FCC Is Finally Going After CB, GMRS, and Ham Radio Lawbreakers! FCC Fines For CB, GMRS & Ham Radio

[@javelin411]

Learn how to pronounce the word illinois .....illinois is not plural ...also you sound very ignorant when you say the state of chicago.. People like you should reconsider what you are doing and stay silent

[@totallyjonesin]

A capitol I is used to spell Illy noise.

[@ObamaoZedong]

Here in southern illinois we pronounce the s.

[@bammer74]

Waaaa

[@DVINTHEHOUSEMAN]

lmao what a fib

[@traviskimbrell1209]

Triggered much?

[@alanscott3999]

Why the sudden change in leveling fines? 10% to the big guy...

[@N2YTA]

I wouldn't doubt that . . .

[@Rizzob17]

Pretty sure it was 15% for the big guy.

[@danthecnctoolman8024]

You got that right.

[@johnfleming8648]

I’d wager to crack done on any groups who want to preserve their freedom...

[@adamreynolds8270]

​@@johnfleming8648isn't there a saying that "freedom isn't free" got to pay the cost to be the boss. That means buy the license and be legit within the rules.

[@harryinoklahoma1866]

Didn't the FCC add like 187,000 employees to the payroll? No wait, that was the other revenue generating outfit.

[@MR-nl8xr]

They also gave them Weapons of War fascist Assault Rifles!

[@billchristo7894]

87,000

[@jhonsiders6077]

Will they go after Sharpton for the million he owes ?

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

@@jhonsiders6077 Probably not, he is a freemason. If they happen to need some extra Hegelian dialectic, they might keep that one in reserve for later.

[@Blackwolf42991]

As a trucker it would be nice to see the FCC go after "Mudduck radio" in AZ. Constantly transmitting on channel 19. And can hear him all the way in upstate New York.

[@justinrayguitars6024]

That's the first person that came to mind. Talk about a DICKHEAD!

[@SniperHK01]

I thought he was in Lordsburg?

[@tc2425]

Tucson Trailer Park

[@Anthonywag123]

Huh......???? LOL Ch 19 isn't the trucker channel. It's CB radio. Truckers decided to start using that ch. It doesn't belong to truckers.

[@joestreiff9401]

@@Anthonywag123 kinda' like ch9, emergencies, who the hell claims that? use your damn cell phone 🤣

[@TheTraveler33]

With everything going on in the world, it's great to know they have their priorities straight.

[@cheeseman417]

I'm no defender of the fcc by any means, but honestly, if you see for years their not enforcing the laws, the last thing you want to do is provoke them into action!, just be civil on the air, transmit what you need to, when you need to, and you'll have no problems!, but a lot of these guys ruin it for everyone and then claim their the victims!

[@a2phil]

Typical Americans, they're ALL victims!!!

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

The human condition sometimes does not allow for common sense nor logic. Sad times indeed.

[@rolfrobertson6404]

As a exmilitary, 20yr truck driver, i have great radio etiquette and i believe in this process, only because when i use the radio its for needed information that i must understand clearly. So i transmit in the same way. I have ran into so many people transmitting b.s like one guy in south philly area, he would continously with a high power radio say one watt over and over again. No one could use channel 19 in that area. For several years i would travel that area and hes still doing it. Each big city i would get close to , the b.s would start. From playing music non dtop to tv shows. With the 1000s of fcc violations i have witnessed, when i would come back 3mo to 2yrs later, still the same . So i understand why the fcc doesn't do much, how could they. Great channel new subscriber and now new gmrs, uv-5 operator.

[@brianfrost7376]

Yea needed information..yeah Like finding out where to find some commercial company what takes the Comcheck…come-on!

[@twelve-voltexperimental9829]

Let us know if the FCC actually receives any monetary fines.

[@fullmoonwhite1]

They usually put em in prison.

[@DieselDoktor]

Wait… no Roger beep?? Do you even love us anymore Randy?? You know how important that beep is!! Stop playing with our emotions!

[@cdnaudioguy]

Thou shalt not commiteth dickheadery!

[@morthomer5804]

Good thing I didn't buy a wrist brace for my GMRS HT. The ATF would be after me too.

[@DieselDoktor]

Bro… don’t even joke… some of us already have the boafeng braces, and no I’m not gonna convert my radio to a long antenna or short antenna with a brace. 😂

[@applejacks971]

The ATF will eventually identify the 'wrist strap' as a 'brace'.

[@sog6841]

I went full send and put a bump stock on my uv-5 and then keyed up without a license

[@m_a_s6069]

I suppose we now know that the person in charge of handling amateur radio violations must live near Vancouver WA and frequents that particular net. And kudos for the best definition I have ever heard on what a ham net is.

[@lestangregor1029]

I swear you sound like the GMRS version of "Welcome to Nightvale". The cadence and delivery are just so similar. Love it!

[@DieselDoktor]

Thank you Randy, you’re saving lives and doing gods work. When they get armed agents I’ll worry. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@samuelcalkin3516]

I am more afraid of Sad Hams tracking me down and stocking me

[@FuriousFarmboy]

No worry.

[@kevinroberts781]

Right?! I was gonna ask, Do they have AR-15s now???

[@w8lvradio]

In America, border patrol has guns. In Canada, it's more like they carry pens. But those Canuck pens can really put the hurt on you. You could just follow the rules instead.

[@Colorado_Native]

They'll borrow them from the IRS.

[@StsFiveOneLima]

"Dickheaddery" just added to my vocabulary.

[@permacultureecuador2925]

Soooo basically im good to keep using gmrs without a license as long as im not a complete dickhead

[@jamesslick4790]

Yeah, Pretty much.

[@samuelcalkin3516]

Don't say that out loud or "those people" will report you to the FCC or worse stalk you and send you creepy letters.

[@RKingis]

Pretty much

[@RomansFiveDotEight]

Unless you’re transmitting into a repeater; it’s very very difficult (nigh impossible) for anyone to tell you’re using a GMRS radio, instead of an FRS radio.

[@mississippishepherd2703]

I'm likely already on half a dozen government watch lists... What's one more....

[@LatitudeSky]

The FBI should offer a service where you can call them if you can't remember where you left your TV remote or coffee. They know. They should be happy to remind you.

[@miken8yo4]

Best explanation of a ham net I've ever heard.

[@Maine307]

I ENJOY WATCHING THIS GUY! EVERY VIDEO IS JUST FUN !

[@visiter127]

Thank you as always for not wasting our time

[@papafrank7094]

As always, thank you for your channel. Every time I watch one, you make my day much better. And your topics are always educational and delivered by your particular and enjoyable banter. Thank you.

[@richlovin2173]

Your postings are both entertaining and useful! I watch them all . I use CB, GMRS, HAM, other forms even including smoke signals that a native American demonstrated. DO NOT STOP!

[@smoothwake]

So many Richard Cranium people out there. But also, how am I supposed to know the video is over without the roger beep?

[@wallychambe1587]

Does the FCC have a way to collect the fines?, I remember back in the 60's and 70's they would confiscate peoples CB radio equipment for major transgressions like hundreds of watts of power and cursing and interference! 😲😲 They must have upped their budget this year!😲😲

[@CliffFoxKU4GW]

I served a decade as an ARRL Official Observer and each month the ARRL would send out a update of actions and activities being done by OO's all across the country. Well, one month they had a copy of a complaint from a amateur radio club in China Grove, (Rowan County) NC that operated a UHF repeater on 443.250 another ham was jamming. I gathered the guy got kicked off the repeater and so he had mounted a small UHF yagi antenna on the corner of a steel box off a box type truck he used for a storage building and he had the antenna mounted on it and pointed directly at the China Grove 70 centimeter band repeater and transmitted a very low wattage signal on the repeater's input frequency of 448.250 effectively jamming the repeater. What really surprised me was this same ham had received a FCC Warning Letter for doing the same thing 18 years prior and the FCC had never taken any action other than mailing him a Warning Letter 18 years earlier. When the ARRL done away with the Official Observer program and replaced it with the Volunteer Monitor program that was the end of Official Observers and as far as I know he still continues to jam the China Grove 70 cm (440-450 Mhz) repeater to this day so he has been jamming this repeater for over 20 years now without any further action ever taken by the FCC so the folks in China Grove have to live with the ongoing interference to their UHF repeater. I personally know the ham doing this and never thought in a million years he would ever be the type of person to do anything like this yet the last I heard it still continues to this day!

[@RingwayManchester]

This is actually really interesting! Will be staying tuned on stories like this.

[@Sebastian-ur7lg]

Appreciate your content, thanks for making high quality stuff!

[@richhoule3462]

Everyone knows Sad Hams enforce the rules. Not the FCC

[@scroopynooperz9051]

They have nowhere near the capacity to chase down folks let alone enforce it. These are just hot farts You can make law whatever you like - the problem is always capacity to enforce it

[@yekim0007]

???. There were 3 violations. One on a Ham band, One on a GMRS band and one on a CB band. Your comment makes no sense

[@curtstacy779]

I think those of whom you refer to as sad hams have warned people of what would happen. And now we have a sad FCC! Thank you so much!?

[@richhoule3462]

@@curtstacy779 Arrogant dickheads who try to scare people are doing no service to the amateur hobby. They are killing it.

[@a2phil]

I've got PLENTY of pins!!! I can buy a whole box of them for the cost of a couple feet of coax!!! And I LOVE going on foxhunts!!!

[@tevansrn1]

You might be the best contributor on KZbin!!

[@rEdf196]

I remember the infamous 1,1,1, Jammer station on Ch 38 LSB. Some days this guy would key up for up to 10 hours repeating a 1,1,1,1,1,1, for hours on end until it just stopped around early March or so , my guess is he got nailed by Uncle Charlie.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

We had a jammer on one of our local repeaters that we called "Number 5" because he keyed up DTMF #5 anytime someone he didnt like would try to talk.. But since he's stupid, we were able to direction-find him after a few days.. now everyone that uses the repeater knows who he is and that he's a mal-adjusted moron.

[@a2phil]

Maybe he figured out what comes after 1...

[@jasonlombardi472]

@@TheNotaRubicon good for you! Shame on "Number 5" for ruining everyone else's good time!

[@cevansinz]

A note on a windshield doesn’t seem like an official vector of communication.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

I'll remember that next time I get a parking ticket!

[@jasonvincent1818]

It's where the equipment and violation was located.....like a parking ticket

[@TractorsNStuff]

Sounds like someone at the FCC needs a raise, better start enforcing some policies to pay for it.

[@RKingis]

Starting to enforce the budget!!!! 💰

[@tc1uscg65]

Maybe Biden can hire 80K more agents to generate some revenue. 🙂

[@bodazaphfa]

Thanks to Randy’s teachings, I can now properly ker-chunk my local repeaters effectively. Moist.

[@Sonicgott]

Just as I was listening to this, a little kid was singing into a random GMRS channel. I announced my call sign, breathed in, and told them to have a wonderful day.

[@DonzLockz]

I think all the FCC's secretly watch your show and just wanted some "KZbin" air time" of them proving that they're actually doing their job on your channel.😂

[@headpainter1]

Being older now I refreshed my high school memories of messing with the CB radio. Had to relearn about tuning swr and different things. I run Barefoot but there is a guy that must be near me on Channel 6 that will overpower three channels each way. I don't know what kind of wattage he's running but it's got to be off the charts.

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

Do you actually run barefoot or is that a code phrase of some sort?

[@RADIOACTIVEMASCULINITY]

I wonder how it is that the angry mob of basement dwellers who triangulate the offenders aren’t intimidating enough to get these people to stop 😂

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

The radio karens.

[@LatitudeSky]

Have you ever BEEN to a ham club meeting or even a hamfest? The average person at these events is half past dead in age, or at least 70, and suffering from multiple ailments. These are your basement radio warriors. Not your frontline radio troops.

[@N2YTA]

I know of one case where someone was intentionally interfering with a very popular weekly net on a local repeater. Members of the club that owned the repeater were able to locate the offender, then a club member who was an attorney prepared a law suit; they didn’t file the suit with the court but sent the offender a copy and a letter explaining they were prepared to file unless he stopped interfering. Apparently, that worked. I don’t know the details of the law suit, but it did have merit.

[@richb.4374]

If you ever went to a ham fest you'd understand why. Many hams can barely walk, let alone intimidate anyone.

[@N2YTA]

@@richb.4374 Several years ago I arrived at a local hamfest and there were several police cars parked outside. Apparently two octogenarians got into a shoving match and someone call the police. As I entered the room there was a young cop at the door. I didn’t yet know what had happened, but I said to the young man, be careful officer, this can be a rough crowd. He chuckled and said, I see that. . . . ps: I’m a septuagenarian

[@MegaJunebug3]

It cheers me up when i watch your channel which is much appreciated, thank you

[@blackmooncultx9552]

Wow i found this channel through the shadow ban video and your voice is magnetic! I love listening to you talk. Radios are even more neat. Thanks for posting! 😊

[@PhinAI]

One thing I will never understand about this channel is WHY the Content Creator always insists on speeding through those moments of silence while I have opportunity to contemplate the fact that, unlike most content creators, he is not wasting my time. ... always in such a hurry, when I'm just trying to take a moment to smell the roses....😌

[@davidb.turknett4447]

Yeah, and while I'm trying to take a pee!!!!

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

@@davidb.turknett4447 Watch it! Not on the roses buddy!

[@andrewvogt1407]

I always wondered what a radio net was, and I think you nailed the description.

[@jasonvincent1818]

It's just a round table of friends on some.....and then you have nets that are for emergency preparedness, like RACES, "Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service"....

[@donalddodson7365]

Thank you for doing the research for us. My donation is based on my understanding of Proportional Appreciative Theory (PAT) and Beneficial Acclamation Cognitive Knowledge (BACK) theories. ... 😎

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Thanks for that!

[@kevinroberts781]

Im still using my 1000 watt CB set up. 30+ years now

[@wallychambe1587]

😲😲😲 Had 300 watts back in the 70's, knew a guy then had a 750 watt amp in his trunk and 4 antennas on his car! Had two batteries and a 90 amp alternator!

[@ogiejii7885]

Gave my 500w rig to an old trucker 30 years ago. Sadly, the old dude and the rig are now just a memory.

[@Jeremy-km4dj]

im in rockford illinois. still hear the guy on the cb. i hear alot of rule but they are not laws. just like the atf rules

[@ericzerkle5214]

Really. Maybe they need to actually go get his gear ..

[@jonathansmart3763]

Always happy to see you post a video

[@shortguy45acp12]

Joke's on the FCC. They can't prove I operate a radio in violation of their "rules" because I don't have a wrist strap installed.

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

Moral of the story, APPARENT liability, Jaimie, Leon never paid, and Jamie Leon never will pay. Neither did I, never let them in the door, received a mistyped, misnamed letter of APPARENT liability, called them, they said you have to respond in writing, I said, unless you can make my fingers type a letter, and mail it to you, it ain't gonna happen. Never heard from them again and it's been over 30 years. Still on the radio to this day.

[@bignickenergy2042]

Chad radio operator vs the virgin fcc

[@shastaham7630]

Wow! I'm impressed. The FCC is finally issuing more fines for errant operators to ignore. Let's hear about some enforcement efforts.

[@dangerhellbender3245]

Hero, not a Zer0! Long and strong! Circle talking promo with silence. Love ittttttt!

[@MotoMike805]

The guy that's been in the news lately for jamming the WARFA net on 75 meters has been doing so for decades. I have emails from 13 years ago from when I checked into that net about the guy, and in the emails, they even have the guys name who was fined. They knew it was him. They had recordings of him even saying he was Philip Beaudetand call sign N6PJB. Yet, it took the FCC decades to do anything about it. I don't think anyone has to worry about. 😂

[@patriotsedge6730]

The government wants everyone to know they are listening. So when we have communication (Internet) blackouts due to certain scenarios playing out, the users of various radio mediums will be fearful to communicate.

[@dr.zacharysmith1207]

Cuckoo cuckoo 🤪

[@Baynewsvideo]

You willingly paid a fee and gave them your address...they already KNOW who and where you are. I sleep in a Faraday bag...I feel very safe.

[@Jester_-]

​@@BaynewsvideoI havent given the fcc shit, but I'm on all the other watchlists anyway so it doesn't matter 😂

[@richardmendoza738]

"The fcc observed jamie being a dickhead" hahahahahahahaha

[@JDHood]

Unless it has recently changed, the FCC does not get any tax dollars for their operating budget -- they are funded by regulatory and licensing processing fees. I'm not sure if they get a cut from the fines/forfeitures they levy... I tend to think they do not, or else I would expect them to be hunting violators in earnest to get that money.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

The FCC is 100% self-funded. All of their funds come from fines, frequency auctions, and saturday bake-sales. Some say this is why they so seldom go after little guys that are likely to never pay and instead focus on big companies with deep pockets.

[@jasonvincent1818]

The FCC licenses TONS of large corporations, TV, radio, police, fire, universities ect....

[@brandonrobertson6327]

​@@TheNotaRubicon Wonder if the FCC only have the power to collect the bounty if an individual or company paid the fee for the license? I mean you know, paying money is a way of admitting you have been enslaved to the System for a license..... For those that don't ask permission, maybe there is no teeth to the so called Laws, because they are guidelines like in all the CoVid bullshit and not really laws??? Did Congress ever pass laws regarding radio or just another Bureaucracy that threats but no teeth to do a damn thing about it. Asking for a friend that likes pushing the button on his very "so called" illegal radio.... Thanks in advance for your input Ole Great One.....

[@greenflagracing7067]

I am typing out of band. You'll never take me alive.

[@JohnnyMullet]

Jayme understands the "Rules and Regulations" of CB radio which happens to be the "Wild West "of radio communications.

[@FuriousFarmboy]

Obviously, the FCC has the ability to levy fines but no means for collecting said fines.

[@realblakrawb]

The only real bust was jack gerritsen.

[@jonnporter6081]

Wait until Jamie's parents try to sell the house. Won't they be surprised.

[@sagsfv3122]

Back in the mid 80's a jerk HAM in Los Angeles, who was ALWAYS being a DICKHEAD, had his house raided by the FCC. They took everything electronic, even his stereo! But they didn't get his 2m HT in his truck and that's how we learned of it, that night! He iued the callsign: W6JAM.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@jonnporter6081 nah.

[@N2YTA]

The FCC uses the terms "notice of apparent liability" and "asset forfeiture" they don’t say fine. I don’t know what the legal difference is, I think they have to get a court to order the forfeiture.

[@douglascrawford2563]

"... denied being a dickhead... " - I almost spewed my coffee.

[@johnnyz.fradley2306]

Mr. Chambers...Mr Chambers don't get on that ship "To Serve Randy"... It's a... it's a cookbook!!!

[@isaacborchert3906]

I for one would love to see the fcc clamp down on people who do that kind of stuff. Have them do something useful like pick up trash along the highway for a couple hundred hours while being made to listen to reruns of smurfs cartoons on a head set at the same time. I am curious. Where did the name "notarubicon" come from? Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon or a bad jeep that kept breaking down? Awesome channel! Keep up the good work!

[@christopherkusek1362]

Sad Hams be like "badges, we don't need no stinking badges" - when the govt takes away your ammo, guns, drones and tactical communication, you just gotta know what is coming next.

[@iamgriff]

So the FCC won’t let me be, or let me be me so let me see… They try to shut me down on MTV, but it feels so empty without me.

[@SKYNET9er]

Rekon “Jamie” never read the paper work that came with his CB when he un-boxeded it.

[@Being_Joe]

I would like a followup story on this Jamie character.

[@patriot9455]

It is even worse within 20 miles of a truck stop. Many "CB" shops have not sold a 5 watt 40 channel radio for a long time. You have to go into the truck stop and buy one out of the glass case in the stop.

[@jdolio]

Listen to CB 6 for like 25 seconds.

[@allenvestal4474]

A net is just practice for an emergency. Rules will matter.

[@a2phil]

Just a bunch of self important guys shooing the s***, 50 members of our local club, only 3 or 4 guys on the net...never heard any emergency traffic from them, even when my house was damn near broadsided by a tornado last summer!!!

[@allenvestal4474]

@@a2phil Might be where you live.

[@allenvestal4474]

@@a2phil Theoretically possible where you live.

[@N2YTA]

@@a2phil insofar as nets that have never carried any emergency traffic; most police officers never fire their weapons in the line of duty, most fire extinguishers are never used, there is all sorts of emergency equipment that is never called into service. I wouldn't suggest disarming cops or suggesting that emergency safety equipment isn't necessary.

[@cdmm2263]

I would argue these are isolated, specific examples of in-your-face violations that were reported and which piss off all radio users. That notwithstanding, there are millions of people using modified ham radios and so-called 10 meter radios that are 'modified' for 11 meters with the flip of a switch, most TXing at 50 to 100 watts out of the box. There is too, a plethora of amateurs driving kilowatts out on 11 meters. It would be interesting to see how the FCC will tackle this 'violation'.

[@N2YTA]

To get in trouble with the FCC you would have to do something blatant and someone has to complain about it. This is the first time I’ve heard of an FCC enforcement for someone interfering with amateur communications, previous enforcements I’m familiar with were someone interfering with police, emergency services or aviation.

[@motor2of7]

CB radio? Really! What 1 person who happened to be listening to the one channel he was transmitting on, within the 1.5 mile radius, actually reported him!

[@LatitudeSky]

I hear guys from clear across the country on my CB. They're likely running modified ham radios. Most them don't do this on channels people use like 19, thankfully

[@jerrypedersen5655]

I hear these CB radio users broadcast over many many miles. I hear them here in central Ontario and also same guy in Florida and all point between. So annoying.

[@512Colorado]

@@LatitudeSky Or a linear on a regular CB... RM Italy makes a linear that puts out over 100w for under $100.

[@randomeddie185]

At around 8:00 when you are discussing Jayme's history of noncompliance, the letter says something about his "failure to make his station and records a available for inspection". I assume "station" just refers to his CB/antenna/accessories, but what records are they talking about? I know that back in the olden days when CB required a license and an official callsign there was some sort of basic logbook, but that all ended in 1983. Why would they have expected him to be keeping records in 1999?

[@QUADBOYification]

Thanks, much appreciated. Better to have a lot of radios on the shelf. If many get banned, even ham radio enthusiast will be sad.

[@H.Q1776]

the clif high of radios, subscribed

[@DallasPirateMike]

Great stuff! And my the force with with the FCCees…

[@TheBadurpa]

As usual I'm entertained by you Randy thank you very much

[@seabeejb]

Jamie is the real hero.

[@OGbrundle]

Classic Jamie

[@bobbyturbopants]

He's a top notch puke for sure

[@randydunaway2590]

Jamie has mental issues

[@valhallindustries9317]

Thank you for the wonderful content, consistently spectacular. As long as you keep making content, you’ll never waste my time 😉

[@YourTechpriest]

Let's be honest, these are on par with nailing folks for spamming HAM repeaters to block service. The fact that they've hit them really shouldn't be surprised.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

The fact that this is the first time they've hit anyone for things like this in 10+ years is surprising to most normal people.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

​@@TheNotaRubicon well I can remember back in the late nineties on CB people was play music no one cared. But I will say is it at that time a lot of people were leaving CB radio in favor of computer base chat rooms but of course those have gone wayside perhaps CBreally is making a comeback like some channels have insisted.

[@davidb.turknett4447]

One of the reasons I moved away from CB is when I was a truck driver you couldn't pass by a big city like Sacramento without listening to the bullshit for miles. And the many asshole truck drivers that had to have the biggest radio as to piss everyone off.

[@ragheadand420roll]

@@davidb.turknett4447 show us on the doll where 5agh3ad and 420 hurt you

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@davidb.turknett4447 now most truckers won't hardly talk to car CB drivers. Found that out over 17 years ago.

[@DePalma.]

“Classic Jaime”😂

[@danbowman1251]

I think what I’m hearing, is that even if I get a GRMS LICENSE, I’m still in violation of the FCC for operating a non FCC approved GRMS radio such as the UV 5R on a GRMS frequency? If that’s true what’s the point then of getting a GRMS license? Or would it be double trouble for 2 violations instead of one? Since I just bought 2 new UV 5R’s I’m not eager to go out and buy some GRMS radios. BTW this site rocks brother. 👍

[@turn-n-burn1421]

One thing that is oddly timed; just in the last 48 hours, I've received emails from your favorite sponsor and where I've bought most of mine, excepting a couple of UV-5Rs, telling me how to buy a GMRS license. Of course I have mine and would never ever 😉 use a UV-5R to communicate without a ham license. Nope, never would dream of it.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

"Of course I have mine and would never ever use a UV-5R to communicate without a ham license." Same here. Good on you!

[@teo2975]

No one has ever, not once, been cough in an enforcement while using a UV5r or the like. Knot a single fine for using one without a gmrs and not a single fine for using one on ham frequencies without a ham license. If you are going to use a uv5r while hunting, camping, a off-road group of 5 to 100 people or your family in disneyworld there is no way to get caught and no one but sad hams care. These enforcements are on static setups not uv5r

[@jswooty4818]

is the comment about not hearing many when in canada due to canada having stricter enforcement or is it because the lack of population density means there's just less people transmitting? Love your videos, you've convinced me to get into armature radio stuff.

[@TwoFeatherChannel]

yes and no, same as they always did. only to the extreme disrupters of frequency. Not after people without a call sign. Not after people not using their call sign. Not after people using 5 watts on a 1 watt FRS channel. Not after people using a Baofeng VHF/UHF 2 meter/70 cm ham radio on GMRS frequency.

[@eminence_front6043]

Evidently they aren't after anyone using 5kw on CB channel 6 on a regular basis either.

[@sergioespinoza506]

True true... Basically they're after repeated offenders dickheads... Not regular inconsistent dickheads like us... 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@jamesslick4790]

@@eminence_front6043 Channel 6 has been a "hoot" since the 1970s!

[@TwoFeatherChannel]

@@eminence_front6043 Nope, people with high powered CB's have been doing that for Years. back in the 1960's they did it and now they have more power. that guy in calipornia with the 24,000. fine was a known ham operator who was shutting down a repeater during a Net. it wasn't a one time thing, he did it many times and bragged about it. shutting down a net is disruptive. talking with an amp on a general public channel that has No Meaning, isn't disruptive.

[@Vance-Malone]

​@@TwoFeatherChannel nets can be an exercise to pass emergency traffic. It could potentially interfere with emergency communications.

[@dirtydogvideo]

i am an unlicensed boafeng radio user.....i have gone into hiding!

[@RKingis]

FCC GPS tracker enabled.......................... Triangulating..................... Location found!

[@dirtydogvideo]

@@RKingis DAMN FED's. I forgot to shut off my radio! 🤣

[@Spirit_Of_Prophecy_777]

Under your pillow is not going to do you any good pal! Sorry!

[@jamess1787]

Not going to lie. I was expecting a raid during the recording of this "radio criminal" video. 🤔

[@11ride4life]

Am-bu-lances haha Your description of a radio net was spot on, they can be baddddddd

[@sergioespinoza506]

Amba lances 😂😂😂😂 priceless 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 State of Chicago 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@DePalma.]

That was my 2nd favorite line, after “classic Jaime” lol

[@toymakerlarry1955]

I'm a CB'er from back in the early 70's when you needed a License it was $20 for 5 years the FCC didn't take any crap if you didn't pay the fine you went to jail none of this crap like today.

[@bodacious2276]

Makes sense, as our Country descends farther into authoritarianism.

[@mikehagan4320]

I am glad the FCC is cleaning up C.B. At times as a Professional Driver the C.B. is totally useless due to the antics of one or two Individuals. The C.B. Does Not need to be a Rolling Rule Book. But let's Get back to Courteous and Fun for everyone. Best Wishes! M.H.

[@Sealight007]

use a cell phone or a satellite phone.

[@oldgringo66]

I’ve been expecting this because our government, the federal one, is sorely lacking funding. And the FCC doesn’t need to bother with the formality of a court hearing but merely assess the appropriate amount for said violation. While $24,000 sounds excessive, in the broad scheme of things it’s necessary if the deficit is to be alleviated.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Because the FCC is self-funded, their funding is not related to the deficit in any way. But, other than that, you're right.

[@ElevatedAgenda]

Lacks funding.... lol

[@a2phil]

With the "comprimise " the Fools on the Hill made, all we'll have is the military!! More millions for the billionaires over a war that WE really started!!!

[@Staravora]

Government be trying to remind the peasants who's daddy Smells like a tinge of tyranny in here

[@joearledge1]

Yep, seasoned with radio FUDDs supporting it.... lol HAM FUDD go REEEEEEEEEE mU RuLeS... over.🤣

[@thetest8777]

Yes exactly 💯

[@BouncermanDotCom]

I bet I can tell you what actually happened in that situation....I worked a temp job once where I walked in and saw how easy the job was. I began working hard fast and efficiently. Other workers got pissed at me for doing that because I was making them look bad, and if management knew how easy it was, they would increase the work levels.... I'm betting a rookie or two got hired on who started as an overachiever that didn't get the memo. Since an official report had been made, his or her "punishment" was to see it through to completion. Afterward, he had to do continued updates...he or she will never do that again.

[@johnkeo358]

I was kinda thinking the same thing

[@keithhudson8522]

you are probably right

[@glennpackert1725]

Very well put. tnx

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

To bad they never pay the fines nor ever go to jail he been doing the disruptive rude Behavior since the 80s drives me when people blast noises and sirens over the air waves Randy @NotaRubicon Productions

[@ungratefulpeasant8085]

This is why I don't associate with sad hams and fudds. Just a bunch of crybabies and snitches that don't know how to mind their own business.

[@Burke_Motorsports]

"I got my nightgown on. Got my pretty red panties on and I'm ready to go to bed"

[@Jester_-]

"...video number FOUR..." (holds up all 5 fingers.) 😂

[@richardcorwin1828]

Thank you!

[@Z_question]

Looks like they found a new way to collect taxes

[@LatitudeSky]

Not if the fines never get paid. When your roads don't get fixed and your mail is delayed and your food stamps card is less than it was last month, it's because those fines didn't get paid. Hashtag #payyofinesbro

[@SuperMrgentleman]

Thanks to your videos I've realized HAM radio is mostly for enthusiasts who are excited to talk to people around the world about HAM radio being their hobby and use HAM radios to do so because when someone answers it's very likely the other person is a HAM radio enthusiast and will probably have a lot in common with them like using a HAM radio to talk to people around the world

[@D4NM00DY]

We talk about baseball wife's cars fishing and all kinds of things

[@street_legal_go_kart7356]

😂😂

[@michaelmustachio5318]

You forgot the weather report. 😂

[@jyo8914]

Country music saved the planet! Specifically, Slim Whitman. ;)

[@RomansFiveDotEight]

STILL not seeing an example of the FCC going after an operator using a ham radio to transmit on GMRS 🤐🤐🤐

[@strangerous1313]

You won't see it. It's radio.

[@RomansFiveDotEight]

@@strangerous1313 oh I know. There’s a collection of hams out there who are utterly convinced that anyone who uses something like a UV-5r to transmit on GMRS is destined for the slammer; even though the only difference between the UV-5r and the UV-5g is software. (In fact most GMRS radios, both handheld and mobile, that you can buy today are identical to their ham counterparts except for a change in the tx limits). There’s no examples of the FCC ever going after an individual for using a non-certified radio on GMRS in a way that’s otherwise legal. But some hams are still utterly convinced it’ll happen.