BASIC HAM RADIO: Pennsylvania ham cited in interference case
FCC says amateur's import radio disrupted public safety operations
Summary of this article: A Pennsylvania amateur radio operator and GMRS licensee has been cited by the Federal Communications Commission with using an import radio that caused interference to public safety communications in his city.
The Federal Communications Commission mailed a certified letter today to a Pennsylvania amateur radio operator, asking him to explain actions related to an interference complaint the agency investigated last year.
FCC agents tracked down a signal interfering with public safety communications to this Pennsylvania home where an amateur radio and GMRS licensee lives. The antennas on the porch roof apparently are a part of his station, as seen in October 2024. | Photo from Google Street View
The FCC said it was contacted by a public safety agency last summer regarding interference to one of its UHF 9-1-1 emergency channels. We have the details of the investigation and the complaint below.
