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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
NORTHEAST REGION
Boston District Office
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, Ma. 02169
March 7, 2008
Patrick St. Martin
Brockton, Massachusetts
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-08-BS-015 Document Number: W200832260006
The Boston Office received a complaint of interference from the City of
Brockton, licensee of station WQII343 operating on 1620 kHz. The complaint
alleged that another station operating on 1620 kHz was causing
interference to their operation. Commission records showed that no other
station was licensed to operate on 1620 kHz in the Brockton, MA area. On
March 6, 2008, agents from this office confirmed by direction finding
techniques that signals on frequency 1620 kHz were emanating from a
station operated by you located at 93 Centre St. in Brockton, MA.
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. S: 301.
The only exception to this licensing requirement is for certain
transmitters using or operating at a power level that complies with the
standards established in Part 15 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.
S:S: 15.1 et seq. Your operation on frequency 1620 kHz was measured at
220,000 microvolts per meter (uV/m) at 128 meters. This exceeds the
allowable unlicensed limit of 14.8 uV/m at 30 meters for non-licensed
devices. Thus, this station is operating in violation of 47 U.S.C. S: 301.
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment
without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of the
Federal laws cited above and could subject the operator to severe
penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary fines, in
rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal
sanctions including imprisonment. (see 47 U.S.C. S:S: 401, 501, 503 and
510).
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with proof
of your license or authority to operate granted by the FCC. Your response
should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference the listed
case and document number. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. S:
552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the Commission's staff will use all
relevant material information before it to determine what, if any,
enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC Rules.
This will include any information that you disclose in your reply.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.
Dennis V. Loria
District Director
Boston District Office
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", July 2003