Comments on: Congressman Proposes Radio Jamming Bill http://www.911dispatch.com/2014/03/12/congressman-proposes-radio-jamming-bill/ news and information about public safety communications since 1982 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Phil http://www.911dispatch.com/2014/03/12/congressman-proposes-radio-jamming-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-726718 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 19:03:55 +0000 http://www.911dispatch.com/?p=9583#comment-726718 I monitor the marine channel 16 for ship traffic entering the harbor and as soon as the weather warmed-up in Ohio, the CG started calling and telling people to get off the distress and emergency channel.

Happens all the time in the summer.

]]> By: Peter von Bergen http://www.911dispatch.com/2014/03/12/congressman-proposes-radio-jamming-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-726496 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:26:10 +0000 http://www.911dispatch.com/?p=9583#comment-726496 Well, thanks to Congressman King’s actions in connection with finding “funding” for the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network, there won’t be a Melville Fire Department on T-Band to worry about interference. Melville FD will have to try and find a vacant channel somewhere else because the “funding” source is supposed to be from the sale of public safety channels currently on T-Band – a ridiculous idea which has to be changed before it takes full effect.

]]> By: eric oyen http://www.911dispatch.com/2014/03/12/congressman-proposes-radio-jamming-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-726439 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:00:32 +0000 http://www.911dispatch.com/?p=9583#comment-726439 Frankly, they should allow local police to enforce already existing laws (which is currently not the case). changing the penalties wouldn’t hurt (though jail time longer than 1 year seems excessive unless there was a death involved).

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