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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / February 2008FCC Confiscates Dishes at AZ RV Park
I stayed at an RV park in Green Valley AZ last week. Several of the snowbirds reported that during the previous week the FCC swooped in and confiscated any satellite internet dishes that did not meet the installation requirements of the provider. Namely, the tripod and ground mounted dishes were collected up and hauled away. I called the Phoenix office (busy) and checked online but could not find any further information. Anyone else know about this? Thanks, Bill > I stayed at an RV park in Green Valley AZ last week. Several of the > snowbirds reported that during the previous week the FCC swooped in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill No, and knowing how thin the FCC is stretched it would surprise me  Signature-------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv >> the FCC swooped in and confiscated any satellite internet dishes that >> did not meet the installation requirements of the provider. > knowing how thin the FCC is stretched it would surprise me Agreed. This "stinks" on severals levels: Confiscation of private property by a federal entity would require REAMS of paperwork including warrants and the coordination of probably more than one enforcement agency. The installation requirements, as set forth by a PROVIDER, of receiving apparatus would be of virtually no concern to the FCC. If the apparatus was also capable of transmitting, but was operating within the output parameters as licensed by the FCC, I still can't imagine them becoming involved, certainly not how the dish is INSTALLED. Caveat: I know little about the power output of residential-grade, two-way internet/satellite uplinks. To have numerous, neighboring setups confiscated in a single operation would make quite a "splash". Using the following expression in Google, after a modest search, I found no reference to the alleged confiscation: Green Valley Arizona RV FCC satellite internet http://www.fcc.gov Signature:) JR >I stayed at an RV park in Green Valley AZ last week. Several of the >snowbirds reported that during the previous week the FCC swooped in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Phoenix office (busy) and checked online but could not find any >further information. Anyone else know about this? Thanks, Highly unlikely. No comments in any online satellite group. No FCC rule or regulation on the installation of such dishes. The kicker is that you would have great trouble establishing what does, or doesn't meet the requirements of the provider(s). Starband has clearly allowed tripods. Hughes has allowed tripods under limited conditions since February of '07. Put it all together and it becomes implausible to a great degree. Don Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet.com '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty Posting today by Satellite from Dead Horse Ranch State Park Cottonwood, AZ > The kicker is that you would have great trouble establishing what > does, or doesn't meet the requirements of the provider(s). Starband > has clearly allowed tripods. Hughes has allowed tripods under limited > conditions since February of '07. The FCC doesn't care about a providers requirements and doesn't enforce such. They enforce FCC regulations. A city or county may have laws stipulating antenna height and mounting restrictions etc. but the FCC won't give a dang. > >I stayed at an RV park in Green Valley AZ last week. Several of the > >snowbirds reported that during the previous week the FCC swooped in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Highly unlikely. No comments in any online satellite group. No FCC > rule or regulation on the installation of such dishes. Seems like I remember a gov't rule that all sat internet dishes had to be above 6' so they don't zap pacemakers. Just like having a jolt of bare microwave waves hit you. That's why I think there could be a shred of truth here Whynot call the RV Park? SignatureHey! It compiles. Ship it. Bob in Central California >Seems like I remember a gov't rule that all sat internet dishes had to be >above 6' so they don't zap pacemakers. Just like having a jolt of bare >microwave waves hit you. That's why I think there could be a shred of truth >here > >Whynot call the RV Park? Why not start with this: You remember wrong (more likely you remember something you were told, by someone who was wrong). No such government rule. There is a provider rule, with numerous provider exceptions. None with force of law. Once you understand that, and learn that the 1-watt output is shutdown by anything (such as a body) in the path, you will see that it wouldn't matter if the RV Park actually told you it happened - it is still extremely unlikely. Don Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet.com '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty Posting today by Satellite from Dead Horse Ranch State Park Cottonwood, AZ >>> I stayed at an RV park in Green Valley AZ last week. Several of the >>> snowbirds reported that during the previous week the FCC swooped in [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Whynot call the RV Park? I didn't know that sat reciever dishes emitted anything. >>>> I stayed at an RV park in Green Valley AZ last week. Several of the >>>> snowbirds reported that during the previous week the FCC swooped in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >I didn't know that sat reciever dishes emitted anything. I haven't seen a receive-only internet dish in years. I know they exist, but highly impractical for RVers, so we use 2-way dishes. Their emissions are not strong, and have built-in safe-guards, but they definitely do emit. Don Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet.com '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty Posting today by Satellite from Dead Horse Ranch State Park Cottonwood, AZ
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