‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2012 QST PAGE 59 ‰ MANY DIFFERENT CASES OF VARIOUS TYPES HAVE YOU WORKED DURING THE PAST YEAR? HAS THAT NUMBER INCREASED OR DECREASED SINCE YOU STARTED? HAS THERE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OR DECREASE IN ANY SPECIFIC AREA OF AMATEUR RADIO ENFORCEMENT? SMITH BECAUSE THESE ARE ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS, WE CANNOT GIVE YOU AN EXACT FIGURE OF HOW MANY OPEN CASES THAT WE HAVE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE BUREAU HAS BEEN VERY BUSY THIS YEAR IN AMATEUR ENFORCEMENT BOTH IN MY OFFICE AND IN THE VARIOUS FIELD OFFICES. THIS PAST YEAR ASSISTANCE OF ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ THE FIELD OFFICES HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY CRITICAL IN WORKING ON RFI MATTERS. OUR FIELD AGENTS HAVE VISITED THE HOMES OF SEVERAL AMATEURS, TAKEN READINGS TO DETERMINE THE SOURCES OF THE INTERFERENCE, AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH BOTH THE AMATEUR AND THE LOCAL UTILITY ON RESOLVING THOSE SOURCES. THE CASES THAT APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMISSION VARY WIDELY. THIS PAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RFI CASES, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AMATEUR FREQUENCIES, ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ