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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
South Central Region
San Juan Office
US Federal Building Room 762
San Juan, PR 00918-1731
June 2, 2011
Via Certified Mail:
Crucito Marrero
dba CMARR
POB 21377
San Juan, PR 00928
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-11-SJ-0013
Document Number: W201132680001
In response to information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration
("FAA") that the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar ("TDWR") serving the San
Juan International Airport had been receiving interference on or adjacent
to the frequency 5.61 GHz, the Enforcement Bureau's San Juan Office ("San
Juan Office") conducted an investigation in the San Juan area. On April
28, 2011 and May 5, 2011, agents from the San Juan Office confirmed by
direction finding techniques that radio emissions on the frequency 5.585
GHz were emanating from the rooftop of the City View Plaza Building in
Guaynabo at 18-o 25' 1.22" N 66-o 6' 33.09" W, the location of two of your
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure ("U-NII") devices, Rocket
M5s manufactured by Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. with FCC ID SWX-M5. On May 11,
2011 and May 16, 2011, agents from the San Juan Office confirmed by
direction finding techniques that radio emissions on the frequencies
5.625 GHz and 5635 GHz were emanating from the rooftop of the Cano Auto
Parts building on Piniero Avenue in San Juan at 18-o 24' 9.45" N 66-o 5'
20.03" W, the location of several more of your UNII devices of the same
make and model. On May 18, 2011, you admitted that you (dba CMARR) own the
UNII devices noted on the rooftops of the City View Plaza and Cano Auto
Parts buildings and retuned different frequencies into the UNII devices
prior to an inspection that day.
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to section 301 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"). The only exception to this
licensing requirement is for certain transmitters using or operating at a
power level or mode of operation that complies with the standards
established in Part 15 of the FCC's rules ("Rules"). Operation of an
intentional radiator, such as the Ubiquiti Rocket M5 device, not in
accordance with the regulations in Part 15 of the Rules, requires a
license pursuant to the provisions of Section 301 of the Act.
Additionally, operation of an intentional radiator, such as the Ubiquiti
Rocket M5 device, that is not in compliance with the administrative and
technical provisions of Part 15, including prior FCC authorizations, is
prohibited under section 302 of the Act.
You operated Ubiquiti Rocket M5 devices on the frequencies 5.625 GHz,
5.635 GHz, and 5.585 GHz. The Ubiquiti Rocket M5 with FCC ID SWX-M5 is not
authorized for use in the 5.45 GHz through 5.725 GHz frequency band.
Accordingly, you are not in compliance with the requirements of Part 15 of
the Rules. Therefore, your operations must be licensed by the FCC. The FCC
has no record of a license being issued to you to operate a transmitter on
5.625 GHz, 5.635 GHz, or 5.585 GHz from these locations. Thus, these
stations are operating in violation of section 301 of the Act.
Nonlicensed operation of a U-NII device is also subject to the condition
that it must not cause harmful interference and, if harmful interference
occurs, operation of the device must cease. Harmful interference is
defined as "[a]ny emission, radiation or induction that endangers the
functioning of a radio navigation service or of other safety services or
seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radio
communications service."
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment
without a valid radio station authorization, and/or operation of otherwise
authorized equipment that causes harmful interference after your receipt
of this warning, 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.
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY. USE OF NON-CERTIFIED PART 15 EQUIPMENT AT ANY OTHER SITE
ALSO MUST BE DISCONTINUED. NONLICENSED OPERATION OF A U-NII DEVICE MAY NOT
RESUME UNLESS YOU ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC'S RULES.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any
evidence that the transmitters you are using are certified for use as Part
15 U-NII devices and your transmitters are not the source of the
interference to the TDWR. 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, 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.
Reuben Jusino
Resident Agent
San Juan Office
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", July 2003
Joint OET and EB Memo dated July 27, 2010 regarding interference to
Terminal Doppler Weather Radars
47 U.S.C. S: 301.
47 C.F.R. S:S: 15.1 et seq.
See 47 C.F.R. 15.1(b).
47 U.S.C. S: 302a.
See 47 C.F.R. S: 15.1(c).
47 U.S.C. S: 301.
See 47 C.F.R. S:S: 15.5, 15.405.
47 C.F.R. S: 15.3(m).
See 47 U.S.C. S:S: 401, 501, 503 and 510.
5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).