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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
WESTERN REGION
Anchorage Resident Agent Office
P.O. Box 221849
Anchorage, Alaska 99522-1849
July 25, 2005
Deborah A. Seaman-Steele
Anchorage, AK 99516-2253
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-05-AN-055
Document Number: W20053278001
While monitoring the FM broadcast band an agent from the
Anchorage Resident Agent Office monitored and subsequently
located the signal of an unlicensed broadcast radio station on
95.5 MHz emanating from your residence in Anchorage, Alaska. On
June 6, 2005, the agent confirmed by direction finding techniques
that a radio signal on frequency 95.5 MHz was emanating from this
location in Anchorage, Alaska. The Commission's records show no
license issued for operation of a broadcast station at this
location on 95.5 MHz in Anchorage, Alaska.
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C.
§ 301. The only exception to this licensing requirement is for
certain transmitters using or operating at a power level that
complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.1 et seq. Your operation on
frequency 95.5 MHz measured 6300 microvolts per meter (µV/m) at
70 meters. This exceeds the allowable unlicensed limit of 250
µV/m at 3 meters established in Part 15. Thus, this station is
operating in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 301.
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting
equipment without a valid radio station authorization constitutes
a violation of the Federal laws cited above and could subject the
operator of this illegal operation to severe penalties,
including, but not limited to, substantial monetary forfeitures,
in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and
criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (See 47 U.S.C. §§
401, 501, 503 and 510).
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond
with any evidence that you have authority to operate granted by
the FCC. Your response should be sent to the address in the
letterhead and reference the listed case and document number.
Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), we are
informing you that the Commission's staff will use all relevant
material information before it to determine what, if any,
enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC
Rules. This will include any information that you disclose in
your reply.You may contact this office if you have any questions.
David J. Charlton
Resident Agent
Anchorage Resident Agent
Office
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet" July 2003