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: Okay. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. bclc lotto app not working; signs your internship will turn into a job; mary suehr schmitz. Very old school, and cheap enough for anyone's budget. MR. DOMBROWSKI: And there is a lot of digital FM stations out there that are looking for programming so they could maybe work out at least an arrangement. They could stream. So when they say, oh, I don't need a license to operate I'm a Part 15 transmitter, well we have to do studies and measurements to see if that's true. Additionally, you can always tune a remote receiver, via the Internet on the Global Tuners website, or via the University of Twentes SDR in the Netherlands. Of course, it's called the PIRATE Act, and that stands for Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act. "One reason I've found as to why people are still using pirate radio is that these communities have very strong cultural and historic connections to radio," Goren explains. 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. 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. 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 example, though Im a ham radio operator, I had never even attempted to decode the SSTV (slow-scan TV) mode until prompted to do so by Wolverine Radio: at the end (and sometimes in the middle) of their broadcasts, Wolverine is known to send electronic QSL cards via SSTV. 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. So we eventually went to the courts and fought. Each issue also contains a CD of sound clips from various pirates, several articles about the state of pirate radio, and other relevant info. While this reality is not surprising, we . Enter a location to find a nearby pirate radio stations. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Thank you. But the easiest way to file a complaint is go online. They also have potential to cause interference to the adjacent channel stations, you know, up above their frequency and below their frequency. We have pirate radio there, too, not as bad as we did in New York. Why? MR. DOMBROWSKI: That's not going to be my cell phone is it? These pirate stations pose a host of problems for public safety, including interference with emergency alerts and air traffic control. They are not advertising. There was an operator named Stephen Dunifer. Enter the dawn of pirate radio. ACTIVITY. Some of those, you know, if you tune your dial and find some spaces where there is some dead air, well those are intentionally put there in order so that stations don't cause interference to each other. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: There is not a sign on the box that says illegal pirate radio transmitters. Now this is not just a focus of the FCC, Congress is also interested in this. Unauthorized stations are particularly prolific in the New York City area, where a 2016 study by the New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA) found that there actually were more pirates then on the FM band than legal licensed stations. 1. 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.7 GB (in 25,393 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. 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? It could be harmful if we let a pirate radio station operate because sometimes they cause interference to other services, like aeronautical communications. * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. That doesn't prohibit somebody from filing an anonymous complaint, we still take those. But by the 1960s, the postwar baby boom filled the U.K. with millions of teenagers who were eager to hear the rock 'n' roll records that the BBC declined to play. So what is pirate radio? A few of them broadcast from ships, such as Rev. Indeed, since pirates are operating at lower power, they get much more bang-for-the-watt out of SSB. But so when we say Region One I think even most people in the FCC are not necessarily aware of how the country is carved up when it comes to enforcement and the field offices, et cetera, so can you give the listeners a brief sense of what do we mean by Region One, what areas do you cover? But if you are buying something off of the dark web or whatever and it's coming into the U.S. you don't know, and when we talked before the show you mentioned that a lot of times with these FAA complaints it's a malfunctioning transmitter. Our agents are pretty smart on the tricks. 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. I am Evan Swarztrauber. But O'Rahilly was undeterred, even after his ship was seized briefly by Dutch authorities. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's not, you know, and we didn't talk about, there are other legal ways to go about it. Pirate Radio goes on the air in Los Angeles by "taking over" K-Lite 100 (KIQQ). But the FCC, Congress and the commercial broadcasting industry don't see the pirates as serving such a benign purpose. South America was strong for a while in the 90s, but that has also fallen silent. Addeddate 2022-03-13 23:21:58 . So not only interference, but we also have issues of interference to other radio services. Indeed, since pirates are operating at lower power, they get much more bang-for-the-watt out of SSB. And I have had to make this clarifying point on other podcasts that I have done at the FCC. 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. You know, is this a massive national problem, are there particular areas where it's a problem? Bruce will host a new daily show for Bauer's station Greatest Hits Radio, taking his iconic PopMaster game with him. We have talked about other challenges in densely populated areas just like traffic jams, you're driving around in this van and you can't go anywhere because it's rush hour in New York City. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. KQLZ Pirate Radio stormed the Southern California airwaves in 1989, and listeners "flushed" their former stations as they. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. So you couldn't be blamed for assuming that it depicts a long-vanished phenomenon, like Nehru jackets with iridescent scarves and psychedelic-patterned paper mini dresses. So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? A new, raw, grassroots kind of pirate radio exploded from 1992 onwards. Ads are what helps us bring you premium content! That's really helpful because then we can note when to send the agents out. Recycling is good. Pirates Week: http://shortwavepirate.info. 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. Give us a little of your background. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well that's what I went up with. Last updated: December 2022 MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. 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. So that is a big concern for the broadcasters in those areas. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. 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.". And then he had, you know, he was on the internet. Many of you have suggested in the past that the SWLing Post join an affiliate links program. Its a simple technique, and although it takes some practice, will work on most any radio with a stable BFO (beat frequency oscillator). 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Do the pilots only complain if it's a song that they don't like? It is portable, but can also be used as a permanent FM radio station. Friday March 17, 1989 5:00 am. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Sure. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And those, and I think we mentioned New York, we mentioned Philadelphia, are there other hot spots in particular where this seems to just be a bigger problem than elsewhere in the country? Pirates broadcast a wide variety of content, but are usually motivated by sharing their messageor favorite musicon the air. It is illegal for companies to market equipment that hasn't gone through what we call a certification process, equipment authorization process, where they get a company to look at their transmitter to make sure it complies with our technical rules and doesn't have potential to cause interference to other radio services. 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. Want to buy me a cup of coffee? Select a station from the list and it will play on the tuner. I apologize to the listeners in advance if I make any horrible, corny jokes throughout the course of this podcast, but it would probably help to start with a definition, right. Collection Info. Total Views 29,573 (Older Stats) ITEMS. PIRATE RADIO Once you remove the idea of pirate radio from its mythology, you. 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. 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. Many of our links now function as affiliate links. The BBC played catch-up launching Radio One and recruiting the same pirates for their roster. Now some folks might be asking themselves this is all great, I totally agree that pirate radio is bad, and I think that you should absolutely go after it, but what about the First Amendment? MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. Keep in mind that pirates are relatively low-power broadcasters. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It is. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. 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. It lasted three years there and then I had an opportunity to get to the Philadelphia Office Enforcement Bureau with the field work and that's been -- I was there for 20 years. 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. We have a call center, it's 888-CALL-FCC where we have staff there during business hours to take your complaint. The warrant is issued to the U.S. Marshal Service and seize all of the equipment that is associated with the operation of a radio station, really anything physically connected to the transmitter. He then obtained another ship, a German trawler called the Ross Revenge, which continued to host the station until it ran aground along the British coast in 1991. The U.S. has had its share of pirate broadcasters over the years as well. Now when we talk about enforcement actions, you know, I'd like to kind of paint a picture for our listeners. 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? Across the country, FCC officials are working to identify and take action against unlicensed radio operators that illegally use the frequencies allocated for legitimate radio operators. We take it all. MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, and some of these are in high crime areas where there is a lot of drugs. The FRW is an email-only newsletter devoted to the hobby of pirate radio listening, and is distributed free to those who contribute. KQLZ Pirate Radio stormed the Southern California airwaves in 1989, and. Launched just five months ago, Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications has expanded to more than 61,000 items related to amateur radio, shortwave listening, and related communications. But sometimes it is very difficult with those stations that have put more investment into the equipment. 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. Now all those things have one thing in common. Do you hear it on the weekends or is only a station that operates during the weekends? You still have to go down on foot and go out onto maybe the rooftop where the antenna is to confirm that that is the source. We have been at in rem seizures we call them where the U.S. marshals come with the local law enforcement and there is 20 of them and they have to secure the whole block off, the have to secure the building for our protection. Meanwhile, the Ross Revenge was repaired and converted into a floating museum for tourists. Hover over one of the three pirate radio neighborhood zones (the center zone has the most stations) and click for a list of stations that broadcast to those areas. Total Views 29,203 (Older Stats) ITEMS. No, not the Pirates of the Caribbean or East Africawe're talking about pirate radio. 2 talking about this. HowStuffWorks may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. 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. 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. Marshals went in with us and we seized the equipment. 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. I believe this is why authorities like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) place shortwave pirates comparatively lower on their enforcement priority list. We also get the other federal agencies involved, the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, where we can seek a warrant. URL Here: https://dkng.co/rogue-----For entertainment purposes only. Total . 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 -. 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. But what hast made the problem really expand is the equipment is readily available with the internet now. A lot of times you can tell by the audio quality. Loggings are in real time and there are very fewif anyoff-topic posts. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. Click here to donate via PayPal. To the contrary, though, more than a half-century later, pirate radio is still a thing. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: -- and you always try to go with the least destructive one. (Disclaimer). So when we license stations, you know, I used to work in the FM branch so I am very knowledgeable about the process, but there is a whole legal and engineering study that has to be done before you get a license and it takes resources to do that, financial resources. Yes, so it's kind of like a cascade of options --. And an overall limit of $2 million. Radio plays such an important role when you talk about hurricanes striking or other natural disasters, people turn to their local broadcast, including radio for information, and to have that be interfered with is a public safety concern let alone the FAA issues which are very serious. Where are you hearing this interference problem? Having that exposure helped boost the careers of scores of British bands whose music eventually made it to America. If we get that information we have a vehicle, it's called a direction-finding vehicle and it has specialized equipment in it. Pirate radio guru Andrew Yoder started his own pirate blog last year, and has already began populating it with regular updates, QSLs, and recordings. I have four offices, it includes Chicago, it includes Boston, New York, and Columbia, Maryland. The FCC argued that we were here to regulate the airwaves. So I never left, I've been here for over 25 years. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So don't bother looking for it. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So what is the current state of pirate radio? The library's newest additions include deep historical resources and contemporary reporting about the world of radio. 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. 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 then they said to me well here is ten jobs that you potentially could have which one is your top choice? It's something we have been doing as long as the equipment has been available we've always had pirate radio operators. Radio 510 International - European relay station broadcasting every weekend on short-wave to all of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East on 13840 kHz. Like me, you might just get hooked! Pirate stations want listeners to discover them, so they broadcast in various watering holes.. Use promo code ROGUE to get a shot at MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in total prizes! Shortwave DX Blog - A blog with loggings and information relating to shortwave pirate radio in Europe. Well I want to, you know, just emphasize the importance of this issue. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, there was a case back in the 1990s, late 1990s. 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.3 GB (in 25,377 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. Do a little pirate radio hunting yourself. Let's say they are listening, they think something is suspicious they get a tip, they see something weird in their building, what can they do to help you and the FCC tackle this problem? In the quieter winter months, stations seem to pop out of the ether. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, so you have options. 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? "These transmissions can interfere with licensed radio signals including broadcasters' sharing of vital public safety information with their communities," FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, that's probably why they are complaining, right? They were also changing frequency. 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. In addition to this 2019 BBC documentary, Goren also has created the Pirate Radio Map, which documents pirate radio stations in Brooklyn and even includes brief samples from their broadcasts. Not all the illegal stations are pirate stations! 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. Stations such as Weekend Rush, Kool FM, Pulse and Innocence wanted to represent the streets and promote local scenes.. 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? Ive noticed increased pirate radio activity during the winter months, as well. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And then just out of those four offices you then have to dispatch agents to 20 different States, so it's quite a big chunk of the country in terms of population. So sometimes the apartment owner, the building owner, or whatever, is totally in the dark about this, didn't know about. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So when it comes to local law enforcement are they generally uninterested in taking this on or, you know, because you mentioned federal agents are often involved, it's federal courts, U.S. This includes the FM, AM and shortwave radio bands. Yoder actually addresses this apparent restriction, to some degree, in the 2013 Pirate Radio Annual, which has only just been released. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And obviously as a good citizen I have never to my knowledge listened to a pirate radio station. VIEWS. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's kind of sad to see, but --. Wolves are looking to climb up the table (Picture: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) This will be the fourth time this year the two . 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. 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. I mean you got to give it to Congress for the bill naming that they do. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right, he's no the public face of it. 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. Borderhunter Radio is one of the strongest Euro Pirates Ive ever heard. "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. "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: All right. For consistencys sake, I will use the term pirate radio in this article. I decoded this Wolverine Radio SSTV QSL on the SSTV iOS App. MR. DOMBROWSKI: We do make them aware that they are contributing to this illegal activity. While you can hear some on weekdays, your best bet is Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, local time. 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. Ragnar Daneskjold hosts an occasional podcast serving the shortwave pirate community; it includes pirate radio news, off-air recordings, and more. But they also encroach on those legitimate stations that made significant investments and secured the necessary regulatory approvals to obtain a license. So we try to shut down, you know, that equipment coming in to the purchasers. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Right. We do a field strength measurement to see if their power exceeds that threshold and if they meet the Part 15 requirements or not. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It's not working properly and that's why it's going into air traffic control. All you need is a location to host the antenna and access to electricity unless you've got batteries, then just the location.". Click here to view a list of all sponsors. Do we have a right under the first amendment to speak via a radio station even if it is unlicensed by the FCC and is there potentially a case that can kind of exemplify why pirate radio is not protected under the First Amendment? We try to interview them. 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. Andrew Yoder, author and publisher of the 2012 Pirate Radio Annual, defines pirate radio as: [A]ny unlicensed hobby broadcast operation that is using more power than the legal limit.. 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. To have a radio station here helps to establish the station's operator as an important source of information and influence in the community.". It's covert surveillance equipment. I know at least in our region we get them everywhere. Powerful, uncertified transmitters manufactured in foreign countries easily slip through customs at U.S. ports. 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. And those parameters, you know, restrict your operation and the coverage of your station because we have a whole engineering study that needs to be done so you don't cause interference to other stations. 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. Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. I am Evan Swarztrauber. ACTIVITY. 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). So they thought that was a way for them to avoid detection by hopping from building to building and frequency to frequency. That would allow us to increase the fine to $100,000. 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. "He was waiting several months to come back on the air (and therefore was only willing to speak off the record to me). For his new show, Bruce promises "me and my musings and all the great . 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.
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