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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Newfoundland DXer on February 15, 2010, 1527 UTC
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A country music enthusiast in a isolated part of central Newfoundland was operating a 5 watt station for over two months, until he was featured in a local newpaper article:
http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/index.cfm?sid=324091&sc=305
I called Mr. Gillingham, and discovered that he was transmitting on FM, not shortwave as indicated in the article. Unfortunately, after publication, he received a call from Industry Canada ordering him to cease transmissions.
This is the perfect example of a non-commercial hobbyist providing a local community service. Doing the newspaper interview was obviously not the smartest thing, but seems to have only led to a verbal warning and an offer to send out the required forms to apply for a license, so there may be a future for Radio Free Noggin Cove.
At least Mr. Gillingham has the distinction of being, as far as I know, the first Newfoundland pirate.
Cheers, Terry
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Nice article Terry BUT as seen over and over IT happens the same way time after time IT IS SAD REALLY
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No good deed shall go unpunished.
Damned shame
John