That's telling them that a favor has been done to them. Broadcasters are an
arrogant bunch when it comes to an individual and not the masses.
Ed
ezed@aloha.net
At 11:14 AM 4/12/99 PDT, you wrote:
>
> From the ARRL newsletter, Kudos go to Tom for his diligence:
>
> * Broadcast station fined for 160-meter spurious:
> An AM station in Florida was fined $7000 by the FCC for various
>technical violations including radiating an excessive signal on 1909
>kHz--in the JA DX window. WINV in Inverness also was cited for EAS
>deficiencies and for not having its public file available. Well-known
>Georgia Top Band operator Tom Rauch, W8JI, had noticed the spurious on
>1909 and contacted the station. "After four unsuccessful attempts to
>get them to correct the problem, their switchboard operator said, 'If
>we are bothering you way up in Georgia, why don't you just call the
>FCC and quit calling us?'" Rauch reported. "Just to be helpful, I did
>exactly what she asked!" Rauch said it took the FCC just a week to
>visit the station following his complaint. "It's great to see the
>FCC is back in business!" he said.
>
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