You can't let them do that on the air

If you own and operate a repeater, then read on.

An Ohio repeater operator has been asked to explain why he has permitted his system to allegedly be in violation of several FCC Part 97 rules. This, regarding the material that it has re-transmitted.

George T. Case, K8CLA, of Cincinnati was sent a letter in early June. With it came recordings of his 145.35 MHz repeater purportedly showing that he permitted users of the machine to transmit interference, music and obscenity this past March, in some cases by stations that failed to identify.

It should be noted that the FCC has always had the right to hold a repeater owner operator fully responsible for anything re-transmitted over his or her repeater.

And since the middle 1980's the agency has also taken the position that the system owner and the users share equally responsibility for policing the content of the material that gets re-transmitted.

In this case it was the system owner that has been asked to explain why the re-transmission took place. He was
also told that the information he submits will be used to determine what enforcement action, if any, might be taken in this matter.

The FCC says that this could include a monetary forfeiture, the removal of automatic control privileges from your repeater, or revocation of Case's license for K8CLA.

Source: ARNewsline

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