Washington State Ham Faces FCC Forfeiture Order

On January 30, the Regional Director of the Western Region of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a Forfeiture Order to James J. Grinton, K7VNI, of Bellingham, Washington in the amount of $7000 for “for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 97.113(b) and Section 97.119(a) of the Commission’s Rules (’Rules’). The noted violations involve Grinton engaging in the transmission of one-way communications and his failure to transmit his assigned call sign in the Amateur Radio Service.”

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