric

Yeah, 10-4, good buddy! It’s got a full-on Green Machine escort and a dozen bears in the air! Looks like they’re goin’ all-out for the Swamp Thing Jamboree!


12 posted on 01/17/2021 3:54:52 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: gwjack

East wind, rain


13 posted on 01/17/2021 3:55:03 PM PST by Captain7seas ( )
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To: gwjack
messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning

Do not allow senile grandpa near that transmitter--you could be arrested for inciting a riot!
14 posted on 01/17/2021 3:55:17 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: Bell Bouy II

Referes to “licensees” all others can do as the please


15 posted on 01/17/2021 3:55:58 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Noumenon

Ok, who blabbed? /jk


16 posted on 01/17/2021 3:56:24 PM PST by sauropod ("No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." - Mark Twain)
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To: Ouderkirk

No she is exempt. Thank you I have been sitting here trying to remember her name. This is odd...


17 posted on 01/17/2021 3:56:42 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Ec 1:2 The rest is, Vanity of vanities..vanity of vanities!All is vanity.)
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To: SecondAmendment

“don’t power up your Baofeng !”

I don’t know what that is, but it sounds like it could be one of Swalwell’s honey-pot girlfriends.


18 posted on 01/17/2021 3:56:53 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (They had to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: gwjack

So this was circulating in my local ham group after it was noted that a repeater in Fairfax was shut down during the capitol incident. Its not clear who or what was using the repeater. In general the repeaters record every time they are used, so it shouldn’t be too hard for the operators to publish what the offending usage was.. If they haven’t been told not to due to an ongoing investigation. Its also not clear who shut down the repeater.. My guess is it was just one more example of the massive over reaction.

Here’s the thing.. Antifa posers are not going to use the repeaters.. They are going to be using their baeofeng radios in simplex for a lot of reasons.. So my guess is that the repeaters were being used by the people at the rally as an alternative to the overloaded cell network.. A contingency discussed here. Cutting off the repeater was similar to cutting off the cell service.. Another way of contributing to the chaos.


19 posted on 01/17/2021 4:00:00 PM PST by manvacamp2000
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To: gwjack

I told my neighbor to get a baofeng and I’d program it for him. Most cop freqs are out of baofeng’s range, but fire is still accessible.

Also, you can monitor all FRS and GMRS walkie frequencies, so if people are coordinating near you, you can hear them coming.

Finally, you can talk all you want on them as long as you’re moving. FCC can’t triangulate a moving source.


20 posted on 01/17/2021 4:00:49 PM PST by struggle
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