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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Enforcement Bureau
Spectrum Enforcement Division
1270 Fairfield Road
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-7245
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
August 7, 2007
Smith Trucking, Inc.
2719 Morgantown Road
Smithfield, PA 15478
ATTN: Theodore Smith
SUBJECT: WARNING NOTICE - UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION
Case #EB-07-SE-3061
Dear Mr. Smith:
Information before the Commission indicates that your drivers have been
operating radio equipment without a license on the frequency 28.535 MHz
and causing interference to licensed stations in the Ten Meter Amateur
Band.
The drivers were observed operating unlicensed in April and May 2007 on
Route 19 between the Fairmont, West Virginia area and the Haywood power
plant near Shinnston, WV.
Please advise your drivers that operation of radio transmitting equipment
without a license is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 301, and will subject them to fine
or imprisonment, as well as an in rem seizure of any non-certified radio
transmitting equipment, in cooperation with the United States Attorney for
your jurisdiction. Monetary forfeitures normally range from $7,500 to
$10,000.
You are requested to contact me at 717-338-2502 to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
W. Riley Hollingsworth
Special Counsel
cc: FCC Northeastern Regional Director
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