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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Crozer-Keystone Healthcare ) File No. EB-FIELDNER-12-00001476
Licensee of Radio Station WQNH394 )
Upland, Pennsylvania ) NOV No. V201232400037
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: May 4, 2012
By the Acting District Director, Philadelphia Office, Northeast Region,
Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89
of the Commission's rules to Crozer-Keystone Healthcare
(Crozer-Keystone), the licensee of Private Land Mobile Station WQNH394
in Upland, Pennsylvania.
2. On March 15, 2012, in response to a complaint from the United States
Coast Guard (USCG), agents of the Commission's Philadelphia Office
inspected Station WQNH394 located in Upland, Pennsylvania and observed
the following violations:
a. 47 C.F.R. S: 90.403(e): "Licensees shall take reasonable precautions
to avoid causing harmful interference. This includes monitoring the
transmitting frequency for communications in progress and such other
measures as may be necessary to minimize the potential for causing
interference." FCC agents found that Crozer-Keystone's 154.625 MHz
paging transmitter was generating a spurious emission on 157.075 MHz
that was causing harmful interference to the USCG's radio
communications system.
b. 47 C.F.R. S: 90.425(a): "Except as provided for in paragraphs (d) and
(e) of this section, each station or system shall be identified by
the transmission of the assigned call sign during each transmission
or exchange of transmissions, or once each 15 minutes (30 minutes in
the Public Safety Pool) during periods of continuous operation."
Between 11:55 a.m. and 1:01 p.m., agents observed that Station
WQNH394 did not transmit its call sign identification on the
frequency 154.625 MHz.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's rules, Crozer-Keystone
Healthcare must submit a written statement concerning this matter
within twenty (20) days of release of this Notice. The response must
fully explain each violation, must contain a statement of the specific
action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and
should include a time line for completion of pending corrective
action(s). The response must be complete in itself and signed by a
principal or officer of the licensee. All replies and documentation
sent in response to this Notice should be marked with the File No. and
NOV No. specified above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Philadelphia Office
One Oxford Valley Building, Suite 404
2300 East Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047
4. This Notice shall be sent to Crozer-Keystone Healthcare at its address
of record.
5. The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that we advise you that the
Commission will use all relevant material information before it,
including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance. Any false
statement made knowingly and willfully in reply to this Notice is
punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Kevin Doyle
Acting District Director
Northeast Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
Based on the transmitter output power of 90 Watts, the spurious emission
should be attenuated at least 62.54 dB below the authorized transmitting
power. The FCC measured the level of the spurious emission to be -95.0 dB.
The level of the fundamental was measured to be -25.0 dB; a difference of
70.0 dB, in compliance with Section 22.359(a) of the Commission's Rules.
47 U.S.C. S: 308(b).
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
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