FCC Affirms Fine for False Distress Call, Unlicensed Operation on Ham Repeater
The FCC has affirmed the Enforcement Bureau's proposed
$23,000 fine against Daniel Delise of Astoria,
New York, for transmitting on
amateur frequencies without a license and transmitting a false
officer-in-distress call on a New York City Police Department radio frequency.
Delise had argued that he had no way to pay the fine because he was in prison
for the false distress call charges. The Commission didn't buy that argument…