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North American Shortwave Pirate / Vostochnaya Zvezda 4015 USB 0235 UTC 23 MAR 2023
« on: March 23, 2023, 0239 UTC »
S7 with the KFS SE KiwiSDR.
0235 UTC-Music
0235 UTC-Music
Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
We seek to understand and document all radio transmissions, legal and otherwise, as part of the radio listening hobby. We do not encourage any radio operations contrary to regulations.
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This was a relay by North American Pirate Relay Service. Email him at naprs@protonmail.com
I have never heard him give an ID or email on the air after the relay. I wonder if he wants a recorded ID? I could make one if he wants.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0237 UTC 23 MAR 2023
« on: March 23, 2023, 0237 UTC »
S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR.
0237 UTC-Josiah preaching
0237 UTC-Josiah preaching
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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0250 UTC 22 MAR 2023
« on: March 22, 2023, 1450 UTC »
I forgot to check for him last night, but I asked on World of Radio if anyone heard him. Rick in Arizona says he tuned in late and heard the sign off announcement at 0250 UTC.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Balls
« on: March 22, 2023, 1441 UTC »
FCC Fines 15 Year-Old Pirate Radio Station in NYC $2 Million
Motherboard
By Matthew Gault
22 March 2023,
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is using a new law to fine a pirate radio station operating in New York City for more than $2 million. For 15 years, Impacto 2, which has been operated by two brothers, has broadcast Ecuadorian news, culture, sports, and talk-radio on 105.5 FM in Queens. The feds have tried to shut it down repeatedly, but have never succeeded.
The FCC announced the fine in a press release last week. “The Commission proposed the maximum penalty allowable, $2,316,034, against brothers César Ayora and Luis Angel Ayora for pirate radio broadcasting in Queens, New York,” the release said. The FCC also said it was trying to seize $80,000 in equipment from a man broadcasting pirate radio in Eastern Oregon.
The Ayoras have been on the FCC’s radar since 2008 when they started broadcasting Impacto 2 for the Ecuadorian community in Queens: "The brothers César and [Luis] Angel Ayora in September 2008 founded the first Ecuadorian FM radio station in New York City. . . The station never sleeps, because a team of communication professionals are working for you 24 hours a day," their website, which is currently down, said. The station is broadcast over the internet and has moved around the FM spectrum several times over the years.
The station's Instagram and Facebook pages show that they regularly throw events for the community and that their main mission is providing Spanish-language news and music for Ecuadorians living in Queens.
The FCC closely polices radio spectrums around the country, and provides licenses to companies who apply for specific frequencies. On the one hand, this makes sense, because use of radio frequencies are limited by physics and, without licenses, radio would be a free-for-all. Currently, the FCC is not providing any new FM or AM radio frequencies, according to its website. At the same time, pirate radio has a long history of providing access to the airwaves for independent broadcasters. In this case, the targets of the fine are a pair of brothers who were providing a vital community resource.
In court documents about the fine, the FCC detailed its history with the Ayoras and Impacto 2.
The story is always the same. Someone complains about the Ecuadorian broadcast, the FCC investigates and tracks down the radio antenna, and the Ayoras admit to owning it. Then the FCC issues a fine. “On June 2, 2015, the Bureau issued a $20,000 forfeiture order against Luis Angel Ayora for operating this unauthorized radio station,” court document said “The Bureau received no response to the order, and the forfeiture was never paid.”
After the fine goes unpaid, the FCC seizes the equipment. But the Ayoras don’t stop. “The seizure of their equipment by federal agents did not deter the Ayoras from continuing to operate their pirate radio station,” a court document said.
According to the FCC’s court documents, the Ayoras repeatedly talked about the pirate station on the air and let the audience know when the station changed places on the FM dial. César Ayora even hosts a show called Sentimientos where he plays romantic music every Sunday night. The radio station’s Instagram account explicitly advertises it as airing in New York.
The brothers even kept the pirate radio stations running during the pandemic. The feds noticed but held off on investigating. “COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented further onsite inspections until 2022,” the court record said.
Things changed in 2020, when Congress passed the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement (PIRATE) Act. The PIRATE act gave the FCC broader powers to levy fines and seize equipment against accused broadcasters including a penalty of $100,000 a day with a maximum fine of $2 million. “In addition to tougher fines on violators, the law requires the FCC to conduct periodic enforcement sweeps and grants the Commission authority to take enforcement action against landlords and property owners that willfully and knowingly permit pirate radio broadcasting on their properties,” the FCC said in a press release.
According to the FCC, the Ayoras have admitted to operating the radio station several times during interviews. The feds even went to the trouble of totaling every day it could prove the pair had run the radio station and detailed what it would like to charge them for it. “Based on the severity of the facts underlying these factors, we propose the maximum penalty of $115,80265 for each day of the 184 days during which the Ayoras operated their pirate radio station in 2022 for a total penalty of $21,307,568,” the FCC’s court documents said.
That is, however, not possible under the new PIRATE Act. “We reduce the proposed penalty from $21,307,568 to $2,316,034 based on the statutory limits imposed by section 511(a) of the Act,” it said in court documents.
All of this said, the FCC may have trouble finding the Ayoras. On February 19, a month before the FCC announced the fine, Luis Angel Ayora posted a picture of himself on Facebook in front of a lush green mountain. “The person who guesses the location gets a guinea pig,” he said in the caption.
Impacto 2 did not immediately respond to Motherboard’s request for comment.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k535/fcc-fines-15-year-old-nyc-pirate-radio-station-dollar2-million
Motherboard
By Matthew Gault
22 March 2023,
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is using a new law to fine a pirate radio station operating in New York City for more than $2 million. For 15 years, Impacto 2, which has been operated by two brothers, has broadcast Ecuadorian news, culture, sports, and talk-radio on 105.5 FM in Queens. The feds have tried to shut it down repeatedly, but have never succeeded.
The FCC announced the fine in a press release last week. “The Commission proposed the maximum penalty allowable, $2,316,034, against brothers César Ayora and Luis Angel Ayora for pirate radio broadcasting in Queens, New York,” the release said. The FCC also said it was trying to seize $80,000 in equipment from a man broadcasting pirate radio in Eastern Oregon.
The Ayoras have been on the FCC’s radar since 2008 when they started broadcasting Impacto 2 for the Ecuadorian community in Queens: "The brothers César and [Luis] Angel Ayora in September 2008 founded the first Ecuadorian FM radio station in New York City. . . The station never sleeps, because a team of communication professionals are working for you 24 hours a day," their website, which is currently down, said. The station is broadcast over the internet and has moved around the FM spectrum several times over the years.
The station's Instagram and Facebook pages show that they regularly throw events for the community and that their main mission is providing Spanish-language news and music for Ecuadorians living in Queens.
The FCC closely polices radio spectrums around the country, and provides licenses to companies who apply for specific frequencies. On the one hand, this makes sense, because use of radio frequencies are limited by physics and, without licenses, radio would be a free-for-all. Currently, the FCC is not providing any new FM or AM radio frequencies, according to its website. At the same time, pirate radio has a long history of providing access to the airwaves for independent broadcasters. In this case, the targets of the fine are a pair of brothers who were providing a vital community resource.
In court documents about the fine, the FCC detailed its history with the Ayoras and Impacto 2.
The story is always the same. Someone complains about the Ecuadorian broadcast, the FCC investigates and tracks down the radio antenna, and the Ayoras admit to owning it. Then the FCC issues a fine. “On June 2, 2015, the Bureau issued a $20,000 forfeiture order against Luis Angel Ayora for operating this unauthorized radio station,” court document said “The Bureau received no response to the order, and the forfeiture was never paid.”
After the fine goes unpaid, the FCC seizes the equipment. But the Ayoras don’t stop. “The seizure of their equipment by federal agents did not deter the Ayoras from continuing to operate their pirate radio station,” a court document said.
According to the FCC’s court documents, the Ayoras repeatedly talked about the pirate station on the air and let the audience know when the station changed places on the FM dial. César Ayora even hosts a show called Sentimientos where he plays romantic music every Sunday night. The radio station’s Instagram account explicitly advertises it as airing in New York.
The brothers even kept the pirate radio stations running during the pandemic. The feds noticed but held off on investigating. “COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented further onsite inspections until 2022,” the court record said.
Things changed in 2020, when Congress passed the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement (PIRATE) Act. The PIRATE act gave the FCC broader powers to levy fines and seize equipment against accused broadcasters including a penalty of $100,000 a day with a maximum fine of $2 million. “In addition to tougher fines on violators, the law requires the FCC to conduct periodic enforcement sweeps and grants the Commission authority to take enforcement action against landlords and property owners that willfully and knowingly permit pirate radio broadcasting on their properties,” the FCC said in a press release.
According to the FCC, the Ayoras have admitted to operating the radio station several times during interviews. The feds even went to the trouble of totaling every day it could prove the pair had run the radio station and detailed what it would like to charge them for it. “Based on the severity of the facts underlying these factors, we propose the maximum penalty of $115,80265 for each day of the 184 days during which the Ayoras operated their pirate radio station in 2022 for a total penalty of $21,307,568,” the FCC’s court documents said.
That is, however, not possible under the new PIRATE Act. “We reduce the proposed penalty from $21,307,568 to $2,316,034 based on the statutory limits imposed by section 511(a) of the Act,” it said in court documents.
All of this said, the FCC may have trouble finding the Ayoras. On February 19, a month before the FCC announced the fine, Luis Angel Ayora posted a picture of himself on Facebook in front of a lush green mountain. “The person who guesses the location gets a guinea pig,” he said in the caption.
Impacto 2 did not immediately respond to Motherboard’s request for comment.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k535/fcc-fines-15-year-old-nyc-pirate-radio-station-dollar2-million
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Vostochnaya Zvezda 4015 USB 0325 UTC 22 MAR 2023
« on: March 22, 2023, 0328 UTC »
S9 with the KFS SE KiwiSDR.
0325 UTC-Music
0325 UTC-Music
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM was 6950 AM 0128 UTC 22 MAR 2023
« on: March 22, 2023, 0310 UTC »
Exact frequency is 6924.96 kHz. S9 with the KX4AZ KiwiSDR.
0308 UTC-Dangerous on the Dance Floor by Dj Satile
0314 UTC-Just Give the DJ a Break by Dynamix II
0319 UTC-Unknown Music
0323 UTC-OFF
0308 UTC-Dangerous on the Dance Floor by Dj Satile
0314 UTC-Just Give the DJ a Break by Dynamix II
0319 UTC-Unknown Music
0323 UTC-OFF
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6955 USB 2141 UTC 21 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 2141 UTC »
S5 with the AB1KW KiwiSDR.
2141 UTC-Candy Man by Primus
2142 UTC-Cheer Up Charlie by Primus
2146 UTC-Golden Ticket by Primus
2151 UTC-OM “also know as a medical marijuana card, cluck cluck cluck”
2151 UTC-Pure Imagination by Primus
2156 UTC-Oompa Augustus by Primus
2141 UTC-Candy Man by Primus
2142 UTC-Cheer Up Charlie by Primus
2146 UTC-Golden Ticket by Primus
2151 UTC-OM “also know as a medical marijuana card, cluck cluck cluck”
2151 UTC-Pure Imagination by Primus
2156 UTC-Oompa Augustus by Primus
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Grasscutter Radio 6935 AM 1200 UTC 19 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 2012 UTC »The same happened here the email bounced back.
This was a relay by North American Pirate Relay Service. Email him at naprs@protonmail.com
I have never heard him give an ID or email on the air after the relay. I wonder if he wants a recorded ID? I could make one if he wants.
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Other / Music in the AM Window 3875 AM 0644 UTC 21 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 0645 UTC »
S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Not the usual op of these AM Window broadcasts.
0644 UTC-In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
0658 UTC-Song ended and OFF
0644 UTC-In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
0658 UTC-Song ended and OFF
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran 0215 UTC 21 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 0641 UTC »72
Other / Music and a Political Speech 3690 AM 0607 UTC 22 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 0608 UTC »
Exact frequency is 3689.94 kHz. S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.
0607 UTC-Virus of the Mind by Heather Nova
0609 UTC-Advertisement (cut short)
0610 UTC-Dead air
0611 UTC-Relaxing Electronic Music by Nelfry HD
0615 UTC-OM with an accent (unfamiliar), introducing himself, says this is live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Rumble, the topics may be censored, going to be talking about a very sensitive topic, talking about Pfizer
0644 UTC-GONE
0607 UTC-Virus of the Mind by Heather Nova
0609 UTC-Advertisement (cut short)
0610 UTC-Dead air
0611 UTC-Relaxing Electronic Music by Nelfry HD
0615 UTC-OM with an accent (unfamiliar), introducing himself, says this is live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Rumble, the topics may be censored, going to be talking about a very sensitive topic, talking about Pfizer
0644 UTC-GONE
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Other / Re: Political/Religious Speech 3875v AM 0613 UTC 20 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 0606 UTC »
He is back again tonight. YHWH version two 
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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran 7220 AM 0215 UTC 21 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 0220 UTC »
Weak but recognizable audio direct! S9 on the VE6JY KiwiSDR in Alberta but hams talking right over it. S9 on the KiwiSDR in Tambov, Russia. Best (S9) with the KiwiSDR in Masset, BC. I was checking the Kiwis because I wanted to compare it to a better signal, and now I am trying to figure out how I am getting it. Just a carrier in the eastern USA, Kuwait, Caribbean Netherlands, and the UK.
0215 UTC-Quran program, scheduled in Arabic
0225 UTC-By now an OM speaking in Arabic
0227 UTC-Music
0230 UTC-Next song, anthem?
0231 UTC-YL speaking
0300 UYC-Just a carrier direct now
0306 UTC-Carrier barely there now
Note: I was adding some details from SDR reception, my direct recoding shows the audio fading out at about 0225 UTC.
0215 UTC-Quran program, scheduled in Arabic
0225 UTC-By now an OM speaking in Arabic
0227 UTC-Music
0230 UTC-Next song, anthem?
0231 UTC-YL speaking
0300 UYC-Just a carrier direct now
0306 UTC-Carrier barely there now
Note: I was adding some details from SDR reception, my direct recoding shows the audio fading out at about 0225 UTC.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0217 UTC 21 MAR 2023
« on: March 21, 2023, 0219 UTC »
S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR.
0217 UTC-Josiah preaching
0217 UTC-Josiah preaching
