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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: TonyD on July 01, 2022, 1002 UTC
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Comreg is having a cleanup of the Shortwave band here in Ireland
Be careful out there folks.
(No idea where else to put this Ray)
edit by Shortwave_Listener: Moving this topic to General Radio Discussion
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I heard a whisper about this this morning. I wonder why?
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I heard that Comreg had received complaints from their German counterparts.
One would wonder why that was when there was no interference to any German legitimate stations.
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Yes just heard from a local source.
Sad news... :'(
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What stations have been raided? I can’t seem to find anything online.
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I heard that Comreg had received complaints from their German counterparts.
One would wonder why that was when there was no interference to any German legitimate stations.
About two years ago, around Christmas time, Bogusman got raided by ofcom and UK police after a complaint from German maritime authorities of sideband interference of an emergency maritime channel near or on 6312 khz
I believe Radio Merlin also got raided by ofcom and UK police after a complaint by German authorities, although I'm not 100% sure on that one.
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I heard 2 stations were raided.
I don't really want to name them in case the info is incorrect.
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:'( :'(Sad news
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I got this info from "Premier Radio"
Hi Frank, one station was raided on Thursday and one in April….. I’m not in a position to name them until I hear from the operators.
Premier Radio will not be on air until we see what is happening ! Will keep you updated.
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Thanks for your information Bali Frank !!
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Usually Comreg send a letter to site owners informing them of the fines they face. This has been the case in recent years in relation to the FM pirates. This why there are few FM pirates on air these days.
Both these SW stations were, I believe, in the same part of the spectrum which makes me believe it was frequency related. Perhaps on or close to distress frequencies or frequencies reserved for something.
The chances are that Comreg were instructed, maybe by the ITU, to remove these transmitters from the air. Hence the lack of a warning letter.
I don't think it was a case of Comreg having nothing better to do.
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The Comreg annual report is out now!!
https://www.comreg.ie/media/2022/11/ComReg-2294.pdf
Jump to page 35 for Shortwave info.
Stay safe.
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The two SW stations raided were :
Radio Sovereign (5770 kHz) Dundalk area (NW OF Ireland), complaint from UK
Last report on HF-U was on 06 APR 2022 (in the 6900 range)
Last report on 5770 was on 03 APR 2022
The Vault (6985 kHz) Carlow area (SE of Ireland), complaint from Germany
Last report on HF-U was on 18 JUN 2022
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From the Comreg report:
"Following extensive field investigations and co-operation from several
other European National Regulatory Authorities (“NRAs”) to determine the direction of the
incoming skywave, the transmitter location was pinpointed and confirmed by ComReg to
be coming from a private residence in the Dundalk area. "
So they likely use TDoA mapping to get the approximate area and Comreg then move in with their DF equipment to pinpoint it.
The lesson here is "don't be on air all day" and "don't stick to schedules", I think. As well as : "be aware of what's officially on the frequency you're going to use".