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FCC issues Enforcement Advisory
Issued On: Aug 8, 2017 Document Numbers DA/FCC: DA-17-747 Enforcement Bureau Reminds Civil Aviation Community That Use Of A Certain Aviation Frequency Is Restricted To Emergency Use. The FAA's ability to monitor aviation channel 121.500 MHz for emergencies is being impaired by increased use of 121.500 MHz for non-emergency communications. The FCC will aggressively enforce the rules related to aviation radio operations. (www.fcc.gov) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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(I'm not a touch typist and I wear down key caps to the point the letters start to wear off - wore the bottom of the E key off)
(I'm not a touch typist and I wear down key caps to the point the letters start to wear off - wore the bottom of the E key off)
Two thoughts, kids with hand held radios looking for a clear channel or some idiot using the channel to advertise...."hey pilots, come on over to Acme Field for $2 a gallon avgas and free lunch with 40 gallon purchase".
I had no idea this was an issue. Are there people out there utilizing 121.5 for conversations or something?
Me neither. I always monitor 121.5 in my Dakota and only hear the occasional ATC advising a freq for an airline not on or the GAURD yell when someone accidental keys the mic. Never heard chatter or conversations.
And it's only going to get worse as more and more the FCC is leaning towards "license by rule", where there's no actual license issued to an individual. Instead, so long as you're using the correct equipment in the correct manner on the correct frequencies then you're allowed to operate, stray outside of that and you're in violation. CB has been this way for decades now, and look at what a sewer that service has become.
It is long past due the time when an actual license should be required to purchase a transmitter capable of operation on frequencies for which a license is required, and we need to stop the flood of cheap radios from China and other countries that are capable of transmitting on frequencies for with they are not certificated. Additionally, we need to give the FCC the resources and manpower required to actually properly police the airwaves.