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02/27/2013 | FCC Proposes More Spectrum at 5 GHz for Unlicensed Broadband
On February 20, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in ET Docket No. 13-49, seeking to revise the Part 15 rules governing unlicensed national information infrastructure (U-NII) devices in the 5 GHz band.
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01/04/2013 | FCC Finds New Jersey Ham Violated Communications Act, Reduces Forfeiture from $20,000 to $16,000
After unsuccessfully appealing to the FCC to cancel his $20,000 forfeiture, Joaquim Barbosa, N2KBJ, of Elizabeth, New Jersey was issued a Forfeiture Order stating that he must pay $16,000 for “willfully and repeatedly violating Section 301 of the Communic
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07/30/2012 | FCC Upholds $7000 Forfeiture Order to California CB Operator
After a Merced, California man refused to let FCC investigators inspect his Citizens Band (CB) radio station, the FCC issued -- and upheld -- a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for $7000 for not allowing the inspection.
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07/02/2012 | California Ham Cited for Operating Unlicensed Radio Station
On July 2, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) in the amount of $17,000, accusing Brian R. Ragan, KF6EGI, of Suisun City, California, of “apparently willfully and repeatedly violating” the Communications Act of 193
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