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5821

Huh? / Re: FCC Nightmare

« on: September 18, 2014, 0321 UTC »

Guys climbing on the roof and destroying your property? And no warrant? Where I live you're free to shoot people who do stuff like that. You call 911 after you bag them. The cops will arrest them for destruction of property, home invasion, and felonious trespassing.

I think a used, pawnshop twenty gauge pump loaded with number four or six shot is the way to go. Shot that light doesn't really have the punch to dispatch them , but it will knock them off of roofs and ladders.

The resulting fall might kill 'em, but they shouldn't have been screwing around up there in the first place.

If you do remote tx's, a shotgun is your friend. It will feed you and keep you safe from two and four legged predators.

5822

General Radio Discussion / Re: Avoiding the FCC

« on: September 18, 2014, 0244 UTC »

It seems to me it was in one of the Rust Belt cities, Al.

I do recall the legit station that complained was the perennial cellar dweller on FM in it's market. When a "new" station pulled in front of it in the ratings, the station manager couldn't figure out who they were. From what I recall, the station manager and some of his underlings did a little df'ing on their own and found the tx site. They gave the address to the FCC and that was that.

OMCS, getting involved with expat communities in South Florida (or anywhere else) can get you killed. A lot of former thugs from different regimes trying to carve out a power base in their communities in the States. You quit being a civilian when you become involved with one of those factions too deeply.

A guy I knew had his cigar company in Miami bombed in the late 80's. He was Cuban, and had made a humanitarian trip involving medical supplies back to the mother country, just things collapsed in the old Soviet Union and Cuba was running on fumes. His big crime back in the States? He made the mistake of being caught in a "voluntary" photo op with Fidel. (There was no "voluntary" when it came to Fidel in his prime.)

A couple of nights later in Miami, the factory went "boom!"

MS-13 operates a ton of FM pirates in El Salvador, and the countries surrounding it. As active as MS is in the States, (Hell, it was founded in L.A. in the 80's.), I wouldn't be surprised if their not doing the same thing here in regions where there are large Central American populations?

5823

Huh? / Re: Drone, ham radio destroyed amid headbutting assault

« on: September 16, 2014, 0447 UTC »

An interesting case. While I'm not acquainted with Texas branches of these families, I am familiar with the local variants.

Garza's tend to be very bright and reliable when their not having a "spell".  When they're having a "spell" all bets are off. One I knew went all Fansome about '84. He went into a rage over a pop can on his desk being thrown away by housekeeping. Who knew you could create cold fusion in a Tab can? He didn't come back to work for a long time.

Hammons' are onery and have mean streak. I'm surprised Mr. Hammons didn't shoot the fella on the spot. That being said, any Hammons worth his salt, when faced with a crazy neighbor is going to mess with him. I bet Pop and the boy had a grand ol' time making him think they were peeking into his windows.

Great Uncle Claude Hammons would be proud.

5824

General Radio Discussion / Re: Following NWS / local EMA Freqs on a Tecsun PL-660?

« on: September 14, 2014, 0642 UTC »

I don't know why I didn't think of this yesterday. Go to Universal Radio's website www.universal-radio.com. and tell them what you're looking for. They've got piles of gently used scanners, all checked out, refurbished, and at good prices.

They're great folks and I'm sure they could also put you into contact with scanner and ham types in your area. They've got a nationwide customer base to draw on for that kind of info.

5825

Equipment / Re: Griffin PowerMate USB Knob as SDR VFO

« on: September 13, 2014, 2142 UTC »

Our Great Leader will be ecstatic.

Of course, this may set back the whale oil as a renewable energy project for awhile.

5826

General Radio Discussion / Re: Avoiding the FCC

« on: September 13, 2014, 2123 UTC »

The main thing is to stay away from a guy whose real name is Jerry Graves, but goes mainly by the aliases of Pat Murphy and Commander Bunny on pirate radio forums.

Stay away from Bill O. Rights, too. It's the same guy as above. He has a hotline to the FCC he uses to rat out pirates he doesn't like.

5827

Huh? / Re: Bob Crewe, Songwriter for Frankie Valli and Four Seasons, Dies at 83

« on: September 13, 2014, 1156 UTC »

Tight underwear doesn't cause caterwauling like that. Vise grips, maybe, tight underwear, no way.

I used to castrate cattle when I was younger. I wonder what method they used on Frankie and the lads? Must have been the traditional pull and cut. Opposable thumbs on the boys would rule out the more modern rubber band and wait to cut method.

I think I'll go look through my old knife drawer. Lots of heifers into herfers memories in there. Nothin' like a sharp hawksbill for doing the deed.

5828

North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: 1710 W807 0234 UTC 9/13/2014

« on: September 13, 2014, 0343 UTC »

I haven't heard either of those in over a year.

5829

Huh? / Re: So, exactly what did the inventors do?

« on: September 13, 2014, 0341 UTC »

I blame the "cafes". That kid must have been smoking something Captain Ganja can only dream about.

5830

Huh? / Re: Bob Crewe, Songwriter for Frankie Valli and Four Seasons, Dies at 83

« on: September 13, 2014, 0337 UTC »

Wasn't he tried for crimes against humanity for collaborating with that pack of castrati?

5831

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio 3205 AM 1236 UTC 11 Sep 2014

« on: September 12, 2014, 1816 UTC »

They were running some sort of drama around 6:30 utc this morning (9/12/14) on 3205 AM.

The signal was "loopy", if you'll excuse my choice of words. Bell clear and about s-6 at peaks, which lasted around a minute, barely a het when they bottomed out into long deep fades.

Radio here was a Drake R-4b with a 50 ft. sloper pointed towards the N.NE.

There was a crap load of static up and down the HF bands at times. I suspect the solar flares were saying "here we come".

5832

Huh? / I've been wondering about a few things, Al.

« on: September 12, 2014, 1800 UTC »

Does your middle initial stand for "Olduvai"? Have you ever knapped a hand axe? Are you leakey?

Those are the main things I'm curious about before we go into that whaling venture you proposed.

5833

Equipment / Re: I finally put up a Beverage antenna

« on: September 12, 2014, 0405 UTC »

That's what I used to do, but my wife has gone all nature friendly.

Personally, I'm an Agent Orange man, but if I want clean underwear and cooked food, I've got to play along.

5834

General Radio Discussion / Re: RadioShack warns of possible Ch. 11 bankruptcy

« on: September 12, 2014, 0353 UTC »

When it drops to 10-15 cents a share, we corner the market on their stock and wait for the dead cat bounce, Al.

We'll use the profits to set up the harpoon batteries in Cali.

5835

General Radio Discussion / Re: Following NWS / local EMA Freqs on a Tecsun PL-660?

« on: September 12, 2014, 0344 UTC »

The Alabama hurricane net hangs out 6913 - 6917 khz. LSB range. They use Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) antennas to be able communicate both regionally and in-state. You should be able hear them easily with the Tecsun.

There are a number of storm nets that run in the Southeast on shortwave. If you know a local ham, I'm sure he/she could put you on to the regional frequencies as hams are the guys who run them.

The same is true of the VHF/UHF weather/emergency nets, ran by local hams, but sadly unavailable on shortwave rigs.