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 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
REGION ONE
Columbia Regional Office
P.O. Box 130
Columbia, Maryland 21045
FIELD@FCC.GOV
(301) 725-1996              
April 30, 2018
Rand Redhots, LLC
Attn: Richard Bartell
Des Plaines, IL 60016
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-FIELDNER-18-00026492
On March 22, 2018, an Agent from the Chicago Office of the Federal Communications 
Commission’s (FCC or Commission’s) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) investigated a complaint 
of an unauthorized Land Mobile Radio Service Station operating on the frequency 
465.0375 MHz in Des Plaines, Illinois.  During an inspection, the Agent found that the staff 
working at the drive-through window at Rand Redhots were operating on 465.0375 MHz.  The 
Commission’s records show that no license was issued for your operation on 465.0375 MHz at 
this location in Des Plaines, Illinois.
 
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to Section 301 of the Communication Act 
of 1934, as amended (Act).
1
  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 Commission’s rules.
2
  On March 22, 2018, you operated 
on frequency 465.0375 MHz without an authorization.  Thus, this station is operating in violation 
of Section 301 of the Act.
3 
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 may 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.
4
    
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED 
IMMEDIATELY.
1
 47 U.S.C. § 301.  
2
 47 CFR §§ 15.1 et seq.   
3 
47 U.S.C. § 301.
4
 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501, 503 and 510.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any evidence that you have 
authority to operate granted by the FCC.  Your response should be sent to the address in the 
letterhead and reference the listed case number.  Under the Privacy Act of 1974,
5
 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.
David C. Dombrowski
Regional Director
Region One
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", March 2005
5
 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).