Airchecks from unauthorized broadcast radio stations throughout the years. This book makes it easier for you to locate and tune in pirate stationsand tells you all about the unlicensed broadcasters who play David to broadcasting conglomerates Goliath. MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, not the public face, but he's all the behind the scenes guy. 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. Marshals, Department of Justice, because we are a federal agency, but have we leveraged the resources and the knowledge of local law enforcement in working on this, are there, you know, different approaches from different States? Radio Caroline because so influential that, pretty soon, other ships were broadcasting rock off the coast as well. If you have information about a pirate radio station, you can notify the FCC by calling 888-CALLFCC or filing a complaint online at https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. And it was good media coverage, too. Do a little pirate radio hunting yourself. comment. I was still a teenager. Now all those things have one thing in common. A new, raw, grassroots kind of pirate radio exploded from 1992 onwards. Broadcasting at 250,000 watts, XERF was five times as powerful as the most high-powered Top 40 AM stations on the West Coast. That's really helpful because then we can note when to send the agents out. 14 July 2020. In the U.S., pirate stations have popped up in recent years all over the country, from West Virginia to Washington state, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which plays a continual game of whack-a-mole in an effort to keep them off the airwaves used by licensed broadcasters. Pirate stations want listeners to discover them, so they broadcast in various watering holes.. And so he kind of gets shielded, right, you know the operators who are operating the station because they advertise their phone numbers in social media and so we can easily identify them, but you always have somebody that's the money guy that's safely hiding behind all these other staff and --. They also have potential to cause interference to the adjacent channel stations, you know, up above their frequency and below their frequency. I know at least in our region we get them everywhere. 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. 2 talking about this. "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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, in those dense urban areas because the FM band is already pretty clogged up with legitimate stations that might be one of the reasons that people throw up their hands and say, well, I guess I'm just do an illegal station because I am frustrated by the legal process for getting a station, but that is not a justification in any sense of the word. We'd like to contact you. KQLZ Pirate Radio stormed the Southern California airwaves in 1989, and listeners "flushed" their former stations as they. Airchecks from unauthorized broadcast radio stations throughout the years. The antenna is not where the people are necessarily or where the rest of the equipment is. So how do you escalate the situation, you know, what tools do you have to say, okay, we're not getting cooperation let's take this up a notch? He has taken, you know, money from under the table to allow the station to operate from the rooftop without the property owner's knowledge. So we typed up this -- They showed me a license and it was something typed up on the computer that said we're licensed by their statutes of the Moors people and so they felt that they have a right to operate. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: All right. If they are getting interference to a station they would like to listen what station is that, give the call sign. After the reorganization and modernization of the field I then became the Regional Director and manage several offices now. Select a station from the list and it will play on the tuner. 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? Though Channel Z was broadcasting in AM, as many do, its best to hunt pirates with an SSB-capable portable. It has become more common for pirates to transmit images using SSTV.A few have experimented with FM or digital modes like RTTY, PSK31 . Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. That was particularly true on the other side of the Atlantic, where the U.K. allowed only state-controlled radio from the 1920s through the mid-1960s. David Goren, a veteran radio producer who's created programming for National Public Radio, has spent years studying pirate broadcasters. Right now it is $10,000 per day per occurrence. In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are receivedespecially when the signals cross a national boundary. Enter ZIP code or city, state as well. Most pirates transmit using SSB with modern ham radio equipment, others use AM utilizing vintage or homebrew equipment. Last updated: December 2022 It was the strongest pirate station I have ever witnessed. So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? 2. But O'Rahilly was undeterred, even after his ship was seized briefly by Dutch authorities. Carl McIntire, a fundamentalist preacher who briefly broadcast fire-and-brimstone sermons from a converted minesweeper off the coast of New Jersey, as this 2014 NJ.com article details. Well media bureau was on there, they are the ones that license FM stations, and I kind of chose that as kind of my eighth choice. Are people generally cooperative or are people just like I have no idea what you are talking, I have never seen anything, what is this, I don't want to deal with this? Loggings are in real time and there are very fewif anyoff-topic posts. That was right when the internet really started exploding so he was able to get his message out. Our agents are pretty smart on the tricks. But they secure the property for us so that we feel safe going in there and then we help them identify what equipment we need to seize. 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. I am Evan Swarztrauber. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So all that good equipment just gets recycled. (Listen to one of Ronins broadcasts below.). MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So we have fines that we could issue. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It's not working properly and that's why it's going into air traffic control. It will also help to have some sort of adjustable bandwidth filter (wide/narrow). Ex-Beatle George Harrison was sufficiently appreciative of Radio Caroline's mission that he even wrote a sizable check in the early 1970s to help keep the ship in operation, according to Ray Clark's book "Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Ship That Rocked.". Give us a little of your background. We get them in Virginia, we get them out in Illinois, even just remote areas of West Virginia they pop up. The station is capable of running off of 13.8/28 volts DC battery, which can even be charged with solar power. "While Radio Caroline is no longer 'illegal' the philosophy is unchanged," Moore says, noting that the station's staff has the motto "New Technology, Same Ideology.". But they also encroach on those legitimate stations that made significant investments and secured the necessary regulatory approvals to obtain a license. And so these transmitters that they are purchasing and pirate stations are using do not go through the equipment process, the equipment authorization process, and that is a problem. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: They could stream it just like this podcast we're doing. 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. The FCC argued that we were here to regulate the airwaves. It eventually regrouped and resurfaced as an internet station, which gave it a global reach. This is likely due to the early sunsets and cold winter nights of the northern hemisphere that tend to keep people indoors, which in turn encourages pirates to hit the air. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. In the United States, the term pirate radio implies the unlicensed broadcasting use of any part of the radio spectrum that is reserved for use by governmental, public or commercial licensees by the Federal Communications Commission. My most recent logging of a Euro pirate from North America was Radio Borderhunter on 15,500 kHz; his signal was quite amazing. Winning a con. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Probably just workload is another challenge in addition to folks moving the antennas around or taking them down during the day or only operating on weeknights and weekends, as you have said, which forces agents to work overtime. If we get that information we have a vehicle, it's called a direction-finding vehicle and it has specialized equipment in it. So, the F. Liverpool vs Wolves will kick-off on Wednesday, March 1 at 8pm. Use promo code ROGUE to get a shot at MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in total prizes! So that is a big concern for the broadcasters in those areas. Total Views 29,573 (Older Stats) ITEMS. 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. For his new show, Bruce promises "me and my musings and all the great . These guys aren't blowing off their listeners like the other radio stations. And that is where we ask for the public's help. So they thought that was a way for them to avoid detection by hopping from building to building and frequency to frequency. North American Pirate Radio Frequencies By far the most active ranges in North America are 43 meters (6800-7000 kHz), 46 meters (6200-6400 kHz) and 73 meters (4000-4200 kHz), with some activity in the 60 meter band (4700-5300 kHz) as well. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It doesn't say FCC pirate agent? MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well that's what I went up with. It was a three bay antenna for any of the those tech-y's out there, so it was a high efficient antenna and a very high powered transmitter. The frequency spectrum is a natural resource and so all of our decisions that we make when we allocate spectrum is for the public interest. Powerful, uncertified transmitters manufactured in foreign countries easily slip through customs at U.S. ports. Collection Info. There was a case that I worked back in Philly back in the day --. Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So we have two ways to file a complaint. But the easiest way to file a complaint is go online. That doesn't prohibit somebody from filing an anonymous complaint, we still take those. After that when we don't get compliance from somebody he gets a warning letter and comes back on the air and then we do get the warrant with the U.S. marshals. We do a field strength measurement to see if their power exceeds that threshold and if they meet the Part 15 requirements or not. The most popular frequency is arguably 6,925 kHz, but I often log pirates on 6,935 and 6,950 kHz. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So some States have laws on the book that prohibit pirate radio operation, States like New Jersey and New York and Florida. About Google Maps. Find this podcast in the iTunes store or Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts. MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, it doesn't have -- It's not marked with pizza delivery guy either. Is it when you are driving in, you know, to and from work? In the U.S. the most famous example of a Pirate Radio station was Mexico's XERF. Ive hunted pirates with a range of such radios, among them the Sony ICF-SW7600GR, the Grundig G3, the Grundig G5, the Tecsun PL-600 and PL-660, and even the new Tecsun PL-880. They also cover your wireless routers in your house. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. So that's why the licensing process is so important to avoid that interference. Now you usually get one of your top, you know, first or second choice. In January, President Donald Trump signed into law the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement (PIRATE) Act, which gives regulators the ability to hit pirate stations with fines of up to $2 million, according to this summary from Radio World. 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. There is a lot of misconception about what a low power transmitter is. Unlike trying to locate China Radio International, Radio Australia, or the BBC World Service, hunting pirates requires a decent-quality radio and antenna. Additionally, we always try to include links to other retail options if they are available, as we support and freely advertise independent ham radio retailers. (Disclaimer). Recycling is good. All you need is a location to host the antenna and access to electricity unless you've got batteries, then just the location.". You know, when they do that they get a ticket number when they file the ticket online so the broadcasters can call us and find out, let us know that they filed the complaint and follow up with us. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. Additionally, youll find contact information for QSL requests and mail-drop addresses as well. Most are run by hobbyists purely for fun, although some have political or other agendas. A lot of stations conceal their antennas, they hide behind things, they take the antennas down during they day, so they try avoid detection. And, of course, just finding the antenna is not the end of the story, because it's not like when you find the antenna the DJ is standing right next to the antenna being like, uh, you got me. (Click to enlarge). Pirate radio broadcasting on shortwave radio in North America is mostly done in a frequency range just below the 40 meter amateur radio band, from about 6815 kHz to 6970 kHz. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. I was hired into an engineering training program down in Norfolk, Virginia, where we got classroom orientation on all the different radio services and the bureaus and offices for the FCC. So just keep in mind next time you read some nice hipster article about how great pirate radio is in your community, that there are serious issues at play and what the FCC is doing is really important and that's why it's so great to have you on here to share your perspective and some of your history working on this and we really just want to thank you for your service. Yes, so it's kind of like a cascade of options --. They inventory it all and then they sign it over to the FCC to hold and then we finally get the courts to order that it's released to the federal government and it's our property. So when we finally are able to pick up the signal in our car we then drive in the area in kind of a circle around the source and we plot lines, we call them lines of bearing on a map, and where they intersect is where this transmission source is originating. 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. And so that impedes the investigation a little bit because it is difficult to find where that studio is located, but we do, we do a lot of interviews. And audiences can get the station on inexpensive radio receivers there's no need to have a computer or a smartphone with 5G, or to pay a monthly subscription fee or worry about blowing through their data limits. The Offshore Radio Museum website commemorates many of those pirates. Violators faced two years of imprisonment and fines. Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google. Radio Caroline founder Ronan O'Rahilly had another claim to fame, in that he influenced actor George Lazenby to give up the role of James Bond after playing in just one film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," in 1969. We do let stations operate with low power transmitters but they have to comply with the technical requirements of Part 15 of our rules. A few of them broadcast from ships, such as Rev. Having that exposure helped boost the careers of scores of British bands whose music eventually made it to America. Note: This podcast was recorded on June 21st. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, everyone's dream job. You can sign up for the newsletter by emailing any of their edittors: John Brewer ([emailprotected]), Ragnar Danskjold ([emailprotected]), Harold Frodge ([emailprotected]), Dave Turnick ([emailprotected]) or Larry Will ([emailprotected]), OK, I suppose I must also mention my own humble blog, where I continue to amass numerous pirate radio loggings and off-air recordings. Do you hear it on the weekends or is only a station that operates during the weekends? bclc lotto app not working; signs your internship will turn into a job; mary suehr schmitz. It had a 20-mile range. 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. 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). And that's it, we will catch you next time. North American Pirate Radio Frequencies By far the most active ranges in North America are 43 meters (6800-7000 kHz), 46 meters (6200-6400 kHz) and 73 meters (4000-4200 kHz), with some activity in the 60 meter band (4700-5300 kHz) as well. Among the most popular queries made by readers is, How can I find and hear pirate radio stations? To help answer this question, Im writing this primer. Friday March 17, 1989 5:00 am. Our agents typically work in a certain area so they become familiar with all the pirate radio operators and they kind of started to notice the pattern and so we were able to gather all of the evidence and go to the U.S. Attorney's Office and seize all that equipment and get the station off the air. "Caroline now has two stations, one playing album music and one playing the original pop music for which the station is remembered," Moore explains. MR. DOMBROWSKI: A lot of these stations are streaming at the same time so it really boggles my mind why an FM station that's unlicensed, you know, has its stream content and then also it's broadcasting over the airwaves. The bulk of the pirate radio broadcasters I log transmit just below the 40-meter amateur radio band: anywhere from 6,850 kHz to 6,970 kHz and typically on a frequency spaced at 5 kHz. He's the station manager for today's legal, land-based version of Radio Caroline, which obtained a license to broadcast at 648 Khz on the AM band in 2017, but still strives to preserve the rebellious spirit of the original operation. Marshals went in with us and we seized the equipment. We also would be required to file a report to Congress annually on our enforcement activities in pirate radio. And then they said to me well here is ten jobs that you potentially could have which one is your top choice? 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.3 GB (in 25,377 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. Back in the 1980s, before the Internet and its online bulletin boards, I thought finding pirates was truly a huntrandom and altogether unpredictable. Ive had great results in the past with an old Icom IC-735 and a 40-meter dipole antenna. Of course, it's called the PIRATE Act, and that stands for Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's not, you know, and we didn't talk about, there are other legal ways to go about it. They could stream. Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legaland frequently an ear-opening experience. The library's newest additions include deep historical resources and contemporary reporting about the world of radio. tyson jost dad; sean penn parkinson's disease; mockingbirds attacking my cat We Owe It All to Radio: The Inside Story of CES, Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Pictures, Special Offer on Antivirus Software From HowStuffWorks and TotalAV Security, Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Ship That Rocked. Back when KIWI was on the air regularly in the 90s, I assumed that pirate radio would explode in Oceania and Asia. Radio Caroline. So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? 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. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, just 20. If you live in other parts of the world, pirate hunting can pose serious DX challenges. That would be inappropriate, particularly given my employer, but is it hard for the average listener, particularly in a dense metro area, you're dialing your car radio or your home radio to even know the difference? Pirates tend to occupy swatches of the shortwave spectrum that are relatively quiet, avoid intentionally broadcasting on top of one another, and typically operate at fairly low power. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, well, you know, they operate in the AM band so it sounds really distorted when you are trying to listen to FM radio on an AM radio. Of course, the chaos of the radio spectrum was one of the reasons this agency was created in the first place, including our predecessor agency The Federal Radio Commission, but there are other issues that broadcasters in particular complain about. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It is. We call them Notices of Apparent Liability where we will fine the operator. The government authorities in charge of the surveillance of the radio-electric spectrum can use the PROWATCH instruments to detect and locate the pirate and irregular broadcast stations of radio and TV. Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, we have a lot of stations in New York, in particular. It's not. ACTIVITY. Now that maybe gets us down to the building, you know, where it might be operating. So if they don't meet the Part 15 requirements they need a license. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, so you have options. Tracking a Pirate Radio Station The Modern Rogue Discovering Secret "Numbers Stations" The Modern Rogue Detecting a Wire and Hidden Spy Cams The Most Notorious TV Hijack of All Time Rodney P -. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And it's important to clarify that FCC enforcement agents are not law enforcement agents, but I was struck by how some of the work that goes into identifying and shutting down a station is like good old-fashioned police work, like knocking on doors saying, hey, have you seen anything weird, have you seen people carrying around transmitters or antennas. Some pirates simply key down their mike and begin talking, sharing their political or social views; others offer near-professional music productions, complete with listener feedback, and often acknowledge listener reports with QSLs (radio postcards). 1. It takes a lot of time to process just one complaint and so it is distracting our agents of getting into the database and populating all the fields and calling the complainant. We would also have to create a database for the public access. The reason is, no matter what time of the year it is, no matter what the space weather (yes, I said space weather) or conditions of the ionosphere are--FM stations are relatively few, local, and always broadcast in the same spots on the FM dial. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, we don't have a rule in the books that prohibits that from happening. ( Disclaimer) Transcript: MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. And that's a pretty big deterrent when you show up with police officers threatening to arrest somebody because they are operating a pirate radio station. Here's a test shot without the line or antenna attached. 10. Thanks to e-commerce, it's also easier than ever for a would-be pirate to find the necessary equipment and have it delivered to his or her door, as FCC enforcement official David Dombrowski described in this 2019 podcast. The U.S. Where are you hearing this interference problem? To prove my point, here are some MP3 recordings of some of my favorite recent pirate radio stations/broadcasts: 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. Pirate radio stations are a crucial part of British music culture. So that's been great because now we can work with the local authorities, such as the police or the district attorney's office, and get them involved in the investigation, and they have the power to arrest and fine people. I have four offices, it includes Chicago, it includes Boston, New York, and Columbia, Maryland. Thank you! They are not advertising. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So what is the current state of pirate radio? They were also changing frequency. For many of the people in those communities, who may not be able to afford a computer or a smartphone and a broadband connection, pirate radio is an affordable medium. Gimme Radio (for online listeners) Gimme Radio is one of the more modern American rock radio stations available today. Radio GDay came on from Australia occasionally, but no one else. David, thanks so much for joining. You know, is this a massive national problem, are there particular areas where it's a problem? A lot of times the studio is not co-located with the transmitter. Now many listeners as you know have the experience of tuning their dial and there appear to be vacant channels you have said that one of the reasons for that is to guard against interference, but someone listening might say well why do we care, right. Ask your local radio club or search the Internet for local/regional pirate stations. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's kind of sad to see, but --. Everyone should agree that pirate radio stations - by any definition - are completely illegal. He was out of Berkeley, California, and his station was called Radio Free Berkeley. 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. And what the pirate radio operators do is they don't obtain a license, they don't go through this process, and they try to find vacant spectrum between these stations. Just browse the pirate radio category: https://swling.com/blog/category/pirate-radio/. Be specific. 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.7 GB (in 25,393 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. Before we talk about where to hunt pirates, however, we need to talk about the necessary equipmenti.e., your radio and antenna. He got the craft back and kept at pirate radio for nearly another quarter century. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Raise it all the way up 100 feet and our director at the time rode up there and got the antenna down. Once you get a license it restricts you where you can operate, how much power you can use, what antenna you can use, and how high your antenna is. And another thing, also, we would have to direct our attention annually to five markets that are most affected by pirates and we would do some step-up enforcement. Has it evolved over the years? When do you hear the station? Indeed, this past November, I listened to the pirate Channel Z while sitting in my truck; I was only using a Tecsun PL-660 with the antenna extended out of my opened drivers-side window. So we have a lot of those stations operating, so it's big revenue for them. So I never left, I've been here for over 25 years. Well, I can't say exactly what it is, but, yes, they're --. 3. 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