• FCC Daily Digest 2022-02-23

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    Daily Digest
    Federal Communications Commission
    45 L Street NE
    Washington, DC 20554

    Vol. 41 No. 36
    News media information 202 / 418-0500
    Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
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    February 23, 2022
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    Released: 2022-02-22. REMINDER: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE CRIMINAL ACTS. (DA No. 22-181). The FCC's Enforcement Bureau issues this advisory to remind licensees and
    operators in the Amateur and Personal Radio Services that they may not use radio equipment to commit or facilitate crimes. EB. DA-22-181A1.docx<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-181A1.docx> DA-22-181A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/
    attachments/DA-22-181A1.pdf> DA-22-181A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-181A1.txt>

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    FCC ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY
    REMINDER: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND
    OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE

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    The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission issues this
    Enforcement Advisory to again remind licensees in the Amateur Radio Service, as well as
    licensees and operators in the Personal Radio Services, that the Commission prohibits the use of

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    emergency communications and speech that is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S.
    Constitution. Amateur and Personal Radio Services, however, may not be used to commit
    or facilitate crimes.

    As we did in advisories in 2021, the Bureau reminds amateur licensees that they are prohibited
    from transmitting "communications intended to facilitate a criminal act" or "messages encoded

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    connection with any activity which is against Federal, State or local law."2 Individuals using
    radios in the Amateur or Personal Radio Services in this manner may be subject to severe
    penalties, including significant fines, seizure of the offending equipment, and, in some cases,

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