Been a while since I have read about the FCC DF’ing a station for interference.
LCM
On June 5, 2023 at 12:15:15, ARRL Web site (memberlist@arrl.org) wrote:
SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX005 ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to ID: FCC
ZCZC AX05 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 5 ARLX005 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 5, 2023 To all radio amateurs
SB SPCL ARL ARLX005 ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to ID: FCC
An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) results in a large fine against a California amateur radio license holder.
A Notice of Apparent Liability Forfeiture (NALF) for $24,000 has been filed against Phillip J. Beaudet, N6PJB, of Burney, California.
According to the filing, the penalty is for Beaudet "willfully and repeatedly interfering with the radio communications of the Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association (WARFA) while it was attempting to hold a regularly scheduled net and for failing to provide station identification on amateur radio frequencies."
FCC agents used direction finding techniques during November and December of 2022 to track the interfering signals to Beaudet's home station. Agents "heard him playing recordings on 3.908 MHz that caused interference to the ongoing WARFA net while failing to provide his assigned amateur call sign," the document stated. NNNN /EX