14 July 2020. . They don't know how to reach us? This radio in a single case is also capable of re-broadcasting any audio source. It's a very calm, peaceful, that's what our agents are trained to do, because it works a lot more in getting the truth of what's going on rather than being threatening and forceful. Please support this website by adding us to your whitelist in your ad blocker. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right, he's no the public face of it. Bruce will host a new daily show for Bauer's station Greatest Hits Radio, taking his iconic PopMaster game with him. Ive had great results in the past with an old Icom IC-735 and a 40-meter dipole antenna. That happens a lot. I know out on the West Coast in California we have more significant numbers than other areas, so that probably would be one of the five markets identified, maybe the L.A. area would probably be another market that we would look at. So if they don't meet the Part 15 requirements they need a license. 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. 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.7 GB (in 25,393 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. Not just Aussie and NZ pirates, but stations in places like The Phillipinesmaybe Japan, South Korea, or Thailand. We try to interview them. 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. 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. It could be computers, antennas, coaxial cables. 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. Coffee helps fuel the SWLing Post! I mean they have a significant financial investment in their stations, they have gone through proper FCC process, and now they are competing for listeners with stations that did not go through that process, did not necessarily bear the same financial burden to get up and running, and they are not maybe just competing with listeners, as we have mentioned we've been competing with, they are competing with advertisers as well. The most popular frequency is arguably 6,925 kHz, but I often log pirates on 6,935 and 6,950 kHz. Broadcasting at 250,000 watts, XERF was five times as powerful as the most high-powered Top 40 AM stations on the West Coast. Note:Even though it is illegal to broadcast on the shortwave bands without a license, and those who do so are subject to hefty fines, it is not illegal to listen or to send and receive QSL cards from such operators. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, yes. There was a case that I worked back in Philly back in the day --. David, thanks so much for joining. We have a call center, it's 888-CALL-FCC where we have staff there during business hours to take your complaint. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, so you have options. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. 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. 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. SWARZTRAUBER: Well at least you are recycling. 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.3 GB (in 25,377 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. It's something we have been doing as long as the equipment has been available we've always had pirate radio operators. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. But if we sign it into law we would have some additional resources, first increasing the fines. Though Channel Z was broadcasting in AM, as many do, its best to hunt pirates with an SSB-capable portable. KQLZ Pirate Radio stormed the Southern California airwaves in 1989, and. Pirate cards are among the most unusual of QSL cards, that often incorporate obscure or vintage imageryhumor, horror, or other graphic oddityor cast the pirate in a unique character representation. That would allow us to increase the fine to $100,000. 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. 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. "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: No, and some of these are in high crime areas where there is a lot of drugs. Director Richard Curtis' 2009 comedy-drama stars the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Count, a disc jockey for an unlicensed rock radio station that broadcast from a rusty, decrepit ship off the British coast in the mid-1960s, defying government authorities to spin the rock records that weren't allowed on the BBC at the time. The BBC played catch-up launching Radio One and recruiting the same pirates for their roster. The important thing here is that you invest in a receiver with a respectable degree of sensitivity and selectivity. 40. r/HamRadio. 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. Not all the illegal stations are pirate stations! They can call their State Broadcast Association to get our contact information. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. 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. 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Because you don't know what you are running into. Now if you go that menu there are several options of different radio services. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Sure. Pirate stations want listeners to discover them, so they broadcast in various "watering holes." Be specific. 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 -. Moreover, summer conditions in the North American 43 meter band are often much noisier, thus pirates know theyll be fighting static crashes to be heard during the summer months. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: No. It is portable, but can also be used as a permanent FM radio station. And then they said to me well here is ten jobs that you potentially could have which one is your top choice? 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: My guest has been David Dombrowski, Regional Director for Region One in the FCC Enforcement Bureau. * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. 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. Nothing. We want them to be as descriptive as possible. If we can't get in touch with the property owner we try to use a locksmith and if we can't get the locksmith then the door comes breaking down and then we try to secure it before we leave. 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Ten times as much, that's big, yes. 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. Is this something that plays a role in alerting you to these stations that broadcasters themselves are identifying them and complaining about them? "In Haiti during the Duvalier regime, people depended on radio to get news from independent sources off the island. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. If you've been binge-watching movies lately, you may have come across "Pirate Radio." I decoded this Wolverine Radio SSTV QSL on the SSTV iOS App. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. 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. But they also encroach on those legitimate stations that made significant investments and secured the necessary regulatory approvals to obtain a license. 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. So it's not the -- In terms of size wise for mileage it's the smallest region, but it's the most populated. 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. After the reorganization and modernization of the field I then became the Regional Director and manage several offices now. They were also changing frequency. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. 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. 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? Hobby Broadcasting Blog: http://hobbybroadcasting.blogspot.com/. I know that lots of pirates operate there, mostly on AM and FM, but no one is on SWand if they are, they arent sending QSLs, [or] operating in places where radio hobbyists would hear them. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. And one of the reasons that they are causing harmful interference, in particular to the FAA operations, is because they are not tested, right. Addeddate 2022-03-13 23:21:58 . For consistencys sake, I will use the term pirate radio in this article. 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. A lot of times you can tell by the audio quality. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So all that good equipment just gets recycled. We do let stations operate with low power transmitters but they have to comply with the technical requirements of Part 15 of our rules. comment. "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. And those rules dictate a lot of restrictions and cover your wireless transmitters that we use every day, remote controls for you car, your headset, bluetooth sets. This includes the FM, AM and shortwave radio bands. Wolves are looking to climb up the table (Picture: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) This will be the fourth time this year the two . Meanwhile, the Ross Revenge was repaired and converted into a floating museum for tourists. Total . ( Disclaimer) Transcript: MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Got you. But with customs and border patrol seeing so much equipment coming in through the ports it's hard to identify. 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). So it's not just that a pirate radio station might be harming other radio stations, which is bad in and of itself and could pose a public safety risk with emergency communications, but we're talking serious stuff when we talk about FAA and air traffic control. Yoder actually addresses this apparent restriction, to some degree, in the 2013 Pirate Radio Annual, which has only just been released. The warrant is issued to the U.S. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: All right. 10. While the magic of shortwave radio can transport a small signal vast distances, to hear pirates regularly and clearly, some precision is required. 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. It could be harmful if we let a pirate radio station operate because sometimes they cause interference to other services, like aeronautical communications. 1. Winning a con. Everyone should agree that pirate radio stations - by any definition - are completely illegal. "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. 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. It would create chaos if we allowed them. MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, not the public face, but he's all the behind the scenes guy. 1. But O'Rahilly was undeterred, even after his ship was seized briefly by Dutch authorities. Select a station from the list and it will play on the tuner. Enter a location to find a nearby pirate radio stations. Last updated: December 2022 If we get that information we have a vehicle, it's called a direction-finding vehicle and it has specialized equipment in it. Is it when you are driving in, you know, to and from work? 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. 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. David Goren, a veteran radio producer who's created programming for National Public Radio, has spent years studying pirate broadcasters. He was going around the country and stirring the pot and getting a lot of people excited about microbroadcasting, so that's really where it started to really proliferate. "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. 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 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. 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. ACTIVITY. So we have a lot of those stations operating, so it's big revenue for them. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So the complainant needs to tell us where they hear the station. March 13 2022 . But please note that we will never create a post and product link explicitly to receive a commission. We also recommend that the complainant contact the station that they are getting interference to --. So, the F. Now, of course, my favorite thing that I want to ask you is what are some fun examples, maybe not fun, but interesting examples of cases that you have closed where maybe the circumstances were a bit bizarre or interesting that might help a listener understand just how weird some of this stuff can get and just how interesting some of these operations can be. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And that is obviously at the highest importance when we are talking about public safety. Sweet! So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, it doesn't have -- It's not marked with pizza delivery guy either. 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. 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. So sometimes the apartment owner, the building owner, or whatever, is totally in the dark about this, didn't know about. They lose advertisers because of it, they lose coverage area because of it, and it all comes down to dollars and cents. "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. While debunking myths about pirates, I can say that in my years of pirate radio listening Ive never heard a pirate intentionally jam a legal broadcaster. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And obviously as a good citizen I have never to my knowledge listened to a pirate radio station. Collection Info. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. We do that with every pirate station. 16 days ago. If you live in North Americaparticularly on the east coastor in Europe, youre in luck: these are the hottest geographic locations for shortwave pirate radio activity. MR. DOMBROWSKI: There is a variety of pirate radio stations out there. If you live in other parts of the world, pirate hunting can pose serious DX challenges. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Hometown. The library's newest additions include deep historical resources and contemporary reporting about the world of radio. These guys aren't blowing off their listeners like the other radio stations. Do a little pirate radio hunting yourself. 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 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? The result was a border-blaster that covered a wide geographical area. Whether youre a QSL collector, a content DXer, or the casual SWLer, I find theres something in pirate radio listening for everyone. 2 talking about this. 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. So we would rather take one single complaint from a broadcast licensee saying, hey, I've gotten 50 listener complaints in this area, here is where we are hearing it, do a little leg work yourself and verify that it's an unlicensed station, and then we can work with them in getting the station off the air. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So some States have laws on the book that prohibit pirate radio operation, States like New Jersey and New York and Florida. Here's a 12-minute recording of Radio Caroline DJ Tony Blackburn's show in 1965, which includes both a breakfast cereal commercial and the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" and "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds: Because the station had to fill so much airtime DJs had to come up with 2,500 tracks to play each week Radio Caroline helped foster what Moore calls "an explosion of new artists and bands who may have started recording conventional pop music, but who then expanded their musical abilities. So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? 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? 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well they had their antenna up really high. So we have had the most success in getting stations off the air when the district attorney is involved, because the U.S. Attorney's Office when we do the in rem seizures, they have a lot of case work and very high profile cases so there is a little reluctance sometimes because of the case precedence for the U.S. attorneys to take on our cases. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Thank you. Speaking for myself, Im passionate about pirate radio listening because it combines my listening/technical skills, my appetite for highly unique content, and for building a collection of quirky QSL cards. Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks.com article: Patrick J. Kiger MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, that's probably why they are complaining, right? "The government decided that radio was too influential as a means of mass communication to be in private hands," Peter Moore explains in an email. 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. So a pirate radio by simple terms is a broadcast station operating in the FM band, 88 megahertz to 108 megahertz that you dial up on your car radio, that is operating without a license. Ive noticed increased pirate radio activity during the winter months, as well. 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. If we are out there just gathering evidence for the first time our agents will go to the door, they will identify themselves with their badge. Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. I was glad to be here, it was a great opportunity. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Well let that be a lesson to the youngsters listening. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's kind of sad to see, but --. 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. 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. 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. Back in the 1980s, before the Internet and its online bulletin boards, I thought finding pirates was truly a huntrandom and altogether unpredictable. And as a bonus, Radio Caroline still exists though, ironically, it's gone legal. I mean stream --. We usually go with the police just for our protection and also for the protection of the occupants inside the residence. Click here to view a list of all sponsors. 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