High seas piracy question

[Conelrad]

What REALLY is the law(s) concerning unlicensed broadcast transmission whilst on the high seas ?

I know numerous operations have fallen due to proximity to land, ship registry with certain countries & treaties, and outright armed aggressive takeovers by 'operatives'.

Can one do it somewhere today without fear of government interference (pun intended)?

Time for a legal eagle opinion here .

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[Echo_One]

What REALLY is the law(s) concerning unlicensed broadcast transmission whilst on the high seas ?

I know numerous operations have fallen due to proximity to land, ship registry with certain countries & treaties, and outright armed aggressive takeovers by 'operatives'.

Can one do it somewhere today without fear of government interference (pun intended)?

Time for a legal eagle opinion here .

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Assuming you did not actually broadcast your location and ship's registry, you should be alright. You shouldn't stay more then a day or two in any one place mind you...

[Conelrad]

Not bad advice, but the question is "Where/how can you do it, and keep doing it-stick it in the face of the man-doing it without hiding?

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[weaksigs]

 
It's gotten very hard for anyone to hide these days especially on the literal ocean.
With all the satellites, CG RDF, fast choppers and patrol vessels and the like no one
can hide on the ocean. Besides that harbor operations make quick note of any vessel
leaving or arriving by direct as well as radar observation.

A body would have a "better" but not good chance of evading or hiding on land.
Mobile may be the key regardless of the situation or purpose.

And whether or not a crime or international border has been breached these days a
convenient excuse for boarding can be any number of contrived reasons including
those enforced by Home Land Security. One must be very careful and watch all his
or her "P's and Q's".

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
 

Weaksigs

[Conelrad]

It's gotten very hard for anyone to hide these days especially on the literal ocean.

Weaksigs

Thanks, but not my question. 

It is not to hide, rather find a spot on the seas (or land, for that matter) where you can do what you like with broadcast radio (MW or SW).  A place beyond the legal reach of the ITU and it's henchmen. 

Perhaps a place with no extradition treaties with anyone...

Also somewhere you could provide for your own security just in case things get hot...

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[Pigmeat]

The limits on territorial waters used to be set either at a 3 or 12 miles under international agreements.

In the 70's,Ecuador set a 200 mile limit for fishing rights. This set off the Tuna War,which took years to settle.

However one aspect of the Ecuadorian action is that other countries found it useful to protect against both smuggling and exploitation of their regions offshore resources by foreign powers. They began to adapt it.

In the years since, 200 miles offshore has become the defacto limit of international waters.

It's legal to do it out there,but do you want to go to the trouble?

I'd go land based with my sights on Panama,Belize or Honduras instead. None of those places are going to extradite you for some minor crap like playing radio. Hell, if you've got the bucks to do a sea-based op, it would be no problem to get a broadcast license by spreading a few bucks around in those places. A lot cheaper than going to sea.

BTW,just about every male who can afford one carries a pistol in Honduras. Plenty of cheap AK's/M-16's left over from the Contra wars,too.

[weaksigs]

Same answer as before- on the seas or land-
Freedom of choice is not guaranteed anywhere anymore-
However Keep us posted if you find that rare gem of freedom!!

Best wishes-

weaksigs