Dear Office of Communications,

Some Spectrum Abuse cases are now in the public domain and have given rise to concern regarding Ofcom methodology with respect to determining the level of received interference at amateur radio stations.

In Reference: Case No. 1-138815822 Ofcom states, that interfering signals are “not in our opinion likely to cause sufficient impact on your ability to use your amateur installation.” whilst the public domain evidence (e.g. http://bit.ly/1au44Qd ) hints this may not be correct.

In [Reference: Case 1-238092472, Ofcom states, “We have studied the HF Radio Amateur Bands at your location and cannot find any significant radio interference sources.” Again a review of the available evidence (http://bit.ly/15ed2NJ) suggests Ofcom have not acted in good faith or
as an independent, efficient, effective or honest regulator.

1. Please will Ofcom both explain and provide any documentation which demonstrates the scientifically verifiable metric used in each of these cases to determine the degree of interference to the victim.

2. In each case please supply the details of the equipment used to obtain objective measurements.

3. Please provide documentation, including spreadsheets as necessary relating to cases, that Mr Ian Hubball (Area Manager) has attended amateur radio spectrum abuse case field visits [redacted as necessary], along with the percentage this represents of the total number of amateur radio spectrum abuse cases which have directly fallen within Mr Hubball’s jurisdiction. Please indicate where Mr
Hubball has visited the same amateur radio station more than once and the reason for the need to have an area manager attend a simple engineering job.

If it is likely to cost more than £450 to supply the documentation then please restrict such documentation to after January 1, 2010.

Yours faithfully,

John Petters

Dear Alexander Wyndham,

Please take this as request for an Internal Review.

OFCOM's response was late, in breach of the law - why?

Clearly Ms Berg has not read my question properly.

I am not asking WHERE or WHEN Mr Hubball visited
amateur radio stations or which ones he visited, simply, how many and if he visited some stations more than once.

The question is quite clear:

Please provide documentation, including spreadsheets as necessary relating to cases, that Mr Ian Hubball (Area Manager) has attended amateur radio spectrum abuse case field visits [redacted as necessary], along with the percentage this represents of the total number of amateur radio spectrum abuse cases which have directly fallen
within Mr Hubball’s jurisdiction. Please indicate where Mr Hubball has visited the same amateur radio station more than once.

These are simply questions of numbers. There is no personal data about his movements requested.

Since I am not asking for personal information about Mr Hubball's life or movements,nor those of the individuals he visited, Section 40 of the FOI Act does not apply. If you believe I'm wrong about this please quote the specific clauses in S:40 upon which you rely.

In any event Mr Hubball is a public servant and his professional activity, paid by the public purse is not personal data and is a matter of public record.

Please now answer the questions properly, as you are required to do by law.

If I am unsatisfied with your response, I will refer it to the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely,

John Petters