05/06/2022

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau Regional Director
Lark Hadley, KA4A, will participate in an ARRL-sponsored forum at Dayton
Hamvention¿ on Saturday, May 21, 2022. The forum, "Good Operators and the ARRL
Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program" will be led by Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, who
heads the VM Program - a joint initiative between ARRL and the FCC to enhance
compliance on radio spectrum allocated to the Amateur Radio Service.

Hadley is responsible for the FCC Field Offices in Region Three, which responds
to enforcement issues involving wireless and broadcast interference in the
western states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North
Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington,
and Wyoming, and including Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific island territories.

Hollingsworth, who retired from FCC in 2008 as the Special Counsel for the
Spectrum Enforcement Division, works with ARRL's core of volunteer VMs to
recognize exemplary "good operator" behavior on the air, while also deterring
poor operating practices. The VM Program will also refer well-documented
instances of repeated violations to FCC, such as unlicensed use of amateur
radio spectrum and deliberate interference, and follow-up on FCC requests to
the program.

A complete list of ARRL-sponsored forums at Dayton Hamvention is published at
www.arrl.org/expo[1].

[1] http://www.arrl.org/expo

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