FCC Slams Pennsylvania Ham with Forfeiture Order

On March 6, the FCC announced that it has issued a Forfeiture Order in the amount of $4300 to Ronald Mondgock, KA3OMZ, of 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.” Section 301 states a federal license is required to “operate any apparatus for the transmission of energy or communications or signals by radio.” Mondgock’s Amateur Radio license expired in December 2005.

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