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Vol. 44 No. 2
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January 3, 2025
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IN THE MATTER OF JASON M. FRAWLEY LICENSEE OF AMATEUR RADIO STATION WA7CQ, LEWISTON, IDAHO. The Federal Communications Commission affirms a $34,000 forfeiture against Jason M. Frawley for willfully and repeatedly operating a radio station without
authorization and interfering with the radio communications of the United States Forest Service.. Action by: The Commission. Adopted: 2024-12-26 by Forfeiture Order. (FCC No. 24-134). EB. FCC-24-134A1.docx<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-
134A1.docx> FCC-24-134A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-134A1.pdf> FCC-24-134A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-134A1.txt>

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) NAL/Acct. No.: 202232030001
Licensee of Amateur Radio Station WA7CQ, ) FRN: 0002984920
Lewiston, Idaho )

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I. INTRODUCTION
1. We impose a penalty of $34,000 against Jason Frawley (Frawley), licensee of amateur
radio station WA7CQ, Lewiston, Idaho, for willfully and repeatedly operating without authorization and

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1Jason M. Frawley; Licensee of Amateur Radio Station WA7CQ, Lewiston, Idaho, Notice of Apparent Liability for
Forfeiture, 37 FCC Rcd 7208, 7209-12, paras. 6-13 (2022) (NAL). The facts presented in the NAL, to the extent not

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Services" is defined as including, inter alia, all radio services authorized under part 97 (Amateur Radio
Services) of the Commission's rules.5

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types of noisemaking devices to interfere with the communications or radio signals of other stations."7
Section 97.101(d) of the Commission's rules states that "[n]o amateur operator shall willfully or
maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communication or signal."8

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that he lacked authority to operate on a government frequency.
B. Frawley Violated Section 333 of the Act and Section 97.101(d) of the Commission's
Rules by Willfully Causing Interference to the U.S. Forest Service.
9. We find that Frawley willfully violated section 333 of the Act and section 97.101(d) of
the Commission's rules when he caused harmful interference to U.S. Forest Service communications.

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Order, 31 FCC Rcd 8700 (EB 2016) (assessing a forfeiture in the amount of $7,000 per day for two days for causing
intentional interference to amateur radio operators, plus upward adjustment of $3,000 for disregard of prior
warning).

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