Federal Communications Commission DA 13-1780 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
CB Radio Masters, LLC.
Rockwall, Texas
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File No.:  EB-FIELDSCR-13-00006850
Citation No.:  C201332500001
CITATION AND ORDER
Illegal Marketing of Unauthorized Radio Frequency Devices
Adopted:  August 20, 2013 Released:  August 20, 2013
By the District Director, Dallas Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. This is an official CITATION AND ORDER (Citation) issued pursuant to Section 
503(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act),1 to CB Radio 
Masters, LLC. (Radio Masters).  Specifically, Radio Masters is being cited for marketing2 to consumers 
in the United States and its territories (United States) in its retail store unauthorized radio frequency 
devices in violation of Section 302(b) of the Act,3 and Sections 2.803 and 2.815(b) of the Commission’s 
rules (Rules).4  
2. Notice of Duty to Comply With Laws:  Radio Masters should immediately remove all 
unauthorized radio frequency devices, such as non-certified radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, from display 
(including online display); cease marketing (including the advertisement and/or sale of) such devices in 
the United States; and take steps to avoid any recurrence of the misconduct described herein. Radio 
Masters is hereby on notice that if it subsequently engages in any conduct of the type described in this 
Citation, including any violation of Section 302(b) of the Act or Sections 2.803 and 2.815(b) of the Rules, 
it may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, including but not limited to substantial monetary fines 
(forfeitures) and seizure of equipment.  Such forfeitures may be based on both the conduct that led to this 
Citation and the conduct following it.5
  
1 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(5).
2 The term “marketing,” as applied in this case, is defined in paragraph 5, infra.
3 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b).
4 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.803, 2.815(b).
5 See 47 U.S.C § 503(b)(5).  See also S. Rep. No. 95-580, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. at 9 (1977) (If a person or entity that 
has been issued a citation by the Commission thereafter engages in the conduct for which the citation of violation 
was sent, the subsequent notice of apparent liability “would attach not only for the conduct occurring subsequently 
but also for the conduct for which the citation was originally sent.”) (emphasis added).
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II. BACKGROUND
3. Radio Masters promotes itself as a CB radio shop catering to truck drivers in its stores 
and on its website, www.radiomastercbshop.com.6 On February 14, 2013, agents from the Dallas Office 
inspected the Radio Masters CB shop inside the TravelCenters of America (TA) Truckstop in Rockwall, 
Texas.7 The agents observed Radio Masters offer for sale a used External Radio Frequency Amplifier, 
Palomar 250.  The unit did not have an FCC identification number to confirm that the model had been 
granted an FCC certification. 
III. APPLICABLE LAW AND VIOLATIONS
4. Federal law requires that radio frequency devices must be certified in accordance with the 
Commission’s technical standards before they can be marketed in the United States.8  Section 302(b) of 
the Act provides that “[n]o person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, or ship devices or home 
electronic equipment and systems, or use devices, which fail to comply with regulations promulgated 
pursuant to this section.”9  
5. The applicable implementing regulations for Section 302(b) are set forth in Sections 
2.803, 2.815, 15.201, and 15.3(o) of the Rules.10 Specifically, Section 2.803(a) of the Rules provides, in 
relevant part, that:
[N]o person shall sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease (including advertising for sale or 
lease), or import, ship, or distribute for the purpose of selling or leasing or offering for 
sale or lease, any radio frequency device unless[,] . . . [i]n the case of a device subject to 
certification, such device has been authorized by the Commission in accordance with the 
rules in this chapter and is properly identified and labeled as required by § 2.925 and 
other relevant sections in this chapter.11
Additionally, Section 2.803(g) of the Rules provides in relevant part that:
[R]adio frequency devices that could not be authorized or legally operated under the 
current rules . . . shall not be operated, advertised, displayed, offered for sale or lease, 
sold or leased, or otherwise marketed absent a license issued under part 5 of this chapter 
or a special temporary authorization issued by the Commission.12  
  
6 See http://radiomastercbshop.com/main.html?src=%2F#1,0 (last visited July 8, 2013) (“Catering to Truck Drivers 
Since 1995.  We carry a variety of 10 meter & citizen band radios . . . .  Our repairs have no limits, we can work on 
any brand of CB, including older models as long as parts can be found.  We do full installs of your cb & coax if 
needed.”)
7 In addition to the Rockwall location, Radio Masters maintains a store in the main building of the Petro Truck Stop 
in Weatherford, Texas.  See http://radiomastercbshop.com/main.html?src=%2F#4,0 (last visited July 11, 2013).
8 See, e.g., Revision of Part 2 of the Commission’s Rules Relating to the Marketing and Authorization of Radio 
Frequency Devices, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 4533 (1997).  
9 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b).
10 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.803, 15.201, 15.3(o).
11 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(a)(1).
12 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(g).
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Section 2.803(e)(4) of the Rules defines “marketing” as the “sale or lease, or offering for sale or lease, 
including advertising for sale or lease, or importation, shipment or distribution for the purpose of selling 
or leasing or offering for sale or lease.”13
6. Pursuant to Section 2.815(b) of the Rules, external radio frequency power amplifiers 
capable of operation on frequencies below 144 MHz may not be offered for sale unless they have first been 
authorized in accordance with the Commission’s certification procedures.14  
7. The record in this case shows that, on February 14, 2013, Radio Masters offered for sale to 
customers in Rockwall, Texas an external RF power amplifier that had not been FCC certified.  Based on
the foregoing evidence, we find that Radio Masters violated Section 302(b) of the Communications Act 
and Sections 2.803 and 2.815(b) of the Rules by marketing and offering for sale in the United States 
unauthorized radio frequency devices that do not have valid FCC certifications.15
8. We also specifically caution Radio Masters that, pursuant to Section 15.201(b) of the 
Rules,16 intentional radiators17 (like CB transmitters) cannot be marketed in the United States or its 
territories unless they have first been authorized in accordance with the Commission’s certification 
procedures.  In addition, Section 95.409(b) of the Rules states:  “You must not make, or have made, any 
internal modification to a certificated CB transmitter.  . . .  Any internal modification to a certificated CB 
transmitter cancels the certification . . . .”18
IV. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
9. Pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 403 of the Communications Act,19 Radio Masters is 
directed to provide the information requested in non-public Appendix A hereto within thirty (30) calendar 
days after the release date of this Citation. The request for information concerns the online store of Radio 
Masters. A failure to respond in writing, or an inadequate, incomplete, or misleading response, may 
subject Radio Masters to additional sanctions.20
  
13 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(e)(4).
14 47 C.F.R. § 2.815(b).
15 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b); 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.803, 2.815(b).
16 47 C.F.R. § 15.201(b).
17 An “intentional radiator” is a “device that intentionally generates and emits radio frequency energy by radiation or 
induction.”  47 C.F.R. § 15.3(o).
18 47 C.F.R. § 95.409(b).
19 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 403.
20 See, e.g., SBC Communications, Inc., Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, Forfeiture Order, 17 FCC Rcd 7589, 
7599–7600, paras. 23–28 (2002) ($100,000 forfeiture for egregious and intentional misconduct, i.e., refusing to 
attest to truthfulness and accuracy of responses to a Letter Inquiry (LOI)); Connect Paging, Inc. d/b/a Get A Phone, 
Forfeiture Order, 22 FCC Rcd 15146 (Enf. Bur. 2007) ($4,000 forfeiture for failure to respond to an LOI); 
BigZoo.Com Corporation, Order of Forfeiture, 20 FCC Rcd 3954 (Enf. Bur. 2005) ($20,000 forfeiture for failure to 
respond to a USF LOI); Donald W. Kaminski, Jr., Forfeiture Order, 18 FCC Rcd 26065 (Enf. Bur. 2003) ($4,000 
forfeiture for failure to respond to an LOI); World Communications Satellite Systems, Inc., Notice of Apparent 
Liability for Forfeiture, 18 FCC Rcd 18545 (Enf. Bur. 2003) ($10,000 forfeiture for a non-responsive reply to an 
LOI); Digital Antenna, Inc., Sunrise, Florida, Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 23 FCC Rcd 7600 (Enf. 
Bur. 2007) ($11,000 forfeiture for failure to provide complete responses to an LOI).
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IV. RESPONDING TO THIS CITATION
10. In additon to the required information described in paragraph 9 above, Radio Masters
may, if it so chooses, respond to this Citation—challenging the factual and legal findings herein—within 
thirty (30) calendar days from the release date of this Citation either through (1) a written statement, (2) a 
teleconference interview, or (3) a personal interview at the Commission Field Office nearest to your place 
of business.    
11. If you would like to arrange a teleconference or personal interview, please contact the 
Dallas Office at (214) 575-6361.  The nearest Commission Field Office is located in Dallas, Texas.  Such 
teleconference or interview must take place within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of this Citation.  If 
you would like to submit a written response, including any supporting documentation, you must send the 
response within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of this Citation to the contact and address provided in 
paragraph 12, below.   
12. All written communications should be provided to the address below.
Federal Communications Commission
Dallas Office
9330 LBJ Freeway, #1170
Dallas, TX 75243
Re: EB-FIELDSCR-13-00006850
13. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  
Include a description of the accommodation you will need, and include as much detail as you can.  Also 
include a way we can contact you if we need more information.  Please allow at least five (5) business 
days advance notice; last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  Send an e-mail 
to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau:
 For sign language interpreters, CART, and other reasonable accommodations: 
202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty);
 For accessible format materials (braille, large print, electronic files, and audio format): 
202-418-0531 (voice), 202-418-7365 (tty).  
14. Please be advised that it is a violation of Section 1.17 of the Rules (47 C.F.R. § 1.17) for 
any person or a staff member of that person to make any false or misleading written or oral statement of 
fact.  Specifically, no person shall:
(1) In any written or oral statement of fact, intentionally provide material factual 
information that is incorrect or intentionally omit material information that is 
necessary to prevent any material factual statement that is made from being 
incorrect or misleading; and
(2) In any written statement of fact, provide material factual information that is 
incorrect or omit material information that is necessary to prevent any material 
factual statement that is made from being incorrect or misleading without a 
reasonable basis for believing that any such material factual statement is correct 
and not misleading.21
  
21 47 C.F.R. § 1.17.
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15. Further, the knowing and willful making of any false statement, or the concealment of 
any material fact, in reply to this Citation is punishable by fine or imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
16. If you violate Section 1.17 of the Rules or the criminal statute referenced above, you may 
be subject to further legal action, including monetary fines pursuant to Section 503 of the 
Communications Act.22
17. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the 
Commission’s staff will use all relevant material information before it, including information that you 
disclose in your interview or written statement, to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required 
to ensure your compliance with the Communications Act and the Commission’s rules.
V. FUTURE VIOLATIONS
18. If, after receipt of this Citation, Radio Masters again violates Section 302(b) of the Act or 
Sections 2.803 or 2.815(b) of the Rules by engaging in conduct of the type described herein, the 
Commission may impose monetary forfeitures not to exceed $16,000 for each such violation or each day 
of a continuing violation, and up to $112,500 for any single act or failure to act.23 For instance, the 
Commission could impose separate forfeitures for each non-certified RF amplifier sold or for each day on 
which such a device is advertised or otherwise offered for sale.  Further, as discussed above, such 
forfeitures may be based on both the conduct that led to the Citation and the conduct following it.24 In 
addition, violations of the Communications Act or the Rules also can result in seizure of equipment 
through in rem forfeiture actions,25 as well as criminal sanctions, including imprisonment.26  
VI. ORDERING CLAUSES
19. IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 403 of the Communications 
Act, CB Radio Masters, LLC must provide the information requested in Non-Public Appendix A to this 
Citation and Order.  The response to the Request for Information must be provided in the manner 
indicated herein and must be received by the FCC within thirty (30) calendar days after the release date of 
this Citation and Order. 
  
22 47 U.S.C. § 503.
23 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501, 503; 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(7).  This amount is subject to further adjustment for inflation 
(see 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(9)), and the forfeiture amount applicable to any violation will be determined based on the 
statutory amount designated at the time of the violation.    
24 See paragraph 2, supra.  
25 See 47 U.S.C. § 510.
26 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501.
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20. IT IS ORDERED that a copy of this Citation and Order shall be sent both by First Class 
U.S. Mail and Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to CB Radio Masters, LLC at its address of 
record.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
James D. Wells
District Director
South Central Region
Enforcement Bureau