[BC] FCC Seeking Extra Funds to go after Pirates

[Keith Hammond]

Which is all good until some innocent spectrum user (of something like one
of the XM/Sirius FM modulators) ticks off a member of the local spectrum
Gestapo or a nearby ham gets turned in for something that's not even his (or
her) fault simply because he/she has an antenna or two visible...

I'm sorry but, I've seen so many vindictive local law enforcement officers
that I would very much prefer to leave this particular aspect of law
enforcement in the hands of an agency that at least has a bit of technical
knowledge. There is too much potential for "Well, you have an antenna of
some kind up there so you are the guilty party!"

Keith Hammond
MonsterFM.com / Broadcast Technical Services
830 Hillsdale Road
Jasper, Alabama 35504


Mike McCarthy said:

This is where the states can really come in to the mix.  As with Florida,
they can nail the !@#$%^&* and property owners using zoning and business
ordinances and statutes. The suckers who transmit from their homes or
religious buildings end up in a bigger mess as the locals can then go after
them for operating a business out of their house or non-profit without a
business license or proper zoning The idiots end up in courtroom after
courtroom pleading their way through the red tape