I drive a dump truck and we use CB all the time. Talking to other drivers on the same job driving in tandem or we use them at the local stone quarry and chatting all the time sometimes for over 5 minutes and an occasional swear word come out but not like every 5-10 seconds. But since getting my HAM license over 6 months ago I've learned to not use inappropriate language and be respectful of others. Just mind your P's and Q's cuz ya never know if they are monitoring. CHEERS and 73.
My oldest son recently quit his factory job at the age of 50 and is now happy doing the same job as you. Since I am a CB'er since the 60's and also a general license Ham operator, he came to me and asked about CB's for the same use as you, he ended up with a Connex for back up and a Stryker Radios SR-497-HPC, for his truck. 73's 148 in the Hoosier state.
You have to be a really, really bad boy for a long time before they get involved. Screwing around with the local police, fire, or airport will bring them quickly.
This stuff has been going on down here in Australia since Adam was a boy .Back in the 70's and 80's it was nuts specially on the UHF repeaters . I remember the late 70's propagation was hectic during that sun spot cycle i could talk to truck drivers in the US from Sydney on AM , SSB was crazy in the morning here . Voices from all over America . Cheers from VK
I do a Live Show on Saturday Night , and there is a group in this area that Jamms channel 12 with music keyed down for days at a time, it comes from 118 Williams Street, Summerville , South Carolina 29486, The local police were called by another CB Operator a block away, and he was told it is not illegal to play music all day on a CB channel. This is the same bunch that drives close by his 10-20 and uses racial slurs and threatens him. He is an older man and disabled. I would like to know what I can do to help him. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks for the informative video, I hit the like and all the buttons, 73
@@HamRadio2 The Berkeley County Police were called and went over and stated they could play music on Ch12 all day, not illegal, there is more that they do when drunk, racial slurs , you name it. Thanks for the advice.
@@UDX-21You need to send recordings to the ASCAP/BMI people. They are going after people who don't pay royalties for the music they play and they don't mess around.
@@UDX-21 What works is to email ASCAP and tell them that this person is selling commercial services along with playing copyrighted music and give them the address. They'll send an investigator to check it out. They have sued bars and nightclubs for not having a good license and running afoul of ASCAP never ends well and isn't cheap.
Interesting one for you Jason.. In 1981, I used to talk to a station in the US from UK on my 3-element yagi on 27MHz. He had a callsign of 2E4236 and his name was Wayne and lived about 100 miles noth of NY city But all google searches doesn't help me find him.. Nice man though.
My question would be, what about the people on Channel 6, for example? Driving thousands of watts, nobody actually cares how is something like that possible. In DL it happens very quickly and then the matter is over. And something like that gets very expensive. 73 DH1KJ
That isn't a valid callsign he was using. It was most likely a "club" number. CB license calls were 3x4. Eg. KLM1234. But I used an 11M(nnn) number on channel 27 LSB when talking with that group in the 80's.
Very odd call for 70's CB. I remember dad's call was KEC7900 back before he and I both went to take the novice class exam. As an 8 year old kid that was an interesting and intimidating test. 1st and only time I tested in an FCC exam station. The VEC exams were implemented soon after that.
Last week I filed a complaint against a GMRS repeater operator (three repeaters actually) out of LI NY. The shit bag (typical new yorker) has set up three repeaters on 3 of the 6 High Power GMRS frequencies and have then linked so that an input on one goes to all three (again on three different frequencies). Then they decided to charge people $50 a month for access. What it does it jam up HALF of the High Power GMRS frequencies in both NY and CT. When one of their club members talks the three repeaters (again set up for cross) transmit on all three (of the six available) High Power GMRS frequencies. They have a large enough club that most nights and all weekend long if you live in NY (Long Island) or Southern CT you can't use half of the 50w frequencies and must use the 5w/0.5w ones. If you try and transmit on the frequencies they have taken over they just step all over you and play an automated message about going to their website and setting up a (paid) account. I DON'T want to use their repeaters, have NO need for them and just want to use the frequencies I PAID FOR just like them. I am also HAM licensed but my family isn't so we use GMRS for the family and I use HAM on my own. My dad will soon be HAM licensed too, but we still have the rest of the family who isn't and we PAID FOR the GMRS license so we could use the High Power frequencies as 5w's won't get you more than a mile. The FCC needs to ENFORCE THE BAN ON PAID GMRS REPEATERS. It's already written in the law they can charge people for money, only ask for donations. Only a twa.t would take over a public frequency and set up a business charging people for access to something that is public space and that they already paid the gov for access to use. I should hire a moving company to park an 18 wheeler in front of these cun.ts houses blocking their driveways and then CHARGE THEM to get out of their driveway. It's the same thing. If no one else can use those THREE frequencies (and for fk sake we only have SIX to begin with that allow 50 watts) because they have taken them over with a rogue PAID service, it's no difference than me going and blocking them access to their homes. Why should my family have to give up our privileges on half the high power frequencies we paid for because some hook nose greedy little hat wearing New Yorker scum decided to set up a business charging shekels to use our public airwaves. fk these animals. Their voices... typical new york accent that sounds like piece of trash. Hope the half moulinyans choke on their cannolis. The FCC won't do $hit I'm sure, these "godfathers" probably have them paid off from all the money they are extorting people to use public airwaves which they already paid.
The length of transmissions is a rule holdover from the 60s/70s when the CBRS could be used for business as well as personal use. They didn't want one user hogging a channel.
guy not far from here is on 6 all the time. he's running an old base station turned down, driving a 100w amp, that in turn is driving a 1,200w amp. he brags about all the contacts he makes lol. nobody within 100 miles can make a contact when he runs it on 27.385lsb. he said others use 10kw
If a fine is more than 180 days past due, then it is (supposed to be) referred to the US Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (n.b. NOT the IRS) for collection.
We have a local channel 6 inhabitant who was busted but he (a) refused to open the door, (b) refused to respond to official FCC communications, (c) refused to respond to official DOJ communications, and recently returned to channel 6. This guy was interfering with his neighbors so badly that they got their elected congressional representatives involved. At that it took two years to get the FCC to move.
@@spaceflight1019 aren't there like 40 channels on a modern CB? I would think if someone was annoying on one channel people would shift to another clearer channel. Not saying he's right, he's wrong, and if they had a warrant when they went to his house it seems they could have worked with local PD to knock his door down; USPS Police do this all the time to great effect (one of the least heard about but among the best Federal Policing Agencies)... if he was committing an arrestable offence.
@@sailorbychoice1 While it's true that all CB radios sold since December 31, 1976 have 40 channels, the complaints came from the neighbors, not other CB operators.
@@spaceflight1019 I wonder what their complaints were. Was his broadcasting bleeding into tv or hi-fi systems or something? I can't imagine CB butting into Cable TV or Satellite, god knows the last time I saw a TV arial on a house so doubtful it would be that...
All those regulations in the US and yet they still have multi-10-kilowatt AM CB stations. In the UK the CB regualations certainly aren't that granular but I can't imagine anyone running that kind of power for very long.
Dialing over to the CB band is like going to Walmart on a Friday night. You never know what the heck you’re in for. Between grown men making monkey sounds, hollerin like hyenas and speaking gibberish, today I heard guys from ireland, wales and scotland, whom sounded like they were all just a few states away.
Glad to hear this news. An interesting observation in NYS, Channel 9 has become the all Hispanic channel. It really is too bad that it is not used for call for assistance or emergency only channel. Thanks for keeping us informed.
What you're hearing is all coming from Puerto Rico. It's been like that since the 1960s. Back then the PRs argued that due to North American skip channel 9 was the only channel they could use. Despite mass lobbying by REACT and other public service groups that attempted to monitor channel 9 the problems persisted and today channel 9, along with 26.715, are Puerto Rican Shootout Channels.
I did a google search for his name and found an article from 2012 "Jayme John Leon Sent Into 'McFury' After Finding Onions On His McDonald's Hamburger" I understand it could be a different person.
I've had a CB and been around them all my life. A friend of the family ran a base station that could easily talk 45 mile. The 4 truck stops on I 75 between Lexington and London sold Nanner Nanner puddin all nite long. I use CB still talking to the cranes at the railroads I haul out of. Now all I here is Mudd Duck from somewhere out West I'm in Cincinnati Or the chrome shop out in LA That's some good skip. All I run is a Cobra 29 good enough for my needs.
Is there FCC protocol for a general class operator, who has been inactive for several years, and can almost afford to replace the Henry Tempo II that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina? Right now, I'm brushing up on my CW, and practical theory. Thank you, WB6SSR/5
The "protocol" is, if an inactive (or active) licensee has not kept their license renewed when it is time to do so, loss of operating privileges. One must go through the licensing process again. The good news is, you no longer are required to know CW to get licensed.
He had to have been a real spot of bother or interfering with some official service there's guys out there like BBI or MMM with 50 foot + beams and thousands of watts and they dont seem to get checked at all.
When I was young and dumb about 27 years ago, I ran a modified Ameritron AH-11 on 11m and ran 1200w PEP on SSB, 1000w PEP on AM, and solid 800-900 on FM (RCI 2950). My neighbors hated me and it was so dirty it bled over 5 +/- channels minimum. I received a cease and desist letter from Uncle Charlie one day...I sold it at that point as I didn't want to poke the sleeping bear any further.
Motormouth Maul pumps out 15.000 watts and can be heard in Northern Saskatchewan. He is in a desert state in the United States of America, I think Arizona. I would not doubt he can be heard in North Ireland. However, he does not splatter signal. This is likely why it is overlooked by now.
Yeah but I was a publik Skrol grad and not very good with geograFy stuff. How was I to know Minnesota was over 155 miles to Missouri? Come on. 4 watts, omni directional antenna, mamma nature....go for it.
I'd be interested in knowing what kind of evidence the FCC maintains when they charge a citizen with a fine. If he were to go into a court of law to dispute the fines would the FCC have recordings of the violations or would it be a matter of, _"It was reported to us that X,Y, and Z occurred?"_
Oh you can bet that the monitoring stations have a recordings of a lot. Mess with military, FAA or emergency communications and you’ll see just how much they know…
The FCC can only take a civil action. Incarceration requires a criminal conviction. In all but specialized instances, regulation violations are not legal violations. Laws must come from the legislature. A law making FCC regulations criminal acts would likely still not work because regulations originate from agencies-executive branch-not the legislature. This is why they issue fines but can’t arrest for non-payment. It is a civil action, not a crime.
Thank you! So many people don’t have a clue. The FCC cannot inforce LAW! They are not a law enforcement agency! They make rules and regulations! Not laws. Every time someone says, that’s against the the “law” on radio, I just cringe. Nothing more then a scare tactic. Using words like “law” and FCC, don’t even belong in the same sentence.
Except they don’t and the list of offenders who never pay their fines and never see a jail cell over not paying is exhaustive. Rules are one thing, enforcement is another. But what do either of us know? Other than the lists of fines administered vs fines actually collected.
@@gsleatherworks2442 Quite true. If the offender actually goes to court they plead poverty and the court reduces the fines or does away with it entirely. Then they go right back to doing what they did before but now they know how to play the game.
And the sad part is we let them get away with it. Broken systems everywhere in our government. I’m not sure what the fix is, but any justice system that permits violators to just walk away isn’t going to do anything but waste time and taxpayer’s money.
There's a extra class operator that goes by XXX on 38 LSB he is in Texas he jams the frequency all day long playing music. They need to go after him he knows better to do stuff like that.🤔
Back in the 60s and 70s you could talk with other continents with 4 or 5 watts likely, partly because there were so few other signals on the air. Now there are millions of signals in use.
Good to hear... seems the FCC is stepping up its game.... we have a couple of (ham) jammers in our area and I can't wait until they get their just desserts...
he's bullshitting. Most people that have and use CBs also have guns. In the America we live in today if you drive into the wrong driveway people just shoot first and ask questions later.@@garycook5125
I will be able to sleep good tonight, knowing that government overreach is supported by ham radio 2.0, Because he never drove 1 mile over the speed limit or anything, wait a minute I am talking about laws,not rules,my bad.lol Lets see if he will delete this post like he did the last one.
@@hadlee2371 Driving 1 mile over the speed limit doesn't prevent others from using the same road, whereas this guy's actions prevents other people from using the channel. Apples to oranges.
That's a huge fine. Taking his past years of illegal operating in to account maybe. I remember back in the 80's a C.B.'er coming on 10 metres causing bother. A local amateur made a simple small loop aerial and with a portable receiver D.F.'ed him and was knocking on his door in ten minutes telling him to stop or he would contact the authorities. He stopped. G4GHB.
how exactly do you maintain those? Unless there's a tornado or weather so heavy it breaks the antenna or a lightning strike that takes out the power supply there is no maintenance needed.... It's like me saying "yea, i gotta take the next 2 days off work to do maintenance on my Anytone HT...". That's like 1.99 days of binge-watching netflix and 1 hour of watching the battery charge LOL.
12:23 "I'm thinkin wool work socks" - Red Green (show) That... and chestnuts roasting over an open fire. Grill him, confiscate his equipment, put a lien on his house, burn his credit rating and if he fails to pay make some cars or other assets 'disappear'. That or it's federal prison time, don't drop that soap Leon the unprofessional...
As far as the CB channel 9 is I have monitored it from time to throughout my life and I have never heard anyone else talking on that channel I've been operating walkie talkies and CB radios since I was a kid I'm a 52-year-old Gen x kid who started out with a walkie-talkie talking to my friends around when I grow up I became a truck driver using A CB set to conversate with other drivers and now even though I don't drive trucks anymore I still go on the CB to conversate with friends when I can catch them on the radio but still monitoring channel 9 from time to time I have never heard anyone talking on channel 9
I’m not a lawyer, my understanding is that a person can not be imprisoned for owing money. I think confiscation of all of his equipment is sufficient, as a former correctional officer I feel that there are far more important reasons to lock up people for than this as overcrowding is a big issue in all jails and prisons.
I think the entire 11m band and 7.200 should be set aside for riff raff. No rules, no law, no regulation, free for all. Let er rip tater chip. But everything else restrict the hell out of it.
I tried using channel 9 as I was driving into Corpus Christi from Houston in the late 90s to report a brush fire. I could not raise a soul. It probably hasn't been monitored well for at least three decades or more.
I’m not surprised, I think a FCC.crackdown was inevitable. The number of CBer’s has dwindled down considerably making would be violators (The 1,1,1, Jammer) more easily visible.
Just because you talked skip on 11 meters doesn't make it legal. I don't think I ever heard of a case where they enforced it, but it was still illegal. I do know of folks that got busted working skip, but it was because they was running high power or on frequencies outside 11 meters. Actually, at one time, the rules stated communications was limited to something like 200 miles. I think they realized that had no way to control propagation, so the only time it was ever enforced was when someone was running more than the legal power limit, or on the freeband as some call it.
Many years ago I worked for the UK equivalent of the FCC, though I am not sure that makes me biased. Some of these people are highly motivated and do not readily change their behaviour, a fine that has failed to be enforced for over 20 years is not much of a deterrent to anyone. Glenn Baxter K1MAN (SK) was involved in litigation with the FCC for years, I am not sure he started with malicious intent but ultimately the unpaid fines prevented his licence from being renewed. A very different case but it is clear this saga may go on for years.
Wow brother how do you afford all of those radios and you have some of the most expensive ones you can get plus a thousand more I make 35 dollars an hour and it's hard for me to save up for a 991a what do you do for a living wow if you don't mind me asking
My thought on this is: If a person is fined for a violation of FCC rules (any service) then ALL v iolators should be fined (any service) when they break the rules for their respective radio service, whether it be CB, FRS, GMRS, Amateur (ham) etc. Keep it fair across the board. It is the responsibility of the operator to know the rules under which they operate their equipment.
@@randykitchleburger2780 UInderstood, However most, not all, CB operators (and other radio service operators) are notorious for breaking the rules. Whether it be modifying the radio for higher output, adding and talking on frequencies that are out of band, or any number of other infractions. Any modification made to the circuits in a CB radio make it an illegal radio as it voids the type acceptance. Folks have a tendency to categorize the breaking of the rules. According to the FCC rules and regulations, any violation can be subjected to fines and / or imprisonment. The tendency to say "their sin is greater than my sin" seems to be the rule of thumb in order to justify violating the rules.
There is a distinct difference between the terms "forfeiture" and "fine" . There are differences in how one is decided and applied and how it is resolved. In all of these violations, the FCC carefully picks and chooses between the 2 words. It likely is because the FCC does not have the ability to "fine" except through another Executive Branch organization (eg DOJ). FCC use of forfeiture on the other hand appears to be an administrative practice, probably agreement by committee. I think that administrative forfeiture cannot be forced (unless criminal forfeiture which reuires a conviction) which is why this person can thumb his nose at the FCC. After all, going to his house wth a warraht to siese a CB radio seems like a huge waste of resources.
C.B. was for short range communication only so why was it ever put on 27 MHz? Did nobody know about activity of the Sun? Were the manufacturers aware or those at the F.C.C.? Did nobody bother to look into it? G4GHB.
I am over the in the UK and I think this guy is the least of your problems as when the propagation is doing its thing AM CB Radio from the states almost glows my property up.
The back pocket approach of dealing with non-compliant 11m operators should be sufficient in rooting out the nefarious miscreant operators in a short amount of time. I guess it is the cost of “Making the hay at 6k”.
@@HamRadio2 hows your Espanola? Mostly local and truckers are speaking Spanish on their. Been going on for months. Just know are local and state still monitor ch 9. Let me see what I cant do.
Okay, so when is the FCC going to shut down the Mud Duck in the Desert. He jams up channel 19 yammering on and on daily, violating every part of that ordinance you just red....
Oh my goodness. Thank you to the FCC for cracking down on these CB hosts. They interrupt all the time when listening to the truckers on the interstate.
hm the fcc needs to hire a few thousand more officers to enforce all this stuff. it is now 3 oct 2023 and the super bowel is deadly quite, unheard of when band is open that alone is telling. all im hearing today is mexico/spanish stations with big power
The FCC isn't applying the rules equally. Take them to court if they start threatening you. They will be unable to prove that they aren't picking and choosing their cases, unfairly.
I get sick of people ranting against getting a ham radio license because your info is on file and they can come get your equipment. If they think you are on a CB and they can't find out who you are, you are sadly mistaken. I got away from CB just because of the holding down the key and playing music, and just playing around period.
Lol... These are the same people that their mother or spouse puts their mugshot on Facebook, and puts their child's grades online. They are keyboard warriors #FOS!
I enjoy 11 Meters but it always seems every solar cycle, after about a year and a half, the CB just gets to be full of morons doing moronic things, like jamming a popular frequency with repeating numbers and other sound effects.just to spawn copycats on other frequencies. It always drives me to look elsewhere for contacts and this solar cycle, 12 meters has drawn my attention while in my mobile..A whole lot of fun, No shenanigans
CB Radio when used properly is AM/FM max 4 watts ssb 12 watts and with a good antenna properly installed legally that’s all you need with the luck of skip working with luck for you. These folks whom run power amplification along with peak and tweak jobs on their equipment have attempted to bring back illegal competition just stay within the laws. A good antenna, co-ax and stock factory radio can be fun and important if needed in case of emergency. Though there is always going to be Jokers it’s just the way it is unfortunately. Happy DX ing and 73’s to all. God Bless you and your families this is a very messed up time in the world and CB radio along with HAM just May be an important way to communicate in case of an emergency.
Love the vids. the 5 minute rule (Noted with Pause) is a reference to the old term "Break". It is not usual to see a single key one way conversation last beyond 5 minutes as you claim, If so, Your a long winded man lol. I rather vison your conversations between two parties, breaking between responses as longer than a single 5 minute key with
Not paying fines is criminal - probably misdemeanor. Same as getting a traffic ticket and not paying it, or not showing up to court. The jail time isn't for the misbehavior, it is for failing to pay a fine (which he could fight if he wanted to, but he ignores it)
the @@HamRadio2 the reason they dont pursue the issue is they dont want courts looking into their practices. most judges would say their fines are rediculous
Here in Pittsburgh we have a violator who was hit with a $30K fine for years of interference. He ignored the government, went silent for a few years, and has resumed operations on channel 6. The days when they confiscated your equipment are long over. Don't answer the knock on the door. Ignore any mail they send. There's not a damn thing that they can do about it.
I don’t think it should be a go straight to jail offense unless you’re interfering with public safety or military. First step would be to enforce the fine through a tax lien if it isn’t paid willingly. Maybe jail for a second or third violation.
The jail time would be for not paying the fine - the fine is for the interference. So the jail time isn't directly for interference, it is for not paying the fines he was issued, which is pretty common in other areas that issue fines.
what exactly was he interfering with? Not sure where you're at, but in Michigan it's 99.9999999% dead airwaves across all 40 channels. Some times late at night recently i hear some people speaking spanish on it and some skip rolling in, but even using multiple WebSDRs and tuning to the 27 Mhz band i hear nothing across the entire band.@@HamRadio2
The FCC is now a paper tiger with no teeth, all talk and no action. Ever since Riley Hollingsworth retired, all they do is chase RoboCallers and radio stations that fail to renew their license or inspections on time. MEANWHILE......you have Extra Class Ham Ops on 40 and 75 meters that make CB ops look like childs play when in comes to foul language, jamming with music or tone, playing recordings of other ops transmissions and so on. NONE of this is being addressed by 'Uncle Charlie" as if they could care less. They cite that as Hams, we are responsible for policing our own airwaves.....well, you cannot just go knock on some rogue ham ops door and not expect to receive a lead sandwich these days. ON ANOTHER NOTE: here is Mark Sherman, aka 163 Hard Drive, Mud Duck in the Desert, chiding and annoying CB ops all day long seven days a week. With his 10kw Ghostrider Amp he purchased in West Palm Beach, Fl. just prior to his exodus to Lordsburg, N.M. where he resides in an American Dream Motor Coach hauling a converted Auto Transport which serves as his 'Faraday Cage'. His skip advantage with the mountain range behind him and the Shockwave Vertical Antenna mounted high above the Car Hauler, he completely wipes out communications ON THE ENTIRE EAST COAST (mostly on channel 19) so Truck Drivers cannot hear each other even if they are running a half mile apart. THE FCC HAS RECEIVED COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS AND PETITIONS to stop this guy, but to no avail. It is as if they are laughing at the fact that 99% of all CB'rs are not totally legal themselves (amps, antenna height, ect) yet, they want action taken against one guy that is in some God Forsaken town 60 miles north of the Mexican Border.. Even the local Lordsburg authorities will not respond to letters or phone calls about him. PLEASE RILEY, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, I WILL PAY YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES TO GO GET THIS GUY OFF THE AIR.
I thought skip was illegal on 11 meters, as well as a limit of 25 miles, at least it was back in the 1970's when you had to have a license. Wonder what would happen to those guys that broadcast at a BILLION WATTS during their keydown competitions? Thanks Jason, great video! KG5WXU 73
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The milk crate, LMAO. Many years ago We used car batteries and junk 23 channel CB radios to hide them and mess with some jerks. (Can't stop laughing). They would quickly find them, so we got high tech. We would hide them in the woods at high elevation and then use a cheap home brew photocell daylight sensor on it. It would only come on at night. Eventually they would find those also. The last one we did was remote control Via a weather radio as the control receiver and had solar panels hidden a top of of Tree. We split the bark and hid the wires. I would ground the Mic to the IF stage to make an annoying tone and the radio was tuned down to 3 watts to preserve power. The set up was buried in the ground in a coleman cooler. Fun times! It ran for about a month. I suspect it exploded in the cooler as I never took into account hydrogen gas. We think the relay made a spark.
@@HamRadio2that's a crop! How can you inforce something that don't require a license or some kind of testing or such like. If a person just buys a CB and start talking without reading rules and laws how does one know. A good lawyer will be able to fight this and win. This all don't make sense. Required a license or some kind of test questions before you can buy a radio. I will stay clean because I don't want any black marks against me getting my General Class License. I put off talking on 2 meters until I get familiar with all the rules. Just because I passed the technician test don't mean I know all the rules and laws. 73
Not knowing the law does not protect you. Having the IRS to collect next thing is they will ask to enforce the laws also which is even worse, they will enforce everything
If you drive in another state other than where you live and a police officer pulls you over and gives you a ticket. You tell him that that is not a violation in your home state and you didn’t know. Ignorance of the the law is no excuse for breaking the law. However, as NotARubicon usually points out, the FCC has rules and regulations, not laws.
Just watched this and the first words outta my wife's mouth was they will probably just attach a lean on some of his property to get there money.... who knows?
This is why CB radio is out of hand. Lack of enforcement. I still have a CB and use it from time to time. The only change to CB rules is the use of FM as a legal mode of operation. I have known several people from the 1970's threw 90's got fined buy the FCC for CB and never paid and nothing ever happened. They can take people to court . put a civil judgement on them. outher countries does this like the UK . they have offcomm . this is sad because the miss use of radio of any band or type hurts us all. I have used CB with my girlfriend when traveling to a new place and found so many great place to eat or get Landry done. some truck stops use CB. as far as FRS/GMRS/MURS . mostly FRS radios have call tones and beeps and sound effects bult into most radios. and the bad words the kids use today on FRS . both me and Martha have learned some no words. sad but true. good thing FRS radios do not go far and have PL tones. for me CB ch 9 is full of skip of a outher language from a outher country . can be as bad as ch 6 at times. 73's Boston NY
I’m all about law and order, but I do believe the fines are excessively high. I believe that a first time offense should be in the hundreds’ and not thousands. I also believe payment should be enforced and possibly garnished.
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I drive a dump truck and we use CB all the time. Talking to other drivers on the same job driving in tandem or we use them at the local stone quarry and chatting all the time sometimes for over 5 minutes and an occasional swear word come out but not like every 5-10 seconds. But since getting my HAM license over 6 months ago I've learned to not use inappropriate language and be respectful of others. Just mind your P's and Q's cuz ya never know if they are monitoring. CHEERS and 73.
Congrats and welcome!
My oldest son recently quit his factory job at the age of 50 and is now happy doing the same job as you.
Since I am a CB'er since the 60's and also a general license Ham operator, he came to me and asked about CB's for the same use as you, he ended up with a Connex for back up and a Stryker Radios SR-497-HPC, for his truck. 73's 148 in the Hoosier state.
Encrypt your Communications and say whatever you want.
true. The FCC can recommend a fine they have very little power to force you to pay it.@@randykitchleburger2780
I bet you didn't learn those good manners on ham radio. LOL
It takes a lot for the FCC to step in.
Ya u gotta be real A$$HOLE 4 fcc to do anything..
You have to be a really, really bad boy for a long time before they get involved. Screwing around with the local police, fire, or airport will bring them quickly.
True and the GMRS Live service appears to be enough for them to step in
This stuff has been going on down here in Australia since Adam was a boy .Back in the 70's and 80's it was nuts specially on the UHF repeaters . I remember the late 70's propagation was hectic during that sun spot cycle i could talk to truck drivers in the US from Sydney on AM , SSB was crazy in the morning here . Voices from all over America . Cheers from VK
I do a Live Show on Saturday Night , and there is a group in this area that Jamms channel 12 with music keyed down for days at a time, it comes from 118 Williams Street, Summerville , South Carolina 29486, The local police were called by another CB Operator a block away, and he was told it is not illegal to play music all day on a CB channel. This is the same bunch that drives close by his 10-20 and uses racial slurs and threatens him. He is an older man and disabled. I would like to know what I can do to help him. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks for the informative video, I hit the like and all the buttons, 73
I'd make recordings of the interference and email links to the FCC and other authorities.
@@HamRadio2 The Berkeley County Police were called and went over and stated they could play music on Ch12 all day, not illegal, there is more that they do when drunk, racial slurs , you name it. Thanks for the advice.
@@UDX-21You need to send recordings to the ASCAP/BMI people. They are going after people who don't pay royalties for the music they play and they don't mess around.
@@spaceflight1019 Good Idea, I will keep that in mind. They have more or less stopped, but still key down on your ears, or try- LOL
@@UDX-21 What works is to email ASCAP and tell them that this person is selling commercial services along with playing copyrighted music and give them the address. They'll send an investigator to check it out. They have sued bars and nightclubs for not having a good license and running afoul of ASCAP never ends well and isn't cheap.
I hope they get Mud Duck Radio. He jams channel 19 every day.
He needs to do some jail time and be banned from CB radio for the rest of his worthless life.
Yeah it’s getting old. I’ve also heard him on 24 and 28
I don’t know why they don’t go after this clown it’s published widely his Location he’s a Nuisance
He never shuts up
Fcc should be able to take all his equipment
Interesting one for you Jason.. In 1981, I used to talk to a station in the US from UK on my 3-element yagi on 27MHz. He had a callsign of 2E4236 and his name was Wayne and lived about 100 miles noth of NY city But all google searches doesn't help me find him.. Nice man though.
Thanks Callum! Yeah I don't think the distance or the time constraints are something anyone cares about
My question would be, what about the people on Channel 6, for example? Driving thousands of watts, nobody actually cares how is something like that possible. In DL it happens very quickly and then the matter is over. And something like that gets very expensive. 73 DH1KJ
That isn't a valid callsign he was using. It was most likely a "club" number. CB license calls were 3x4. Eg. KLM1234.
But I used an 11M(nnn) number on channel 27 LSB when talking with that group in the 80's.
Very odd call for 70's CB. I remember dad's call was KEC7900 back before he and I both went to take the novice class exam. As an 8 year old kid that was an interesting and intimidating test. 1st and only time I tested in an FCC exam station. The VEC exams were implemented soon after that.
Last week I filed a complaint against a GMRS repeater operator (three repeaters actually) out of LI NY. The shit bag (typical new yorker) has set up three repeaters on 3 of the 6 High Power GMRS frequencies and have then linked so that an input on one goes to all three (again on three different frequencies). Then they decided to charge people $50 a month for access. What it does it jam up HALF of the High Power GMRS frequencies in both NY and CT. When one of their club members talks the three repeaters (again set up for cross) transmit on all three (of the six available) High Power GMRS frequencies. They have a large enough club that most nights and all weekend long if you live in NY (Long Island) or Southern CT you can't use half of the 50w frequencies and must use the 5w/0.5w ones. If you try and transmit on the frequencies they have taken over they just step all over you and play an automated message about going to their website and setting up a (paid) account. I DON'T want to use their repeaters, have NO need for them and just want to use the frequencies I PAID FOR just like them. I am also HAM licensed but my family isn't so we use GMRS for the family and I use HAM on my own. My dad will soon be HAM licensed too, but we still have the rest of the family who isn't and we PAID FOR the GMRS license so we could use the High Power frequencies as 5w's won't get you more than a mile.
The FCC needs to ENFORCE THE BAN ON PAID GMRS REPEATERS. It's already written in the law they can charge people for money, only ask for donations. Only a twa.t would take over a public frequency and set up a business charging people for access to something that is public space and that they already paid the gov for access to use. I should hire a moving company to park an 18 wheeler in front of these cun.ts houses blocking their driveways and then CHARGE THEM to get out of their driveway. It's the same thing. If no one else can use those THREE frequencies (and for fk sake we only have SIX to begin with that allow 50 watts) because they have taken them over with a rogue PAID service, it's no difference than me going and blocking them access to their homes. Why should my family have to give up our privileges on half the high power frequencies we paid for because some hook nose greedy little hat wearing New Yorker scum decided to set up a business charging shekels to use our public airwaves. fk these animals. Their voices... typical new york accent that sounds like piece of trash. Hope the half moulinyans choke on their cannolis. The FCC won't do $hit I'm sure, these "godfathers" probably have them paid off from all the money they are extorting people to use public airwaves which they already paid.
The length of transmissions is a rule holdover from the 60s/70s when the CBRS could be used for business as well as personal use. They didn't want one user hogging a channel.
It was also meant to hinder broadcasting.
It was designed and meant for business operation ..even during the time have to have a license to operate 11 meters
If you think 19s a dumpster fire, what would you call 6?
I've not been on CB in a while but the last time I was, 6 was full of Jamaican stations
((((((Super Bowl 6)))))))
Filled with 'alligators' who transmit obscene amounts of wattage.
guy not far from here is on 6 all the time. he's running an old base station turned down, driving a 100w amp, that in turn is driving a 1,200w amp. he brags about all the contacts he makes lol. nobody within 100 miles can make a contact when he runs it on 27.385lsb. he said others use 10kw
SUPERBOWL! 😅
If a fine is more than 180 days past due, then it is (supposed to be) referred to the US Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (n.b. NOT the IRS) for collection.
the IRS will just tax you on the fine.... lol
We have a local channel 6 inhabitant who was busted but he (a) refused to open the door, (b) refused to respond to official FCC communications, (c) refused to respond to official DOJ communications, and recently returned to channel 6.
This guy was interfering with his neighbors so badly that they got their elected congressional representatives involved. At that it took two years to get the FCC to move.
@@spaceflight1019 aren't there like 40 channels on a modern CB?
I would think if someone was annoying on one channel people would shift to another clearer channel.
Not saying he's right, he's wrong, and if they had a warrant when they went to his house it seems they could have worked with local PD to knock his door down; USPS Police do this all the time to great effect (one of the least heard about but among the best Federal Policing Agencies)... if he was committing an arrestable offence.
@@sailorbychoice1 While it's true that all CB radios sold since December 31, 1976 have 40 channels, the complaints came from the neighbors, not other CB operators.
@@spaceflight1019 I wonder what their complaints were.
Was his broadcasting bleeding into tv or hi-fi systems or something?
I can't imagine CB butting into Cable TV or Satellite, god knows the last time I saw a TV arial on a house so doubtful it would be that...
All those regulations in the US and yet they still have multi-10-kilowatt AM CB stations. In the UK the CB regualations certainly aren't that granular but I can't imagine anyone running that kind of power for very long.
10 kw ain't nothing compared to what the big boys run
@@FIYAon1 10 kW is just what handheld CB radios do around here :)
I think your dead wrong on him getting secret government clearance. If Swalwell can keep his, I don’t think any of us have a worry
Dialing over to the CB band is like going to Walmart on a Friday night. You never know what the heck you’re in for. Between grown men making monkey sounds, hollerin like hyenas and speaking gibberish, today I heard guys from ireland, wales and scotland, whom sounded like they were all just a few states away.
Tune in to 7200 khz and its even worse.
@@skaniac oh I do, every now n then. Then theres the goofball from north of the border on 14313 occasionally with his fruit cake party also.
Those guys should be found and fined also - with a higher price tag.
Glad to hear this news. An interesting observation in NYS, Channel 9 has become the all Hispanic channel. It really is too bad that it is not used for call for assistance or emergency only channel. Thanks for keeping us informed.
I remember when Channel 22 was all Spanish in NJ in the 70's and 80's
Keep the fcc busy
Call them and say ch 9 is emergency use
And explain you don't know wet back language
What you're hearing is all coming from Puerto Rico. It's been like that since the 1960s. Back then the PRs argued that due to North American skip channel 9 was the only channel they could use. Despite mass lobbying by REACT and other public service groups that attempted to monitor channel 9 the problems persisted and today channel 9, along with 26.715, are Puerto Rican Shootout Channels.
I did a google search for his name and found an article from 2012 "Jayme John Leon Sent Into 'McFury' After Finding Onions On His McDonald's Hamburger" I understand it could be a different person.
The question i have is , how many times did he get a letter to stop before he got the fine. ?
None! I know these guy’s. They have been fighting for months. They finally got tired of Jamie and called the fcc.
Jamie got two letters from the FCC
If they don't say anything about K6MWT 147.4350 repeater in SoCal I don't see how they can go after anything.
Indeed
I've had a CB and been around them all my life. A friend of the family ran a base station that could easily talk 45 mile. The 4 truck stops on I 75 between Lexington and London sold Nanner Nanner puddin all nite long.
I use CB still talking to the cranes at the railroads I haul out of.
Now all I here is Mudd Duck from somewhere out West I'm in Cincinnati
Or the chrome shop out in LA
That's some good skip.
All I run is a Cobra 29 good enough for my needs.
Is there FCC protocol for a general class operator, who has been inactive for several years, and can almost afford to replace the Henry Tempo II that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina? Right now, I'm brushing up on my CW, and practical theory.
Thank you,
WB6SSR/5
The "protocol" is, if an inactive (or active) licensee has not kept their license renewed when it is time to do so, loss of operating privileges. One must go through the licensing process again. The good news is, you no longer are required to know CW to get licensed.
He had to have been a real spot of bother or interfering with some official service
there's guys out there like BBI or MMM with 50 foot + beams and thousands of watts
and they dont seem to get checked at all.
When I was young and dumb about 27 years ago, I ran a modified Ameritron AH-11 on 11m and ran 1200w PEP on SSB, 1000w PEP on AM, and solid 800-900 on FM (RCI 2950). My neighbors hated me and it was so dirty it bled over 5 +/- channels minimum. I received a cease and desist letter from Uncle Charlie one day...I sold it at that point as I didn't want to poke the sleeping bear any further.
Very funny 😂
$25k for breaking a rule?
If it's that serious, why isn't it a law?
People keep calling them rules but I think they're closer to laws. But this guy was cited several times.
@HamRadio2 no it not a law just a rule
If it's something they can issue fines for, then it's more than just a rule.
Back in the 1970s when people were "shooting skip" it was illegal to attempt any communication more than 150 miles on US CB.
Motormouth Maul pumps out 15.000 watts and can be heard in Northern Saskatchewan. He is in a desert state in the United States of America, I think Arizona. I would not doubt he can be heard in North Ireland. However, he does not splatter signal. This is likely why it is overlooked by now.
Woah, Rockford, IL. That's in my backyard. I'm not often on CB, so this flew under my radar until now.
I think there used to be a rule that if you discovered you were heard more than 150 miles away, you were to stop transmitting.
Yeah but I was a publik Skrol grad and not very good with geograFy stuff. How was I to know Minnesota was over 155 miles to Missouri? Come on. 4 watts, omni directional antenna, mamma nature....go for it.
They dropped it now you can talk skip
I kind of wonder what they do also, if he doesn't pay. Could they not garnish his paychecks and/or future IRS refunds, or put a lien on his property?
I'd be interested in knowing what kind of evidence the FCC maintains when they charge a citizen with a fine.
If he were to go into a court of law to dispute the fines would the FCC have recordings of the violations or would it be a matter of, _"It was reported to us that X,Y, and Z occurred?"_
Oh you can bet that the monitoring stations have a recordings of a lot. Mess with military, FAA or emergency communications and you’ll see just how much they know…
The FCC can only take a civil action. Incarceration requires a criminal conviction. In all but specialized instances, regulation violations are not legal violations. Laws must come from the legislature. A law making FCC regulations criminal acts would likely still not work because regulations originate from agencies-executive branch-not the legislature.
This is why they issue fines but can’t arrest for non-payment. It is a civil action, not a crime.
Thank you! So many people don’t have a clue. The FCC cannot inforce LAW! They are not a law enforcement agency! They make rules and regulations! Not laws. Every time someone says, that’s against the the “law” on radio, I just cringe. Nothing more then a scare tactic. Using words like “law” and FCC, don’t even belong in the same sentence.
Once the fine exceeds $10,000 the Justice Department becomes obligated to collect the money.
Except they don’t and the list of offenders who never pay their fines and never see a jail cell over not paying is exhaustive. Rules are one thing, enforcement is another. But what do either of us know? Other than the lists of fines administered vs fines actually collected.
@@gsleatherworks2442 Quite true. If the offender actually goes to court they plead poverty and the court reduces the fines or does away with it entirely. Then they go right back to doing what they did before but now they know how to play the game.
And the sad part is we let them get away with it. Broken systems everywhere in our government. I’m not sure what the fix is, but any justice system that permits violators to just walk away isn’t going to do anything but waste time and taxpayer’s money.
There's a extra class operator that goes by XXX on 38 LSB he is in Texas he jams the frequency all day long playing music. They need to go after him he knows better to do stuff like that.🤔
Back in the 60s and 70s you could talk with other continents with 4 or 5 watts likely, partly because there were so few other signals on the air. Now there are millions of signals in use.
DOJ must initiate any criminal action.
We seem to have become a nation ruled by bureaucrats... Un-elected bureaucrats who are power hungry and looking to make a name for themselves...
The "Muddy Duckling" aka mark sherman needs to be looked into. According to this, his violations are extensive.
Good to hear... seems the FCC is stepping up its game.... we have a couple of (ham) jammers in our area and I can't wait until they get their just desserts...
@@beyondmiddleagedman7240Are you posting from a jail cell?
he's bullshitting. Most people that have and use CBs also have guns. In the America we live in today if you drive into the wrong driveway people just shoot first and ask questions later.@@garycook5125
If they are a ham, turn overall info you have to the FCC. That is the proper use of a foxhunt.
The dude got in trouble out here near portland Oregon in the 90s and early 2000s he threw carriers all the time
The McFury Incident! 😂
How did he get away from paying any fines in the past ?
Great question
They can't force you to pay their fines. Many over the years have never paid their fines.
Jamie’s on Social Security and the FCC should get involved
Hopefully the guy that's calling people window lickers and screwballs hogging up the air way
I came across someone similar in the uk .swearing and telling everyone to shut up late at night on 20 metres ! Hope it's him !
Would like to see more caught ! A few guys every month cause problems on our repeater !
@revbikerbigd8664 Mark Sherman aka 163 Hackjob is our problem child look up a video of him
That's hard drive and he's a moron.
@revbikerbigd8664 I agree 👍 I came to amateur to get rid of the idiots ! 73 M7CYC
Man it seems like the FCC is actually starting to crack down on the heathens
Hopefully
They need the money like the IRS.
I will be able to sleep good tonight, knowing that government overreach is supported by ham radio 2.0,
Because he never drove 1 mile over the speed limit or anything, wait a minute I am talking about laws,not rules,my bad.lol
Lets see if he will delete this post like he did the last one.
@@hadlee2371put the pipe down
@@hadlee2371 Driving 1 mile over the speed limit doesn't prevent others from using the same road, whereas this guy's actions prevents other people from using the channel. Apples to oranges.
Can i use my old antenna thats on my house for radio? Fm or am and for ham/ etc
They need to work their way down to Lordsburg, NM and shut that station down on CH 19.
That's a huge fine. Taking his past years of illegal operating in to account maybe.
I remember back in the 80's a C.B.'er coming on 10 metres causing bother.
A local amateur made a simple small loop aerial and with a portable receiver D.F.'ed him and was knocking on his door in ten minutes telling him to stop or he would contact the authorities.
He stopped.
G4GHB.
I think he should be punished with maintaining all the 2 meter repeaters in his county, he can't get off until someone gives him a radio check
Lol
how exactly do you maintain those? Unless there's a tornado or weather so heavy it breaks the antenna or a lightning strike that takes out the power supply there is no maintenance needed....
It's like me saying "yea, i gotta take the next 2 days off work to do maintenance on my Anytone HT...". That's like 1.99 days of binge-watching netflix and 1 hour of watching the battery charge LOL.
@@daomingjin all kinds of things happen with 2 meter repeaters especially linked ones
12:23 "I'm thinkin wool work socks" - Red Green (show)
That... and chestnuts roasting over an open fire. Grill him, confiscate his equipment, put a lien on his house, burn his credit rating and if he fails to pay make some cars or other assets 'disappear'. That or it's federal prison time, don't drop that soap Leon the unprofessional...
What about the mud duck in New Mexico? How do we get him off the air
There are no provisions under US law to justify debtor prison.
The current for profit corporation called Washington DC doesn't fall under the real Constitution
As far as the CB channel 9 is I have monitored it from time to throughout my life and I have never heard anyone else talking on that channel I've been operating walkie talkies and CB radios since I was a kid I'm a 52-year-old Gen x kid who started out with a walkie-talkie talking to my friends around when I grow up I became a truck driver using A CB set to conversate with other drivers and now even though I don't drive trucks anymore I still go on the CB to conversate with friends when I can catch them on the radio but still monitoring channel 9 from time to time I have never heard anyone talking on channel 9
But yet no one has taken away Harddrives's splatterbox....
Back to the bench.
We need people that will help the truckers by getting the word out that they need help. How about it @ham radio 2.0?
Several comments about this guy "hard drive" who is he? WHERE is he? Anyone got any recordings?
His radio doesn't splatter all over adjacent channels. Check out his transmissions on a spectrum analyser.
@@HamRadio2 we have HUNDREDS. just listen to channel 19 any day. If you want some I can try to inbox you.
@@HamRadio2 @taft2422 please don't help us i drive otr and i think it's quite funny
I’m not a lawyer, my understanding is that a person can not be imprisoned for owing money. I think confiscation of all of his equipment is sufficient, as a former correctional officer I feel that there are far more important reasons to lock up people for than this as overcrowding is a big issue in all jails and prisons.
I totally agree, come on, people running in stores just taking what they want, there's away more serious stuff that needs to be cracked down on
I think the entire 11m band and 7.200 should be set aside for riff raff. No rules, no law, no regulation, free for all. Let er rip tater chip. But everything else restrict the hell out of it.
I fully agree!
I tried using channel 9 as I was driving into Corpus Christi from Houston in the late 90s to report a brush fire. I could not raise a soul. It probably hasn't been monitored well for at least three decades or more.
Sheriff office in my location did monitor in the late 90s
sound effects?
what about the echo effect on cb's
Technically that is illegal too but I think it is a minor issue
Sadly non payment goes to the department of justice. It takes a while for these cases to work themselves through the court system.
I’m not surprised, I think a FCC.crackdown was inevitable. The number of CBer’s has dwindled down considerably making would be violators (The 1,1,1, Jammer) more easily visible.
Just because you talked skip on 11 meters doesn't make it legal. I don't think I ever heard of a case where they enforced it, but it was still illegal. I do know of folks that got busted working skip, but it was because they was running high power or on frequencies outside 11 meters. Actually, at one time, the rules stated communications was limited to something like 200 miles. I think they realized that had no way to control propagation, so the only time it was ever enforced was when someone was running more than the legal power limit, or on the freeband as some call it.
Jason, I think the 95.933 reference to communicating with foreign stations is only concerning one-way communications.
Many years ago I worked for the UK equivalent of the FCC, though I am not sure that makes me biased. Some of these people are highly motivated and do not readily change their behaviour, a fine that has failed to be enforced for over 20 years is not much of a deterrent to anyone. Glenn Baxter K1MAN (SK) was involved in litigation with the FCC for years, I am not sure he started with malicious intent but ultimately the unpaid fines prevented his licence from being renewed. A very different case but it is clear this saga may go on for years.
Wow brother how do you afford all of those radios and you have some of the most expensive ones you can get plus a thousand more I make 35 dollars an hour and it's hard for me to save up for a 991a what do you do for a living wow if you don't mind me asking
Most of them were purchased used
My thought on this is:
If a person is fined for a violation of FCC rules (any service) then ALL v iolators should be fined (any service) when they break the rules for their respective radio service, whether it be CB, FRS, GMRS, Amateur (ham) etc. Keep it fair across the board. It is the responsibility of the operator to know the rules under which they operate their equipment.
Mark Sherman is a notorious CB troublemaker who loves to do one way transmissions at 10kW on CH19
@@randykitchleburger2780 UInderstood, However most, not all, CB operators (and other radio service operators) are notorious for breaking the rules. Whether it be modifying the radio for higher output, adding and talking on frequencies that are out of band, or any number of other infractions. Any modification made to the circuits in a CB radio make it an illegal radio as it voids the type acceptance. Folks have a tendency to categorize the breaking of the rules. According to the FCC rules and regulations, any violation can be subjected to fines and / or imprisonment. The tendency to say "their sin is greater than my sin" seems to be the rule of thumb in order to justify violating the rules.
Wish the FCC would get after Mark Sherman - mud duck of the desert.
There is a distinct difference between the terms "forfeiture" and "fine" . There are differences in how one is decided and applied and how it is resolved. In all of these violations, the FCC carefully picks and chooses between the 2 words. It likely is because the FCC does not have the ability to "fine" except through another Executive Branch organization (eg DOJ). FCC use of forfeiture on the other hand appears to be an administrative practice, probably agreement by committee. I think that administrative forfeiture cannot be forced (unless criminal forfeiture which reuires a conviction) which is why this person can thumb his nose at the FCC. After all, going to his house wth a warraht to siese a CB radio seems like a huge waste of resources.
C.B. was for short range communication only so why was it ever put on 27 MHz?
Did nobody know about activity of the Sun? Were the manufacturers aware or those at the F.C.C.? Did nobody bother to look into it?
G4GHB.
I am over the in the UK and I think this guy is the least of your problems as when the propagation is doing its thing AM CB Radio from the states almost glows my property up.
I used to hear lots of stations from South America and Jamaica - those were always the loudest.
If they wanted to broadcast, i am sure there are a few old am or fm staions that were foreclosed on. Maybe near a college or something.
The back pocket approach of dealing with non-compliant 11m operators should be sufficient in rooting out the nefarious miscreant operators in a short amount of time.
I guess it is the cost of “Making the hay at 6k”.
Local group took over channel 9 as their own private channel. See how far that goes.
Send me some recordings :D
@@HamRadio2 hows your Espanola? Mostly local and truckers are speaking Spanish on their. Been going on for months.
Just know are local and state still monitor ch 9.
Let me see what I cant do.
Okay, so when is the FCC going to shut down the Mud Duck in the Desert. He jams up channel 19 yammering on and on daily, violating every part of that ordinance you just red....
Oh my goodness. Thank you to the FCC for cracking down on these CB hosts. They interrupt all the time when listening to the truckers on the interstate.
hm the fcc needs to hire a few thousand more officers to enforce all this stuff. it is now 3 oct 2023 and the super bowel is deadly quite, unheard of when band is open that alone is telling. all im hearing today is mexico/spanish stations with big power
It seems that the FCC has increased their fines! The last time I heard it was 10 k but that was a few decades ago.
The FCC isn't applying the rules equally. Take them to court if they start threatening you. They will be unable to prove that they aren't picking and choosing their cases, unfairly.
It’s Bidenomics.
Well i hope the get that guy that jams the c.b airways in southern Jersey, Philadelphia area. He had a c.b with at least 500w.
500 watts, that mud duck power. I'm in Central Jersey and I use a 3CX 10K to do my jamming.
I hear sustained Spanish traffic on ch 9 all the time but its two way and not broadcast. That could be skip.
Good reporting Jason, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
I get sick of people ranting against getting a ham radio license because your info is on file and they can come get your equipment. If they think you are on a CB and they can't find out who you are, you are sadly mistaken. I got away from CB just because of the holding down the key and playing music, and just playing around period.
Agreed
Lol... These are the same people that their mother or spouse puts their mugshot on Facebook, and puts their child's grades online. They are keyboard warriors #FOS!
CB was great in the 1960's. it went to shit in the 70's and then went to Hell by the 90's
I enjoy 11 Meters but it always seems every solar cycle, after about a year and a half, the CB just gets to be full of morons doing moronic things, like jamming a popular frequency with repeating numbers and other sound effects.just to spawn copycats on other frequencies. It always drives me to look elsewhere for contacts and this solar cycle, 12 meters has drawn my attention while in my mobile..A whole lot of fun, No shenanigans
Great video, I would hope that the FCC would just throw him in jail if he didnt pay the fine in a reasonable amount of time...
Mark Sherman is always trying to sell his services
The stench is under the bench.
He is a hack who jams the airwaves on 19
The Attorney General of NM. Is forcing Mark Sherman to pay back all money
To folks he screwed over. And is pushing a 10k Ghost Rider
You mean Mark Sperman
@abbiebenjamin3209 yeah that's it lol auto correct got me lol 😆
CB Radio when used properly is AM/FM max 4 watts ssb 12 watts and with a good antenna properly installed legally that’s all you need with the luck of skip working with luck for you. These folks whom run power amplification along with peak and tweak jobs on their equipment have attempted to bring back illegal competition just stay within the laws. A good antenna, co-ax and stock factory radio can be fun and important if needed in case of emergency. Though there is always going to be Jokers it’s just the way it is unfortunately. Happy DX ing and 73’s to all. God Bless you and your families this is a very messed up time in the world and CB radio along with HAM just May be an important way to communicate in case of an emergency.
There are plenty of violations on the ham bands every day
Who claimed there weren't?
you can hear them on 40 and 80 unfortunately
Channel 9 in my area is constant Spanish.
Love the vids. the 5 minute rule (Noted with Pause) is a reference to the old term "Break". It is not usual to see a single key one way conversation last beyond 5 minutes as you claim, If so, Your a long winded man lol. I rather vison your conversations between two parties, breaking between responses as longer than a single 5 minute key with
I thought it was Carlos that did it when I saw the intro, lol 😂
Lol
These are not criminal charges, you lost me with the jail comment 🤦🏽♂️. The FCC writes more mean letters with no means to an end.
Not paying fines is criminal - probably misdemeanor. Same as getting a traffic ticket and not paying it, or not showing up to court. The jail time isn't for the misbehavior, it is for failing to pay a fine (which he could fight if he wanted to, but he ignores it)
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@@HamRadio2 the reason they dont pursue the issue is they dont want courts looking into their practices. most judges would say their fines are rediculous
What do you mean by "mean letters"?
Here in Pittsburgh we have a violator who was hit with a $30K fine for years of interference. He ignored the government, went silent for a few years, and has resumed operations on channel 6. The days when they confiscated your equipment are long over.
Don't answer the knock on the door.
Ignore any mail they send.
There's not a damn thing that they can do about it.
I don’t think it should be a go straight to jail offense unless you’re interfering with public safety or military. First step would be to enforce the fine through a tax lien if it isn’t paid willingly. Maybe jail for a second or third violation.
The jail time would be for not paying the fine - the fine is for the interference. So the jail time isn't directly for interference, it is for not paying the fines he was issued, which is pretty common in other areas that issue fines.
what exactly was he interfering with? Not sure where you're at, but in Michigan it's 99.9999999% dead airwaves across all 40 channels. Some times late at night recently i hear some people speaking spanish on it and some skip rolling in, but even using multiple WebSDRs and tuning to the 27 Mhz band i hear nothing across the entire band.@@HamRadio2
If he has been warned many times, Jailtime
The FCC is now a paper tiger with no teeth, all talk and no action. Ever since Riley Hollingsworth retired, all they do is chase RoboCallers and radio stations that fail to renew their license or inspections on time. MEANWHILE......you have Extra Class Ham Ops on 40 and 75 meters that make CB ops look like childs play when in comes to foul language, jamming with music or tone, playing recordings of other ops transmissions and so on. NONE of this is being addressed by 'Uncle Charlie" as if they could care less. They cite that as Hams, we are responsible for policing our own airwaves.....well, you cannot just go knock on some rogue ham ops door and not expect to receive a lead sandwich these days. ON ANOTHER NOTE: here is Mark Sherman, aka 163 Hard Drive, Mud Duck in the Desert, chiding and annoying CB ops all day long seven days a week. With his 10kw Ghostrider Amp he purchased in West Palm Beach, Fl. just prior to his exodus to Lordsburg, N.M. where he resides in an American Dream Motor Coach hauling a converted Auto Transport which serves as his 'Faraday Cage'. His skip advantage with the mountain range behind him and the Shockwave Vertical Antenna mounted high above the Car Hauler, he completely wipes out communications ON THE ENTIRE EAST COAST (mostly on channel 19) so Truck Drivers cannot hear each other even if they are running a half mile apart. THE FCC HAS RECEIVED COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS AND PETITIONS to stop this guy, but to no avail. It is as if they are laughing at the fact that 99% of all CB'rs are not totally legal themselves (amps, antenna height, ect) yet, they want action taken against one guy that is in some God Forsaken town 60 miles north of the Mexican Border.. Even the local Lordsburg authorities will not respond to letters or phone calls about him. PLEASE RILEY, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, I WILL PAY YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES TO GO GET THIS GUY OFF THE AIR.
Spot on!
I thought skip was illegal on 11 meters, as well as a limit of 25 miles, at least it was back in the 1970's when you had to have a license. Wonder what would happen to those guys that broadcast at a BILLION WATTS during their keydown competitions? Thanks Jason, great video! KG5WXU 73
The FCC rescinded that skip law in 2017
Skip is a natural effect of sky-wave propagation. Not sure how you can enforce that.
probably because during really good conditions here in the Midwest i've heard people all the way from the UK and Ireland clear as day@@joeblow8593
-get that one one one ... a hole first of all. Thank you FCC AND COOPERATIVE CITIZENS!!🎻
The milk crate, LMAO. Many years ago We used car batteries and junk 23 channel CB radios to hide them and mess with some jerks. (Can't stop laughing). They would quickly find them, so we got high tech. We would hide them in the woods at high elevation and then use a cheap home brew photocell daylight sensor on it. It would only come on at night. Eventually they would find those also. The last one we did was remote control Via a weather radio as the control receiver and had solar panels hidden a top of of Tree. We split the bark and hid the wires. I would ground the Mic to the IF stage to make an annoying tone and the radio was tuned down to 3 watts to preserve power. The set up was buried in the ground in a coleman cooler. Fun times! It ran for about a month. I suspect it exploded in the cooler as I never took into account hydrogen gas. We think the relay made a spark.
but mr. highways and byways out in the desert that ties up channel 19 all day er day for a 1000 miles gets notta
And yet, the “Super Bowl” (channel 6) is alive and well.
I haven’t heard anybody on channel 9 and decades
It's not called Criminal Band for no reason.
I don't believe CBRS is in the HF spectrum. This service's spectrum is from 3550MHZ to 3700MHZ.
Right?
HF is 3-30MHz. CB in the USA is 26-27MHz, making it in the HF band
Channel 9 never heard anything on it
Jason, the FCC rescinded the law prohibiting skip July 2017.
Interesting it is still in the documentation on their website...
Almost every old cb has bin modified, clipped, peaked n tuned, so that would make everyone not legal on CB band
Yep
Does FCC have enforcement power related to their regulations? OMG, am I now "some people" as NotARubicon says??
Allow the IRS to collect it on behalf of the FCC
Right lol
@@HamRadio2that's a crop! How can you inforce something that don't require a license or some kind of testing or such like. If a person just buys a CB and start talking without reading rules and laws how does one know. A good lawyer will be able to fight this and win. This all don't make sense. Required a license or some kind of test questions before you can buy a radio. I will stay clean because I don't want any black marks against me getting my General Class License. I put off talking on 2 meters until I get familiar with all the rules. Just because I passed the technician test don't mean I know all the rules and laws. 73
Not knowing the law does not protect you. Having the IRS to collect next thing is they will ask to enforce the laws also which is even worse, they will enforce everything
If you drive in another state other than where you live and a police officer pulls you over and gives you a ticket. You tell him that that is not a violation in your home state and you didn’t know. Ignorance of the the law is no excuse for breaking the law. However, as NotARubicon usually points out, the FCC has rules and regulations, not laws.
Just watched this and the first words outta my wife's mouth was they will probably just attach a lean on some of his property to get there money.... who knows?
This is why CB radio is out of hand. Lack of enforcement. I still have a CB and use it from time to time. The only change to CB rules is the use of FM as a legal mode of operation. I have known several people from the 1970's threw 90's got fined buy the FCC for CB and never paid and nothing ever happened. They can take people to court . put a civil judgement on them. outher countries does this like the UK . they have offcomm . this is sad because the miss use of radio of any band or type hurts us all. I have used CB with my girlfriend when traveling to a new place and found so many great place to eat or get Landry done. some truck stops use CB. as far as FRS/GMRS/MURS . mostly FRS radios have call tones and beeps and sound effects bult into most radios. and the bad words the kids use today on FRS . both me and Martha have learned some no words. sad but true. good thing FRS radios do not go far and have PL tones. for me CB ch 9 is full of skip of a outher language from a outher country . can be as bad as ch 6 at times. 73's Boston NY
How can mud duckin out in new Mexico get away with what he does.
I’m all about law and order, but I do believe the fines are excessively high. I believe that a first time offense should be in the hundreds’ and not thousands. I also believe payment should be enforced and possibly garnished.
Jason, are you saying that you spoke foreign on the CB, talked for more than 5 minutes, and may have smoked weed? You were my ham hero 😢😢😢 73. WA3WAT