• The FCC on October 17, 2000, sent a Warning Notice to Extra licensee Michael E. Guernsey Sr, ND8V, and threatened the licensee with revocation and suspension proceedings. The Notice cited "monitoring information and complaints before the Commission" alleging that the licensee had caused deliberate interference on 20 meters "particularly communications of Hispanic operators and truckers when you perceived them to have an improperly 'wide' SSB signal or a signal which in your opinion exhibited excessive microphone gain,"…. The FCC said it's heard allegations that the licensee may have used profanity and obscenity on the air and that he may not have identified by call sign. "Information further indicates that on April 20, 2000, you deliberately interfered with communications in progress between the Maritime Mobile Service Net and a maritime station on 14.319 MHz."…. On October 2 and 13 … the licensee "apparently transmitted on 14.310 and 14.313 MHz with a signal not identified by call sign and deliberately interfered with ongoing communications, using profanity and obscenity.”… The operation described "is contrary to the basis and purpose" of the Amateur Service, and if it recurs, the FCC intended to designate Guernsey's station license for revocation and his operator license for suspension for the remainder of its term.

Riley to Mike see http://www.arrl.org/news/enforcement_logs/2000/1027.html 17 Oct ‘00