In article ,
Larry wrote:

"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in news:e16m9n$vnv$1
@emma.aioe.org:

Wasn't Zinns, or something like
that, the nice guy that liked to go to a nice place for lunch and tell
inspection humor stories? He was my favorite inspector.


You boys needed to meet Mr Sheehan, the FCC inspector from Savannah. His
boss had to go retrieve him from a small town lockup when he barged into
the radio room of a small town sheriff's office demanding to see the
transmitter without identifying himself, properly.

Over here, we all miss Mr Sheehan....(c;


There is a good FCC Story about Pete Baliogenn, getting thrown out of a
small Cop-Shop over in Idaho, somewhere, because the Sheriff, didn't
have his annual "Cert" work done. Pete went and got the local US
Marshall, and locked the Sheriff in his own Jail, shutoff and sealed
ALL the Radio Power Switches and told the Senior Deputy that if ANYONE
but a Licensed Radio Tech broke the seals while doing the "Certifacation
Work" they would join the Sheriff in the back cell. Pete really had a
mean temper, if you crossed him, and he KNEW his Powers, and how to wield
it, when he felt justified. I learned a lot about intimidation from
watching him work. This was back in the Day, when the FCC wasn't just a
"Paper Tiger" outfit. I have used the US Marshall's Service and the USCG
to provide Enforcement Mussle, a couple of times when it was required.
Once on an Alaska State Ferry that Failed a SOLAS Inspection and was due
to sail in a couple of hours. It is amazing the cooperation you get
when a USCG Lt. is standing on the Bridge with a couple of Armed USCG
Crewdogs......

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

ALL the Radio Power Switches and told the Senior Deputy that if ANYONE
but a Licensed Radio Tech broke the seals while doing the "Certifacation
Work" they would join the Sheriff in the back cell. Pete really had a
mean temper, if you crossed him, and he KNEW his Powers, and how to wield
it, when he felt justified.

It might have been interesting that while this was going on a murder or
some other disaster the radio system could have had an effect on, like
saving a life in a car crash they wouldn't know about because the stupid
**** turned them all off.

It'd be a honey of a lawsuit and this asshole would have been history if
someone had the right politician looking into it.

FCC Bureaucrats aren't omnipotent. They are employees of the
state....subject to its laws and lawsuits, assholes or not.

He might have learned something.....(c;

Same is true of IRS agents....

Buy a wire coat hanger, and straighten it out. Clean off one end with
your teeth and jam it into the back of the radio. It will serve in an
emergency.

Who wants to yap on the blower, anyway?

Terry K

Patrick Harman wrote:
I just had my VHF antenna fail after four years. The market seems totally
dominated by Shakespeare. Is there a model that stands out on price
performance? I am inclined to buy the cheapest, if they all only work for a
few years.

Pat Harman
M/V Meriwether

i'm partial to wilson electronics but i wouldn't agonize over the
decision. in the end it's a piece of wire cut to the right length ...
it's good to know how to make one in case you get into trouble
somewhere. if you learn something about antennas you can even make
special ones for special situations in case of emergency.