rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (10/03/84)
I think the idea of an FCC auxilliary is a good one. After all, hams are doing the testing now so why not. However I really wonder how well it would work. Last year we had a couple jammers on several Northern Illinois repeaters. We caught one of them, so we have his name and address. (Stupid jerk had a CB receiver connected to a 2 meter rig and let the vox kick on the 2 meter rig on our input. This went on continuously for 2 days). We called the Chicago FCC office and were promised help from a field engineer, which never happened. I wrote to a Senator, a Congressman, and the head honcho of the FCC in Washington. So far all we got is the promise that the FCC will now take the word of a repeater trustee that a violation has occured (they no longer have to hear it themselves). I gess my point is that I have seen no action yet, even though the name and address of the offendor was given them. The same is true of a 27.5 MHz ssb'er. One I heard was dumb enough to give his address over the air. I told the FCC about him too, and nothing has been done. As I see it, funds for the FCC have been cut so badly they don't have anyone to do enforcement work. What's the solution? Bob K9EUI