Tip for anyone wanting to set up a free radio station in the Pacific NW

[TimeLady Victorious]

http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Letters/FCC_Field_Offices.htm

DISMEMBERING TWO FCC FIELD OFFICES

Re your comment in CGC #894 that, "It is almost as if the
FCC's Enforcement Bureau [field operations unit] has shut down..."

It is a verifiable fact that the Pacific Northwest has only
one field engineer (a Resident Agent in Portland) to cover the
area formerly covered by the Portland and Seattle District Offices
with eight engineers and Binh is very overworked and distracted by
the "cause de jour."  Seattle has one non-technical field agent
and the District Director who is a great lady but not an engineer.

Some of us are hoping that Julius G. will get good advice and
correct that situation when he takes over.

Philip M. Kane  P.E. / Esq
VP - General Counsel & Engineering Manager
CSI Telecommunications Inc. - Consulting Engineers
San Francisco, CA - Beaverton, OR

So don't be too afraid of the FCC vans there

[BonerJoe]

Don't cause interference with other stations, and you're usually fine.

They only seem to catch particularly obnoxious stations or people with shitty transmitters and antennas.

[KDus]

Same here in south Kalifornistan. You'd have to work hard to get enough attention to get an actual FCC agent to notice you.

[FTL_Ian]

It's my understanding the FCC just doesn't have many field personnel.