******************************************************** 
                      NOTICE
********************************************************

This document was converted from Microsoft Word.

Content from the original version of the document such as
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers
will not show up in this text version.

All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the
original document will not show up in this text version.

Features of the original document layout such as
columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins
will not be preserved in the text version.

If you need the complete document, download the
Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat version.

*****************************************************************



                                   Before the

   Federal Communications Commission

   Washington, D.C. 20554


                                         )                               
                                                                         
                                         )                               
                                                                         
     In the Matter of                    )                               
                                              File Number: EB-06-PA-001  
     Ronald Mondgock                     )                               
                                             NAL/Acct. No. 200732400002  
     Former Licensee of Station KA3OMZ   )                               
                                                      FRN: 0010-87-6589  
     Honeybrook, Pennsylvania            )                               
                                                                         
                                         )                               
                                                                         
                                         )                               


                                FORFEITURE ORDER

   Adopted: March 4, 2008 Released: March 6, 2008

   By the Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, Enforcement Bureau:

   I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUD

    1. In this Forfeiture Order ("Order"), we issue a monetary forfeiture in
       the amount of four thousand three hundred dollars ($4,300) to Ronald
       Mondgock ("Mondgock"), the former licensee of Novice Class Amateur
       Radio Service station KA3OMZ in Honeybrook, Pennsylvania, for
       willfully and repeatedly violating Section 301 of the Communications
       Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"), by operating radio transmitting
       equipment on the frequencies 439.850 MHz and 147.560 MHz without a
       license.

    2. On August 15, 2007, the Philadelphia Field Office issued a Notice of
       Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL") to Mondgock in the amount of
       $10,000 for operating radio transmitting equipment on the frequencies
       439.850 MHz and 147.560 MHz without a license. In its response to the
       NAL, Mondgock does not dispute the findings, but requests a
       cancellation of the forfeiture based on his inability to pay.

   III. DISCUSSION

    3. The proposed forfeiture amount in this case was assessed in accordance
       with Section 503(b) of the Act, Section 1.80 of the Rules, and The
       Commission's Forfeiture Policy Statement and Amendment of Section 1.80
       of the Rules to Incorporate the Forfeiture Guidelines ("Forfeiture
       Policy Statement"). In examining Mondgock's response, Section 503(b)
       of the Act requires that the Commission take into account the nature,
       circumstances, extent and gravity of the violation and, with respect
       to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior
       offenses, ability to pay, and other such matters as justice may
       require.

    4. With regard to an individual's or entity's inability to pay, the
       Commission has determined that, in general, gross revenues are the
       best indicator of an ability to pay a forfeiture. After examining the
       financial documentation submitted by Mondgock, we decline to cancel
       the forfeiture, but find that a reduction in the forfeiture to $4,300
       is warranted based on Mondgock's demonstrated inability to pay the
       full forfeiture amount proposed in the NAL.

   IV. ORDERING CLAUSES

    5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the
       Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.111, 0.311 and
       1.80(f)(4) of the Commission's Rules, Ronald Mondgock IS LIABLE FOR A
       MONETARY FORFEITURE in the amount of four thousand three hundred
       dollars ($4,300) for violation of Section 301 of the Act.

    6. Payment of the forfeiture must be made by check or similar instrument,
       payable to the order of the Federal Communications Commission. The
       payment must include the NAL/Account Number and FRN Number referenced
       above. Payment by check or money order may be mailed to Federal
       Communications Commission, P.O. Box 979088, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000.
       Payment by overnight mail may be sent to U.S. Bank - Government
       Lockbox #979088, SL-MO-C2-GL, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO
       63101. Payment by wire transfer may be made to ABA Number 021030004,
       receiving bank TREAS/NYC, and account number 27000001. For payment by
       credit card, an FCC Form 159 (Remittance Advice) must be submitted.
        When completing the FCC Form 159, enter the NAL/Account number in
       block number 23A (call sign/other ID), and enter the letters "FORF" in
       block number 24A (payment type code). Requests for full payment under
       an installment plan should be sent to:  Chief Financial Officer --
       Financial Operations, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 1-A625, Washington,
       D.C.  20554.   Please contact the Financial Operations Group Help Desk
       at 1-877-480-3201 or Email: ARINQUIRIES@fcc.gov with any questions
       regarding payment procedures.

    7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be sent by First
       Class and Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested to Ronald Mondgock
       at his address of record.

   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

   G. Michael Mofffitt

   Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region

   Enforcement Bureau

   47 U.S.C. S: 301.

   Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No. 200732400002
   (Enf. Bur., Philadelphia Office, rel. August 15, 2007).

   47 U.S.C. S: 503(b).

   47 C.F.R. S: 1.80.

   12 FCC Rcd 17087 (1997), recon. denied, 15 FCC Rcd 303 (1999).

   47 U.S.C. S: 503(b)(2)(E).

   See PJB Communications of Virginia, Inc., 7 FCC Rcd 2088, 2089 (1992)
   (forfeiture not deemed excessive where it represented approximately 2.02
   percent of the violator's gross revenues); Local Long Distance, Inc., 16
   FCC Rcd 24385 (2000) (forfeiture not deemed excessive where it represented
   approximately 7.9 percent of the violator's gross revenues); Hoosier
   Broadcasting Corporation, 15 FCC Rcd 8640 (2002) (forfeiture not deemed
   excessive where it represented approximately 7.6 percent of the violator's
   gross revenues).

   47 U.S.C. S: 503(b); 47 C.F.R. S:S: 0.111, 0.311, 1.80(f)(4); 47 U.S.C. S:
   301.

   Federal Communications Commission DA 08-498

   2

   Federal Communications Commission DA 08-498