Post by va3css on Mar 9, 2005 14:21:11 GMT -5
FCC Declines to Reconsider $10,000 Fine in Gerritsen Case
NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 4, 2005--The FCC has denied a Petition for Reconsideration and upheld a $10,000 fine against briefly licensed radio amateur and alleged jammer Jack Gerritsen, ex-KG6IRO, of Bell, California. The FCC proposed the forfeiture last June after charging that Gerritsen had interfered with Amateur Radio communications. The Commission affirmed the fine in a Forfeiture Order last October. The following month, Gerritsen, who claims he's still a Commission licensee, wrote the FCC challenging the fine and its basis. The FCC turned away all of his arguments and suggested it was turning up the heat on Gerritsen, who now faces a total of $52,000 in FCC-imposed or proposed fines
NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 4, 2005--The FCC has denied a Petition for Reconsideration and upheld a $10,000 fine against briefly licensed radio amateur and alleged jammer Jack Gerritsen, ex-KG6IRO, of Bell, California. The FCC proposed the forfeiture last June after charging that Gerritsen had interfered with Amateur Radio communications. The Commission affirmed the fine in a Forfeiture Order last October. The following month, Gerritsen, who claims he's still a Commission licensee, wrote the FCC challenging the fine and its basis. The FCC turned away all of his arguments and suggested it was turning up the heat on Gerritsen, who now faces a total of $52,000 in FCC-imposed or proposed fines
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Hmm... $10,000 fine is now up to $52,000. Next step? Gerritsen just has to claim "poverty" to the FCC...
I hope they stand their ground for a change.
