Borderhunter Radio is one of the strongest Euro Pirates Ive ever heard. We take it all. Many of you have suggested in the past that the SWLing Post join an affiliate links program. Enter ZIP code or city, state as well. The plot is based loosely on the saga of an actual former pirate station, Radio Caroline, that was founded by an offbeat Irish entrepreneur named Ronan O'Rahilly, the inspiration for the character portrayed by Bill Nighy. So for that period of time they lose communications and they have to try to find another available channel to keep that communication line open. If you've been binge-watching movies lately, you may have come across "Pirate Radio." A new, raw, grassroots kind of pirate radio exploded from 1992 onwards. VIEWS. Loggings are in real time and there are very fewif anyoff-topic posts. The result was a border-blaster that covered a wide geographical area. Liverpool vs Wolves will kick-off on Wednesday, March 1 at 8pm. The price of the equipment is $2,960.51. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Sure. To have a radio station here helps to establish the station's operator as an important source of information and influence in the community.". To track pirates, youll need a radio with both AM and SSB modes. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. They use either the internet or a wireless source to get the signal back to the transmitter. I keep a copy handy as it helps me identify stations and better understand their format. On Easter Sunday in 1964, the station went on the air, playing the Rolling Stones' single "It's All Over Now" as its first song. That happens a lot. So they thought that was a way for them to avoid detection by hopping from building to building and frequency to frequency. Ive also been encouraged by pirates to hone my weak-signal DXing using exalted carrier reception (ECR)zero-beating an AM signal in SSBin an attempt to hear weak AM pirate stations. Are we talking about U.S. marshals with machine guns kicking in doors, are we talking about politely knocking on a door and saying, hey, guys, your time is up, we found you, you know, what's the image that essentially you see when this goes down in your experience or is there kind of a spectrum of different cases, some are a little bit more intense than others? MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. Euro pirates typically broadcast in the 48 meter band (6,200 6,450 kHz), but the HF Underground notes that you will also hear Euro pirates on the 75 meter band between 3,900-4,000 kHz, on the 19 meter band (15,000-15,100 kHz and 15,700-15,900 kHz), and even on the 13 meter band (21,000-25,000 kHz). MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, not the public face, but he's all the behind the scenes guy. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So, David, you are uniquely qualified to talk about this topic and to help listeners to understand just how qualified you are how did you get to this current position at the FCC. These include Amateur Radio Newsline, a weekly audio news [] ACTIVITY. Many of our links now function as affiliate links. In fact, it's possibly more widespread than it was in the 1960s, even in an age when streaming internet services such as Spotify and Pandora put the equivalent of a jukebox in the pocket of everyone with a smartphone. The original converted ferry sank in 1980, but the five DJs on board and the ship's canary, Wilson, named after British Prime Minister Harold Wilson all were rescued, according to O'Rahilly's New York Times obituary. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: We're not using an FM spectrum for this podcast. And so when a station operates say on 95.5 megahertz they now have potential to cause interference to other stations on 95.5 that may be a little distance away. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. "In Haiti during the Duvalier regime, people depended on radio to get news from independent sources off the island. Now that maybe gets us down to the building, you know, where it might be operating. 1. If you click on "radio" you'll come to a page where you can input your address and your phone number and email and a description of like what, you know, what you are experiencing. A few of them broadcast from ships, such as Rev. So somebody that hasn't invested a lot of money in equipment and the single processing to make it sound richer you could tell if you have an ear to it, our agents can do that. If you live in a geographic hotbed of pirate activity (again, eastern/central North America and Europe) you might find a portable radio ample for hearing a number of pirates. Whether youre a QSL collector, a content DXer, or the casual SWLer, I find theres something in pirate radio listening for everyone. They are very low power and the range of them are very small. We have had meetings with broadcast associations where we went a room with other broadcasters and that's a very big concern of them, the financial end of it. PIRATES RADIO NETWORK AFFILIATES Pennsylvania PITTSBURGH: KDKA-FM 93.7 Altoona: WVAM-AM 1430 Ambridge: WMBA-AM 1460 Beaver Falls: WBVP-AM 1230 Bradford: WESB-AM 1490 Butler: WISR-AM 680 But sometimes it is very difficult with those stations that have put more investment into the equipment. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So you could cause like a catastrophe if we, you know, let this continue. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, very creative on that, wasn't it? Want to know why the usually run them out at sea. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. And then they said to me well here is ten jobs that you potentially could have which one is your top choice? You know, is this a massive national problem, are there particular areas where it's a problem? It's eminently cheaper to purchase or build an unlicensed radio station than it is to set up a robust streaming channel online, especially if you're looking to cover a local area. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And we talked a little bit about why this is a problem. Open up the transmitter Locate the seam on the transmitter's case and pry it open with a putty knife (if your transmitter is screwed shut, you'll need a screwdriver to open it). The HF Underground: http://www.hfunderground.com. Be specific. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, we don't have a rule in the books that prohibits that from happening. As soon as there were laws on the books, there were pirate radio stations on the air. The SWLing Post now participates in two affiliate advertising programs with two large retailers that still sell shortwave radios, the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and the eBay Partnership, designed to provide a means for sites like ours to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to these retailers of radio products. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. April 8, 2015 - 10:43 am. Click here to view a list of all sponsors. As this 2009 article from the Independent, a British newspaper, details, O'Rahilly obtained a 63-ton (57-metric ton), Danish passenger ferry, the MV Frederica, and renamed it Caroline, after the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy. I mean are there tell-tale signs or are some of these stations so sophisticated that it's really hard for the average person to distinguish? I was glad to be here, it was a great opportunity. "Pirate radio continues to exist in the internet age for a variety of reasons," John Nathan Anderson, a broadcasting scholar and author who is working on a book about pirate radio, explains via email. Though pirates can be located anywhere on the planet, and therefore can broadcast, hypothetically, anywhere on the radio dial, patterns are actually fairly predictable in order to draw a listening audience. Marshal Service actually and that allows us to go in with the U.S. I will put in the show notes a link to the FCC complaint page and the phone number if you would like to get involved. We have had cases where we have gone in on in rem seizures and found drug paraphernalia inside the building and so that becomes now a law enforcement issue and they take care of that, they handle that situation. This means that by clicking on these links, a small percentage of the purchase price for goods you purchase from these sellers will help support our sites running costs. We were able to prove that it wasn't a violation of the First Amendment rights and so that set the precedence for any future case for that argument. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Is that a point of pride for you from Philadelphia? But the FCC, Congress and the commercial broadcasting industry don't see the pirates as serving such a benign purpose. While the magic of shortwave radio can transport a small signal vast distances, to hear pirates regularly and clearly, some precision is required. The Pirates flagship radio station, SportsRadio 93.7 THE FAN, will air extended local pre-game and post-game coverage before and after every broadcast. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And that is obviously at the highest importance when we are talking about public safety. We are not trying to teach you to do something illegal, we are trying to prevent you from doing something illegal, so you can stop your Google search. And it was good media coverage, too. This metal-focused platform is available entirely online, so you can access the music from a lot of different locations, even though the station is based in San Francisco. Across the country FCC officials are working to identify and take action against illegal unlicensed radio operators using frequencies allocated for legitimate radio operators that are causing interference and other issues. Pirate radio operators usually have day jobslike most of usthus only transmit while home from work. So not only interference, but we also have issues of interference to other radio services. We also would be required to file a report to Congress annually on our enforcement activities in pirate radio. Jason Scott Archivist. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It's not working properly and that's why it's going into air traffic control. This little book by Andrew Yoder is the equivalent of the WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) of the pirate radio world. Its much better, of course, if you have a table-top receiver, software-defined radio, or ham radio transceiver with a general coverage receiver hooked up to a resonant outdoor antennaespecially if you live outside Europe and North America. Unlike major broadcasters, many pirates dont stick to AM as a preferred mode. Since FM radio is broadcast as a mono signal, with a left-minus-right signal sent alongside, they can make a two-channel stereo station by recreating the stereo pilot carrier and then adding in. But most of the current American pirates are based on dry land, broadcasting from clandestine antennas on rooftops in places such as Brooklyn. Thank you, too, for your support of these sites. Chasing pirates has also increased my technical know-how. Shortwave DX Blog - A blog with loggings and information relating to shortwave pirate radio in Europe. But merely the act of purchasing this equipment is illegal and partly that's because it comes from overseas and it's not been tested by the FCC, correct? MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So there are no doubt some good samaritans listening to this show that want nothing more than to help with the scourge of pirate radio. I mean if you are familiar with telecom you know it's an illegal radio station, but what do we mean by pirate radio. Pirate Radio goes on the air in Los Angeles by "taking over" K-Lite 100 (KIQQ). So those are some of the challenges that you all have to tackle in taking on this important enforcement function. They can be just talk radio stations, they could be religious broadcasters, or they could be full-fledged stations that have a staffing of 20 people that make commercials, that create the jingles for their station ID, and the ones that have more money and the money advertisers are the ones that are very hard to distinguish. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Pirate radio. The original 60s pirate station, playing fresh pop / rock music to Britain's young masses from a boat in the North Sea, floating in international waters four and a half miles off the Essex coastline. We have language to kind of consider them an operator, so they could be liable for a fine and we do issue them a warning letter. The library's newest additions include deep historical resources and contemporary reporting about the world of radio. We get them in Virginia, we get them out in Illinois, even just remote areas of West Virginia they pop up. Again, I turned to Andrew Yoder for insight about pirate radio activity in the rest of the world; his reply: Im always amazed at how few areas in the world have pirates that are connected to any scene. Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. The U.S. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Do the pilots only complain if it's a song that they don't like? Indeed, since pirates are operating at lower power, they get much more bang-for-the-watt out of SSB. Has it gotten worse, has it gotten better? Created on. Coffee helps fuel the SWLing Post! "One is cost. Like me, you might just get hooked! Most pirates transmit using SSB with modern ham radio equipment, others use AM utilizing vintage or homebrew equipment. "Caroline now has two stations, one playing album music and one playing the original pop music for which the station is remembered," Moore explains. "I spoke with a pastor of a church in the community which had a station and the antenna was taken down by the FCC," Goren says. KQLZ Pirate Radio stormed the Southern California airwaves in 1989, and. So we have a team here in the Enforcement Bureau that does that, our Spectrum Enforcement Division. So the avenues of working with the district attorneys is a great way to get the injunctions, the court orders, for the pirate station to cease operating permanently. URL Here: https://dkng.co/rogue-----For entertainment purposes only. Compared to big-gun broadcasters, pirates are much more elusive game as very few announce their broadcasts in advance, and theres no telling where a pirates transmitter is located: it could be in their home, on a boat, or a portable one dropped in a remote location and later retrieved. I decoded this Wolverine Radio SSTV QSL on the SSTV iOS App. * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. Radio Caroline because so influential that, pretty soon, other ships were broadcasting rock off the coast as well. Note: This podcast was recorded on June 21st. It would identify what are the legitimate stations and also identify what stations we sanctioned so they could better get an understanding, you know, is this a legitimate station I am hearing or not. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Got you. Many are confused by the term pirate radio, otherwise known as free radio. Either term is sufficient, and some stations prefer one designation or the other. And he had some good backing, financial backing, by the ACLU who were fighting for him, and he was a microbroadcaster and he tried to encourage others to follow in his footsteps and protect our First Amendment rights, so he was --. MR. DOMBROWSKI: And so they said well because we were here before it was colonized our federal laws don't apply to us. Additionally, pirate broadcasters don't have to deal with all the legal complexities of setting up and running a streaming internet service, such as writing terms of service or meeting contractual obligations, he notes. Multiply the answer from #1 by the fraction of wavelength of your antenna's design (most antennas are 1/2 (.5) or 1/4 (.25) wave; the popular Comet is a 5/8 (.625) wave antenna). MR. DOMBROWSKI: So we have two ways to file a complaint. "By playing nonstop current pop music in a situation where this had never before been available, Caroline had within months a larger audience than all the BBC stations combined," Moore explains. . Yes, so it's kind of like a cascade of options --. They lose advertisers because of it, they lose coverage area because of it, and it all comes down to dollars and cents. As Yoder goes on to explain in his introduction of the 2012 Pirate Radio Annual, pirates are often confused with radio bootleggers (who conduct unlicensed two-way conversations), clandestine stations (usually political stations), and jammers (who intentionally try to block broadcasts). Unlike the rock 'n' roll hipsters of 1960s British pirate radio, who aimed at a mass audience, most of Brooklyn's unlicensed broadcasters seem to be immigrants and members of ethnic and religious minorities trying to reach their own groups and neighborhoods. 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