MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, to lease some air time off these legitimate stations. comment. Unlike trying to locate China Radio International, Radio Australia, or the BBC World Service, hunting pirates requires a decent-quality radio and antenna. I started as a field agent doing inspections and doing pirate radio enforcement was one of my jobs and then I moved into a senior agent position and then eventually the District Director, which the manager of the Philadelphia office. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. 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. 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 -. 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. 1. 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. A lot of times you can tell by the audio quality. Each issue also contains a CD of sound clips from various pirates, several articles about the state of pirate radio, and other relevant info. Not all the illegal stations are pirate stations! That happens a lot. MR. DOMBROWSKI: You know, that's hard to say. Enter ZIP code or city, state as well. 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). 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: All right. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. 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. Shortwave DX Blog - A blog with loggings and information relating to shortwave pirate radio in Europe. "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. They label the equipment as something else. 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. Borderhunter Radio is one of the strongest Euro Pirates Ive ever heard. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So some States have laws on the book that prohibit pirate radio operation, States like New Jersey and New York and Florida. Indeed, since pirates are operating at lower power, they get much more bang-for-the-watt out of SSB. Last updated: December 2022 MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, the legitimate one, the licensed station. 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. Do you hear it on the weekends or is only a station that operates during the weekends? . All you need is a location to host the antenna and access to electricity unless you've got batteries, then just the location.". 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. 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. Has that happened? Sometimes we find stations that just access the rooftops without anybody knowing and put the transmitter kind of hidden in a wall somewhere or a crevice and the antenna on the roof and remain anonymous for months without anybody knowing that the station is there. 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. 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. It will also help to have some sort of adjustable bandwidth filter (wide/narrow). 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. The Radio Informer - The latest info on the world of radio including:world,shortwave . There is a reason that those devices operate in an unlicensed manner because they are not transmitting very far. We try to interview them. While this reality is not surprising, we . 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. Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. Well I want to, you know, just emphasize the importance of this issue. Total . So we have a lot of those stations operating, so it's big revenue for them. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It doesn't say FCC pirate agent? But sometimes it is very difficult with those stations that have put more investment into the equipment. The FRW is an email-only newsletter devoted to the hobby of pirate radio listening, and is distributed free to those who contribute. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So what is the current state of pirate radio? And so, yes, we may -- We have a warrant for the property. 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? MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, and it's also I assume illegal for these advertisers to be advertising on pirate stations, they just might not know that they are pirates. And then they said to me well here is ten jobs that you potentially could have which one is your top choice? 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. 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. And it was good media coverage, too. They don't know how to reach us? They are not considered an operator by investing in that. So we try to shut down, you know, that equipment coming in to the purchasers. Addeddate 2022-03-13 23:21:58 . They can be highly entertaining or thought-provoking, and thus are, themselves, a unique art form. Right now it is $10,000 per day per occurrence. Keep in mind that pirates are relatively low-power broadcasters. Find this podcast in the iTunes store or Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts. Yes, so it's kind of like a cascade of options --. 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. 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. Airchecks from unauthorized broadcast radio stations throughout the years. "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. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. In the U.S. the most famous example of a Pirate Radio station was Mexico's XERF. Collection Info. So we have a team here in the Enforcement Bureau that does that, our Spectrum Enforcement Division. If you just use an internet browser and search FCC complaint you will come to the link for filing a complaint. They also have potential to cause interference to the adjacent channel stations, you know, up above their frequency and below their frequency. Finding Shortwave Stations and Broadcasts. 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.. It had a 20-mile range. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360 interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning . Set up your Raspberry Pi You'll need to get Raspbian, the Linux-based operating system for the Raspberry Pi. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well that's what I went up with. 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 was glad to be here, it was a great opportunity. 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. 16 days ago. 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. 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And then he had, you know, he was on the internet. Gimme Radio (for online listeners) Gimme Radio is one of the more modern American rock radio stations available today. So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's kind of sad to see, but --. So sometimes the apartment owner, the building owner, or whatever, is totally in the dark about this, didn't know about. I decoded this Wolverine Radio SSTV QSL on the SSTV iOS App. 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. 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. Created on. 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. 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. Winning a con. Given other responsibilities and obligations, however, the Commission's resources are stretched, and it seems that stopping pirate radio is not at the top of the priority list. ACTIVITY. Marshal Service actually and that allows us to go in with the U.S. Many of you have suggested in the past that the SWLing Post join an affiliate links program. They came and seized all of my equipment. And you have tools to escalate the situation. Stations such as Weekend Rush, Kool FM, Pulse and Innocence wanted to represent the streets and promote local scenes.. We have language to kind of consider them an operator, so they could be liable for a fine and we do issue them a warning letter. Radio GDay came on from Australia occasionally, but no one else. Bruce will host a new daily show for Bauer's station Greatest Hits Radio, taking his iconic PopMaster game with him. Well we did go to the courts, we got the warrant, and the U.S. Marshals actually seize 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. 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 original converted ferry sank in 1980, but the five DJs on board and the ship's canary, Wilson, named after British Prime Minister Harold Wilson all were rescued, according to O'Rahilly's New York Times obituary. The U.S. has had its share of pirate broadcasters over the years as well. They are very low power and the range of them are very small. The plot is based loosely on the saga of an actual former pirate station, Radio Caroline, that was founded by an offbeat Irish entrepreneur named Ronan O'Rahilly, the inspiration for the character portrayed by Bill Nighy. This includes the FM, AM and shortwave radio bands. PIRATE RADIO Once you remove the idea of pirate radio from its mythology, you. 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. 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. Chasing pirates has also increased my technical know-how. 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. Note: This podcast was recorded on June 21st. And so we need to make sure that we stop the importation of this equipment, we stop the marketing of these illegal transmitters. 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. And one of the reasons that they are causing harmful interference, in particular to the FAA operations, is because they are not tested, right. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's not, you know, and we didn't talk about, there are other legal ways to go about it. And they also would be able to contact us and find out where the complaint is in the queue and, you know, what's going on with the complaint and have we investigated it yet. 19. r/HamRadio. And they could also --. 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. Back when KIWI was on the air regularly in the 90s, I assumed that pirate radio would explode in Oceania and Asia. Now one thing I want to talk about is Part 15. 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. As Yoder goes on to explain in his introduction of the 2012 Pirate Radio Annual, pirates are often confused with radio bootleggers (who conduct unlicensed two-way conversations), clandestine stations (usually political stations), and jammers (who intentionally try to block broadcasts). There is a lot of misconception about what a low power transmitter is. 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.". We also get the other federal agencies involved, the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, where we can seek a warrant. 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. But with customs and border patrol seeing so much equipment coming in through the ports it's hard to identify. It has a radio receiver in it, it has a computer screen with a map, and it has a little compass rose that tells us what direction the signal is coming from. I used a pneumatic spud gun to launch an arborist's bag to deploy my 50' end fed antenna 40' up into a tree. 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. They could stream. 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. Oh, it happens a lot, especially in these urban areas like New York. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well they had their antenna up really high. As a self-proclaimed content DXer, what interests me in pirate radio is that the listener never knows what to expect, but you can guarantee that the content will be different from that of the major broadcasters. Violators faced two years of imprisonment and fines. Now all those things have one thing in common. 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? 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. (Disclaimer). We usually go with the police just for our protection and also for the protection of the occupants inside the residence. 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. 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. What can the average person do? 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. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, yes. Select a station from the list and it will play on the tuner. Nothing. 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. But the easiest way to file a complaint is go online. I received this QSL from the amazing Radio Ronin Shortwave shortly before he received the knock from the FCC and stopped transmitting. That doesn't prohibit somebody from filing an anonymous complaint, we still take those. The station is capable of running off of 13.8/28 volts DC battery, which can even be charged with solar power. (Click to enlarge). You might need that sensitivity and an outdoor antenna to pull these relatively low-powered signals from the ether. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. So it's not the -- In terms of size wise for mileage it's the smallest region, but it's the most populated. 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. Loggings are in real time and there are very fewif anyoff-topic posts. The Who actually paid homage to Radio Caroline and other offshore broadcasters by parodying them on their 1967 concept album "The Who Sell Out," as music historian John Atkins has written. Want to know why the usually run them out at sea. "Private radio was prohibited and only the British Broadcasting Corporation, which was part of the political establishment, sent radio to the British people with the remit to be morally uplifting, informative and educational," Moore says. Be careful to. * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. 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. 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. Having that exposure helped boost the careers of scores of British bands whose music eventually made it to America. 2022-03-13 23:21:58 Storage_size 430.3 GB (in 25,377 files) Title Pirate Radio Airchecks. Sweet! 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. 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. And they come -- I've worked with them when they have bulletproof vests on and automatic weapons. Now if you go that menu there are several options of different radio services. So, for example, if youre listening for North American pirates from Europe, youll need to plan accordingly. So if they don't meet the Part 15 requirements they need a license. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Hometown. 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