Note: This podcast was recorded on June 21st. 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 do that with every pirate station. It will also help to have some sort of adjustable bandwidth filter (wide/narrow). MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well they had their antenna up really high. 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. Well I want to, you know, just emphasize the importance of this issue. Has it gotten worse, has it gotten better? Let's say you don't get cooperation from a building owner, you don't get cooperation from the eventual studio, maybe it's in their apartment and they're not opening the door, obviously, because they don't want to get caught. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, it may not start to cause interference as soon as you open up and out of the box and operate it, but over time with the heating up of the electronics inside it starts to malfunction and cause what we call spurius emissions where signals are operating outside your intended band and cause interference to other radio services. 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. And as a bonus, Radio Caroline still exists though, ironically, it's gone legal. comment. 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. In the U.S. the most famous example of a Pirate Radio station was Mexico's XERF. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, yes. Ive noticed increased pirate radio activity during the winter months, as well. I am a Philadelphia native, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I graduated Temple University and my first job was the FCC right out of college and interestingly --. 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. Oh, it happens a lot, especially in these urban areas like New York. 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 --. Set up your Raspberry Pi You'll need to get Raspbian, the Linux-based operating system for the Raspberry Pi. Powerful, uncertified transmitters manufactured in foreign countries easily slip through customs at U.S. ports. Radio Caroline. 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). No, not the Pirates of the Caribbean or East Africawe're talking about 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. He got the craft back and kept at pirate radio for nearly another quarter century. 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. Total . MR. DOMBROWSKI: So the complainant needs to tell us where they hear the station. Now I know that finding pirates is reasonably achievable; at least, it is possible to know roughly where, and generally when, to find them. The most popular frequency used by U.S. and Canadian pirate radio stations is 6925 kHz, transmitting in the AM or upper sideband (USB) modes. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So this equipment helps us track us down. If you live in other parts of the world, pirate hunting can pose serious DX challenges. 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. 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). MR. DOMBROWSKI: Raise it all the way up 100 feet and our director at the time rode up there and got the antenna down. 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. 1. 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. Over the past few years, Ive found that one of my favorite listening activities has become searching for unique pirate radio stations, and readers of my blog appear to have followed suit. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, the legitimate one, the licensed station. I asked him why he would still take the risk to go back on air and he said he wanted to reach the homeless, the shut-ins, the elderly who couldn't access the internet.". 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? MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. 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: We're not using an FM spectrum for this podcast. The BBC played catch-up launching Radio One and recruiting the same pirates for their roster. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. 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. 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. Be careful to. 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? 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. URL Here: https://dkng.co/rogue-----For entertainment purposes only. 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. 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. Well, I can't say exactly what it is, but, yes, they're --. The Moody Blues are one example of this." They could stream. You have somebody that puts a station on the air and then what that person does is he leases air time for his station for other DJs and they come in and so he is getting a kickback from the DJs and he is getting advertising revenue. 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. There is a lot of misconception about what a low power transmitter is. 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. "In Haiti during the Duvalier regime, people depended on radio to get news from independent sources off the island. There is a studio somewhere. "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. 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? 2 talking about this. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. "To enforce the law and protect American radio listeners and lawful businesses, the Federal Communications Commission has made a concerted effort in recent years to step up our enforcement efforts against pirate radio stations.". Now if you go that menu there are several options of different radio services. VIEWS. 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. 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. 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. Goren, who's been monitoring the airwaves since the law was passed, notes that on a typical day, he picks up about 26 pirate stations in Brooklyn alone. We do contact the property owner before we execute the warrant to let them know we are at the door and we don't want to break the door down but we need them there to open it. Marshals went in with us and we seized the equipment. 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 it's not the -- In terms of size wise for mileage it's the smallest region, but it's the most populated. 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. After that we just destroy it through an electronics recycler. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's not, you know, and we didn't talk about, there are other legal ways to go about it. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It doesn't say FCC pirate agent? 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. Though Channel Z was broadcasting in AM, as many do, its best to hunt pirates with an SSB-capable portable. 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. We usually go with the police just for our protection and also for the protection of the occupants inside the residence. 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. bclc lotto app not working; signs your internship will turn into a job; mary suehr schmitz. So they thought that was a way for them to avoid detection by hopping from building to building and frequency to frequency. Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legaland frequently an ear-opening experience. Enter a location to find a nearby pirate radio stations. And one of the reasons that they are causing harmful interference, in particular to the FAA operations, is because they are not tested, right. But what hast made the problem really expand is the equipment is readily available with the internet now. It has become more common for pirates to transmit images using SSTV.A few have experimented with FM or digital modes like RTTY, PSK31 . So if they don't meet the Part 15 requirements they need a license. All you need is a location to host the antenna and access to electricity unless you've got batteries, then just the location.". To have a radio station here helps to establish the station's operator as an important source of information and influence in the community.". They also spent the regulatory fees that they have to, you know, spend I think yearly, and so they have an investment in their service and these unlicensed stations NP that. So not only interference, but we also have issues of interference to other radio services. I mean stream --. 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 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.3 GB (in 25,377 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. About Google Maps. Even then, though, Radio Caroline wouldn't go away. 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. I am Evan Swarztrauber. "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.". We try to interview them. A lot of stations conceal their antennas, they hide behind things, they take the antennas down during they day, so they try avoid detection. Now when we talk about enforcement actions, you know, I'd like to kind of paint a picture for our listeners. Use promo code ROGUE to get a shot at MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in total prizes! If you've been binge-watching movies lately, you may have come across "Pirate Radio." 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.. 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. 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. 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? MR. DOMBROWSKI: You know, that's hard to say. 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, that's probably why they are complaining, right? If you are given ten choices make sure the one you actually one is your eighth choice because that's going to be the one that you get. Pirates Week: http://shortwavepirate.info. 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So all that good equipment just gets recycled. Before we talk about where to hunt pirates, however, we need to talk about the necessary equipmenti.e., your radio and antenna. What can the average person do? "Caroline now has two stations, one playing album music and one playing the original pop music for which the station is remembered," Moore explains. 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. The U.S. has had its share of pirate broadcasters over the years as well. Addeddate 2022-03-13 23:21:58 . MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right, he's no the public face of it. In the quieter winter months, stations seem to pop out of the ether. 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. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. 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 a transmitter that complies with the Part 15 requirements has a very small operating range, about 100 feet. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Ten times as much, that's big, yes. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well it depends what level we are at with the investigation. 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. This includes the FM, AM and shortwave radio bands. 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. 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. Many of our links now function as affiliate links. 3. ( Disclaimer) Transcript: MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. (Listen to one of Ronins broadcasts below.). And you have tools to escalate the situation. Borderhunter Radio is one of the strongest Euro Pirates Ive ever heard. Ragnar Daneskjold hosts an occasional podcast serving the shortwave pirate community; it includes pirate radio news, off-air recordings, and more. Be specific. Gimme Radio (for online listeners) Gimme Radio is one of the more modern American rock radio stations available today. Click here to view a list of all sponsors. So that is a big concern for the broadcasters in those areas. 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. Pirates broadcast a wide variety of content, but are usually motivated by sharing their messageor favorite musicon the air. The station is capable of running off of 13.8/28 volts DC battery, which can even be charged with solar power. So what is pirate radio? Not just Aussie and NZ pirates, but stations in places like The Phillipinesmaybe Japan, South Korea, or Thailand. March 13 2022 . MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Well let that be a lesson to the youngsters listening. Now this is not just a focus of the FCC, Congress is also interested in this. Created on. Pirate radio guru Andrew Yoder started his own pirate blog last year, and has already began populating it with regular updates, QSLs, and recordings. If they have some skin in the game, an operator or a landlord or a property owner that let somebody put a station up on their rooftop, you know, it's illegal for them to have that station there. Pirate stations want listeners to discover them, so they broadcast in various "watering holes." 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. Well joining me to discuss this topic is David Dombrowski, Regional Director for Region One in the FCC Enforcement Bureau. This station was operated in Pennsauken, New Jersey, which is right across the river from Philadelphia, and it covered the entire Philadelphia area. South America was strong for a while in the 90s, but that has also fallen silent. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Right. But the FCC, Congress and the commercial broadcasting industry don't see the pirates as serving such a benign purpose. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. Bruce will host a new daily show for Bauer's station Greatest Hits Radio, taking his iconic PopMaster game with him. What's more, pirate radio stations gave us access to some of the most pivotal figures in UK music . If you live outside of North America and Europe, that doesnt mean there arent pirate radio stations to be found. So when the FCC licenses FM stations those stations are generally not going to interfere with aeronautical operations because we make sure that they are not. 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. We would also have to create a database for the public access. They can be highly entertaining or thought-provoking, and thus are, themselves, a unique art form. Want to know why the usually run them out at sea. Our agents are pretty smart on the tricks. But the interesting thing about this was that it was operated by a group of people who considered themselves Moors, which are indigenous people of the United States who were here before the United States was colonized. Fortunately for the beginning pirate-hunter, there are now online message boards, free radio logs, and even publications (like Yoders excellent treatise on the subject) to help guide your tuning (see resource links below). 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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So we have fines that we could issue. 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