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(Moderator's Note: Only FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio related actions are shown below.)
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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
ASL Video Call: 1-844-432-2275
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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