No local enforcement can begin until individual governments adopt necessary legislation of their own. Then, according to the law, CB owners with complaints against local enforcement decisions will be able to appeal to the FCC.
The Clinton enacted law has been on the books for a long time.
The deal is Most Local PD/Sheriff have yet to get the "necessary legislation of their own" unless it is in a area were there is a large enough problem present to warrant the attention.
It is well known to the guys that have been around this hobby a bit, that if they get enough complaints or you’re interfering with Public or Commercial service, they’ll come after you.
If you are in the middle of town, 8/10 blocks away from City Hall and the Local PD, and running a radio/sweep-tube = dirty signal set up it will get you the attention you are craving very quickly. I don`t want you to think the FCC doesn’t enforce the law on illegal CB operation, they do. They also have a full Plate, and only so much man-power can be alloted.
And the same can be said of the allready over worked/underpaid Local cops that are just trying to get the "real" bad guys.
The rules that Happy_Hamer posted "are" the rules.
Some Of us think the rules need to be changed to reflect what the service has become. Even if no one wants to admit it, CB is still a useful tool, but it has grown into a hobby as well.
In fact at one time not only was it a hobby, it was an American craze.
On any weekend that the band is open, you can hear 100`s of stations around the country working DX on AM or SSB just for contacts.
Sounds like a hobby to me.
73
Jeff