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CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
January 25, 2010
Mr. James O. Stetson
(Address withheld)
(City/State withheld)
Re: WARNING NOTICE
Amateur Radio License N0IZJ
EB-09-GB-0287
Dear Mr. Stetson:
By letter dated December 11, 2009, the Commission notified you that it had
received numerous complaints regarding the operation of your amateur
station. The complaints allege that you have been using the local repeater
on 147.345 to conduct the business of selling burial monuments in
violation of Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. The letter
further noted that the written complaints were supported by recordings of
several on-air conversations of you engaging in the above-referenced
behavior. A copy of the complaints and the recordings were sent to you for
your review.
You responded to the Commission's letter on December 28, 2009. In that
letter, you indicate that you serve on a volunteer cemetery board and work
with the monument companies in your area who have sold the monuments to
interested parties. You maintain that you do not sell the monuments and
never have. But, you concede that you locate the lot on behalf of the
monument company and then mark the appropriate location for them to affix
the monument. You indicate that you are often on the road and allow the
monument companies to contact you on the reverse auto patch via your two
meter handheld radio when you are needed.
Your operation as described above is contrary to the basis and purpose of
the amateur radio service as set out in Section 97.1 of the Commission's
rules. Please be advised that the Commission expects you to abide by its
rules. This letter serves as notice that, if operation of this type
reoccurs after receipt of this letter, you could be subject to severe
penalties, including license revocation, monetary forfeiture (fines), or a
modification proceeding to restrict the frequencies upon which you may
operate.
Sincerely,
Laura L. Smith
Special Counsel
Cc: Kansas City Field Office
South Central Regional Director
See 47 C.F.R. S: 97.1.
Fines normally range from $7,500 to $10,000.