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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: cmradio on December 04, 2009, 1101 UTC

Title: Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Post by: cmradio on December 04, 2009, 1101 UTC

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/03/ottawa-pirate-radio-station.html

Careful Canadian pirates, Industry Canada is feeling frisky.

Peace!

Title: Re: Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Post by: Zoidberg on December 04, 2009, 1722 UTC

I doubt Canadian shortwave pirates will have anything to worry about as long as Karol Madera is doing his part to defend the HF spectrum from Industry Canada.  Tough job but someone's gotta make 20m entertaining and respectable.

Title: Re: Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Post by: CDN on September 16, 2011, 1631 UTC

Quote from: Lex on December 04, 2009, 1722 UTC

I doubt Canadian shortwave pirates will have anything to worry about as long as Karol Madera is doing his part to defend the HF spectrum from Industry Canada.  Tough job but someone's gotta make 20m entertaining and respectable.

Lex

I just came across this thread….

As a thinking CDN and otherwise, I wish to thank you for ~appropriately recognizing our Karol VE7KFM a.k.a. “The Canadian Army of One” and the important/effective work he has been doing, for over a decade, not only w/ our IC, but also w/i the HAMereekan ARS, for an example of which explicitly, inferentially and otherwise, see/read the slightly foreshortened and spelling/grammar-corrected missive from Laura SMITH, SCARE of the FCC, to Randy BEST W7CPA, dated 3 Mar ’09 to be found near the bottom of the Front Page on Karol’s ONLY website:

http://members.shaw.ca/ve7kfm/

73

Title: Re: Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Post by: Zoidberg on September 17, 2011, 0303 UTC

Incidentally, there was a recent follow-up to that story.  It seemed to fly under the radar because the September 2011 follow-up report didn't mention the teenager's name.  But checking the Wikipedia references for related reports back to 2009, it's the same fellow.

Teen radio pirate given 15 months probation
Threatened on-air personalities after equipment seized
By Andrew Seymour, Ottawa Citizen September 2, 2011 (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Teen+radio+pirate+given+months+probation/5343578/story.html)

"A "petulant" teenaged radio pirate who threw a tantrum and threatened Ottawa radio personalities has been placed on 15 months probation."

"When Industry Canada shut him down and seized his equipment after repeated warnings in January 2010, he threatened and harassed one of the agency's investigators, a judge found."

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Quote from: cmradio on December 04, 2009, 1101 UTC

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/03/ottawa-pirate-radio-station.html

Careful Canadian pirates, Industry Canada is feeling frisky.

Peace!

Title: Re: Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Post by: Jolly Roger on September 17, 2011, 0439 UTC

Geez, ya don't suppose the rabbit turned him in as well, do ya? He has a real boner for Canadian pirates, even those CLOSE to the Canadian border.

Title: Re: Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his radio station
Post by: cmradio on September 18, 2011, 0600 UTC

Quote from: Lex on September 17, 2011, 0303 UTC

Incidentally, there was a recent follow-up to that story.

Canadian's take threats as seriously as taking potshots at the people with a gun. Dumb move, kid.

Peace!