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ENFORCEMENT: FCC REDUCES STUDIO TO TRANSMITTER
LINK FINE BY $800
The FCC has reduced a fine for Gila Electronics
that was based on a studio-to-transmitter link
violation two years ago. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Jim Davis, W2JKD, reports:
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During a September 2009 inspection of KUKY - FM
located in Wellton, Arizona, agents discovered
what appeared to be a 950 MHz Studio to
Transmitter or S-T-L that was relaying KUKY
programming's main studio in Yuma to its
transmitter site near Wellton.
Gila provided the agents with a copy of the
license for the relay station which authorized
operation on 956.65 MHz as a Private Operational
Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave radio station.
The licensed location was listed as Telegraph
Pass, Arizona near Wellton but the microwave
station was installed at the KUKY studio in Yuma,
about 15 miles from the licensed location.
In January 2010, the San Diego Office issued a
Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for
$4,000 to Gila for failing to operate the relay
at its authorized location and for providing a
private carrier service not in accordance with
the rules applicable to its particular radio
service.
In its response, Gila had not disputed the facts.
However it asked for a reduction because it said
there were no interference reports from other
licensees nor any substantial potential for
interference to other users. This based on the
sparsely populated desert terrain.
But the FCC was not persuaded by this argument.
It noted that the absence of public harm is not
considered a mitigating factor in a rule
violation. However, the agency did give Gila a
break based on the company's past good behavior,
noting that the company has not received a prior
violation during its more than 20 year history.
That's why it cut the fine by $800.
I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD.
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Gila was given the customary 30 days to pay the
fine or to file a further appeal. (FCC)
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