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ARLB016 Ham pleads guilty
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 16 ARLB016
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT February 12, 1993
To all radio amateurs
Jorge Mestre, NS3K, of Fairfax VA, pled guilty today to knowingly
and wilfully communicating a false distress signal, resulting in the
U.S. Coast Guard launching a major search and rescue operation on
August 7, 1992.
Mestre will surrender his FCC amateur radio license, dispose of his
amateur radio equipment within 60 days, and make immediate
restitution of 50,000 dollars to the U.S. Coast Guard. Sentencing
is set for May 7. Mestre could receive up to six years imprisonment
and a fine of up to 250,000 dollars.
The FCC used direction finding data, detailed signal analysis of the
transmissions, and other information to identify Mestre's station as
the source of the false distress messages. Mestre is also suspected
of having been involved in at least three additional false distress
cases in the last few years.
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