Laughing Policeman costs radio ham £9500

From circa 1992, a radio ham falls foul of the British justice system and it costs him £9500.00.

See http://www.laughingpoliceman.com

Sorry about the quality, just got this in on VHS 20.03.2008

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• G1mtt
• Radio Ham
• Radio Amateur
• Fine
• LPWS
• G8ASO
• Laughing Policeman
• justice
• court

[lauren69er]

Hi fine was so big because he made a mint - if he was jobless it would have been £95.

What I don't get is why someone would put all that effort into getting a licence (Class A I'm assuming he was) only to throw it away.

[lauren69er]

On the contrary. By jamming a repeater, effectively a large portion of users WERE forced off the air by him, if simplex wasn't an option to them.

[JasonDolan]

@lauren69er Not true. I was 18 back in 1990 when the DTI raided my Pirate radio station. At court as well as all equipment being confiscated I was also fined £1000 (one thousand pounds) and that was a lot of money in 1990 for an 18 year old who didn't work.

But I do belive the old way of the DTI was far better than the current Ofcom are are too soft and most of the time don't act on complaints. The DTI were very tough and done the job. I learned my lesson aged 18.

[amstradnineoone]

Haha top man, spicing up the airwaves :)

[sokotofumikomi]

what people who advocate this behaviour and say switch off if you don't like it,don't understand ,they knew rules before gaining their license.did this idiot pass all exams if he knew this behaviour would land him in trouble, maybe all those in agreement with this idiot who are licensed hams should ask themselves why they bothered,perhaps cb might have been a better option!! sorry if i upset any cb'ers who probably conduct themselves with more panache than this saddo

[usa2cc272]

Proper Amateur radio operators know the code of conduct on Amateur radio. Broadcasting over unauthorized radio frequencies is a crime and should be dealt with as such. If you sign the license then you agree to follow the rules. He was wrong and he could have caused a distress call not to have been heard.

[sythead]

your such a sad git, and selfish too

[themanfromwem]

@ar15guru absolutely, now please foad

[themanfromwem]

@N0rthwestRadio never seen such a written load of drivel b4

[themanfromwem]

F+*k me Brian, an analogue Transceiver. cut the poor sod a bit of slack.

[patrickdarcy]

he was a dick head

[bolloxinator]

I had a scanner receiver around that time and while it was amusing to listen to, it definitely caused a lot of offence and this guy knew it. Yep, some amateurs used to have an inflated sense of self-importance, or think their hobby was something like being in the army, and the LPWS people decided it was fun to get a rise out of the ones who felt like that. It was always going to end the way it did though.