This thread… was about a US amateur dropping the f-bomb and the FCC's response under Ms. Smith.

You're the perfect person to post to this thread in that you can contrast your experience with dropping the f-bomb under Riley and this incident with Ms. Smith in charge of enforcement. As I remember, in your 18 minute tirade last year, you hurled the f-bomb once, the MF bomb 7 times, and the anal orifice bomb 11 times.

You've said that you had to work it out with Riley [ß in the Gettysburg Bath-House] but I wonder if you can provide the details. Did Riley have a problem with your profanity? If so, did he cite what paragraph of Part 97 you were in violation of?

It seems to me that under Ms. Smith's interpretation of the rules, you might not have had any problem with the FCC at all.

Please elaborate....this is great stuff for all amateurs to know and fully understand.


ToeJoe N9PH to Tom MF’er N1FM/n1sob in “F-BOMBS AWAY….the FCC says it’s OK” on QRZ.com 25 Jun ‘09



Tom...

Has it been 3 years already? Wow! It seems like yesterday.

Let me correct you on an important point as you may not have had time to read my earlier posts. I don't care one way or the other about the language used on amateur radio. Actually, if I had any say in it, and I clearly don't, I'd prefer no enforcement over either bad or inconsistent enforcement. Hence the subject of this thread. We're merely trying to figure out what the rules of the game are.

I'm sure that after we figure out what is going on in US Amateur radio enforcement, we can expand the discussion to other countries. However, at this point, we are having enough trouble figuring out US enforcement. Sometimes you have to bound the problem before you can solve it.

That's why your MF-bombing case is so important. Were you contacted by Riley concerning the incident? What paragraphs in Part 97 did Riley say you violated? And what was the punishment for each infraction?

In addition, you might help me out with this question. If you were allowed to hurl the MF-bomb multiple times without any punishment, which your post seems to imply, why on earth do you believe that another amateur [ß In another country at that!] should be punished for the same behavior? To me, that seems to violate the most basic rules of fairness.

Thanks again for your comments. This is great stuff.


ToeJoe N9PH to Tom MF’er N1FM/n1sob in “F-BOMBS AWAY….the FCC says it’s OK” on QRZ.com 26 Jun ‘09