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< NOV 10, 1998>

Hams not involved in handling emergency traffic must keep away from 14265 MHz. This is an FCC mandatory communicatins emergency. The communications emergency was declared to support the Honduras disaster relief effort.

The order, issued Nov 10 by Deputy Chief Arlen K. VanDorn of the FCC Compliance and Information Bureau, remains in effect until recinded (ARRL BULLETIN, NOV 10, 1998)>

WASHINGTON WATCH by Paige Albiniak

Radio pirates walk FCC plank

The FCC took to task five so-called radio pirates: Joseph Frank Ptak of San Marcos, Tex; Lewis Aronold of Chewellah, Wash; Keith Perry of Leander, Tex; Mark Rabenold of Oroville, Wash; and Jerry Stoka of Cleveland. The five operators face fines of $11,000 each for failing to cease radio transmissions after the commission warned them to stop. The five individuals now must prove to the FCC that it should not issue a "cease and desist" order.

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