10/14/2021

The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between the ARRL and
FCC to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service. This is the VM Program
report for September 2021.

Technician operators in Mansfield, Ohio; Avon Park, Florida, and Pulaski,
Tennessee, received Advisory Notices after making numerous FT8 contacts on 20
meters. Technician licensees do not have operating privileges on 20 meters.

A Volunteer Monitor in Mission Viejo, California, received a Department of
Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard Certificate of Appreciation for
his efforts in locating a defective transmitter on Marine Radio Channel 16 that
was blocking emergency communications on that channel.

A former licensee in Durham, North Carolina, received an Advisory Notice for
operating under a call sign and license cancelled by the FCC.

An operator in White Pine, Tennessee, received an Advisory Notice regarding
operation on 7.137 MHz, a frequency not authorized under his General class
licensee.

Operators in Swannanoa, North Carolina, and New Albany, Indiana, received Good
Operator Notices for exemplary operation during 2021 and for regularly
assisting other operators with transmitter adjustments and amateur radio
procedures.

The VM Program made one recommendation to the FCC for case closure.

VM Program statistics for August showed 2,008 hours on HF frequencies and 2,642
hours on VHF frequencies and above, for a total of 4,650 hours. - Thanks to
Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Administrator, Volunteer Monitor Program

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