Post by va3css on May 7, 2005 23:04:09 GMT -5
Federal Marshalls arrest California jammer
Gerritsen also previously held the callsigns of KG6YBH, and the GMRS call sign WPYR 527. The GMRS call has been put into "pending" status by the FCC, while they await the outcome of the jamming complaints against him.
The one he's used here, KG6IRO is actually listed under "R O A G" with K6MJU as the trustee. Gerritsen held that KG6IRO call for only a week in 2001.
Indeed, this jammer is not only aware that he's jamming, but he also makes no bones about it:
www.arnewsline.org/newsline_archives/cbbs1426.txt
Gerritsen was sentenced to five years in jail for interfering with police communications.
He was paroled for "good behaviour" after only one year of that term:
... and just so we all understand what kind of dude he is, note the following tidbits:
LMAO!! "Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?"
Why... go back to jail, of course, and lose the radios that you had no priveleges to use from your first visit to jail.
In the Amateur Radio handbook under "Who NOT to model the way to operate a radio," they have his name! ;D
My only wish is to have the FCC not back off on their fines for this loser. Clearly, he deserves to go to jail (again) and his fines are well justified.
Just Google his callsign to see what I mean.
According to the criminal complaint, an FCC investigation revealed that Gerritsen "often transmits his prerecorded political messages and real-time harassment and profanity for hours at a time, often making it impossible for licensed radio operators to use the public frequencies."
Gerritsen already faces a total of $52,000 in FCC-imposed or proposed forfeitures for alleged interference. In March, the FCC denied a Petition for Reconsideration and upheld a $10,000 fine against Gerritsen for interfering with Amateur Radio communications. The Commission affirmed the fine in a Forfeiture Order last October. Gerritsen, who claims he's still a Commission licensee and uses KG6IRO on the air, had written the FCC to challenge the fine and its basis. The FCC turned away all of his arguments, but Gerritsen has yet to pay the fine.
Gerritsen already faces a total of $52,000 in FCC-imposed or proposed forfeitures for alleged interference. In March, the FCC denied a Petition for Reconsideration and upheld a $10,000 fine against Gerritsen for interfering with Amateur Radio communications. The Commission affirmed the fine in a Forfeiture Order last October. Gerritsen, who claims he's still a Commission licensee and uses KG6IRO on the air, had written the FCC to challenge the fine and its basis. The FCC turned away all of his arguments, but Gerritsen has yet to pay the fine.
Gerritsen also previously held the callsigns of KG6YBH, and the GMRS call sign WPYR 527. The GMRS call has been put into "pending" status by the FCC, while they await the outcome of the jamming complaints against him.
The one he's used here, KG6IRO is actually listed under "R O A G" with K6MJU as the trustee. Gerritsen held that KG6IRO call for only a week in 2001.
Indeed, this jammer is not only aware that he's jamming, but he also makes no bones about it:
On numerous occasions he has come up in the middle of an
ongoing Q-S-O and announced that his intentions to take over the
channel. He has then proceeded to cause interference, usually by
playing a tape of his anti government political rhetoric and his
opposition to the U.S. military action in the Middle East.
ongoing Q-S-O and announced that his intentions to take over the
channel. He has then proceeded to cause interference, usually by
playing a tape of his anti government political rhetoric and his
opposition to the U.S. military action in the Middle East.
www.arnewsline.org/newsline_archives/cbbs1426.txt
Gerritsen was sentenced to five years in jail for interfering with police communications.
Jack Gerritsen admitted he broadcast an obscene message on police frequencies that began "you Rampart pigs" more than 1,000 times last
fall, said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Steven J. Ipsen.
fall, said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Steven J. Ipsen.
He was paroled for "good behaviour" after only one year of that term:
Gerritsen had been paroled after serving one year of his original 5-year sentence. One condition of that parole was that he could not have any radio transmitting equipment. At the time of his arrest in January, the FCC said Gerritsen had in his home over 20 radios, 8 of which were capable of operating on frequencies in the Amateur, Marine, Land Mobile and Public Safety bands. The FCC also said those radios included a marine radio hidden in a closet with batteries connected to it, and a length of antenna line running outside his residence.
... and just so we all understand what kind of dude he is, note the following tidbits:
His interference of police activities was not limited to radio, Ipsen said. Gerritsen has been present at several police raids, pointing out undercover officers to suspects, and has been a regular fixture at DUI checkpoints for the last ten years, authorities said.
Gerritsen, who represented himself at trial and sang the theme song from the TV show "Cops" in his closing argument, said his broadcasts did not interfere with police and were protected by his First Amendment rights.
LMAO!! "Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?"
Why... go back to jail, of course, and lose the radios that you had no priveleges to use from your first visit to jail.
In the Amateur Radio handbook under "Who NOT to model the way to operate a radio," they have his name! ;D
My only wish is to have the FCC not back off on their fines for this loser. Clearly, he deserves to go to jail (again) and his fines are well justified.
Just Google his callsign to see what I mean.
