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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
92       971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
1179     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
6266     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 






AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W



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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
1403     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
7664     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 








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https://www.insideradio.com/free/fcc-says-its-pirate-enforcement-is-picking-up-including-new-hires-and-equipment/article_ca2470da-9d61-11ed-8f70-f7ef226e3ebd.html

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Jan 26, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission says its battle against pirate radio returned to more normalcy as the agency’s pandemic response became less restrictive and it had more flexibility to return to undertaking more investigations. The result is the Enforcement Bureau took 38 actions against alleged operators of unlicensed stations, including issuing 21 notices during 2022 to property owners where those stations were broadcasting from.

“Because pirate radio stations often cease operating for a period of time but then return, the Bureau will continue to monitor the properties for which notices were provided and will initiate enforcement action where appropriate,” the FCC says in an annual report about its progress in combatting pirates. The annual report is now required under the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act or PIRATE Act, which was signed into law by President Trump in January 2020.

If the number of enforcement actions seems small, the FCC explains that ever since the new law took effect field agents have been hampered by not only the pandemic but also a “lack of funding” to implement many of the requirements in the law. It is a similar complaint the FCC shared with lawmakers when it issued its previous report a year ago.

The PIRATE Act raised the potential maximum fine for those found guilty of operating or supporting an unlicensed station to $100,000 for a single act of violation, up to a $2 million maximum. It also gave the FCC additional enforcement authority over property owners and managers that permit pirate radio stations to operate from their property.

Under the new law, the FCC was required to build a database of pirate radio stations. This week the Enforcement Bureau released its first version of the database, covering all of the agency’s interactions with alleged pirates last year. It shows nearly half of the pirate enforcement actions were in New York, where there were 18 investigations last year. Pennsylvania accounted for 16% of the investigations, while Maryland is where another 11% of cases were focused.

Pirate Sweeps Begin

The PIRATE Act also required the Commission to conduct annual enforcement “sweeps” in five cities where pirate radio is the biggest problem at least once a year. And then, within six months, field agents are mandated to return to those markets to conduct “monitoring sweeps” to determine whether the unlicensed operators simply powered back up or changed frequencies.

Those sweeps were slow to begin – not because of the pandemic, but because Congress failed to provide additional funding to the FCC to conduct them and the agency opted not to shift existing resources to pay for the staff needed to meet the requirement. But that should change this year since the Biden administration included funding for the pirate enforcement as part of the FCC’s current $390 million budget for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. Under the Biden proposal, the Enforcement Bureau would receive an increase of $5 million to implement the new law and to hire the 15 new employees. To date, the FCC has posted six full-time positions – five field agents and one field counsel – and it says it has additional hires planned toward the end of the fiscal year.

Even without the additional staff, the FCC report says its staff reviewed pirate radio complaints in order to identify the current top five markets with the most pirate radio operations. “The Commission developed a plan for pirate sweeps, which was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2022,” it says, offering no further details.

The annual report to Congress also says that more money is being spent on FCC equipment to hunt down pirate stations. That includes developing new mobile direction-finding vehicles to help field agents trace a pirate station back to its home base. The FCC says it also is prepared to purchase six vehicles to support the additional staff that will be hired. That process has been delayed, however, until a government purchase window opens. In the meantime, the FCC says it will continue to use older, existing vehicles in its fleet that were scheduled to be taken out of service. It has also begun to purchase and develop investigative tools that will be integrated into the new direction-finding vehicles after they are purchased.

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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
19       972  901  902  302.0 200  Miraflores                     Panama               8.993    -79.585  4,220  157
3548     971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
892      942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
3880     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74







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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
1825     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
3483     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 








AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W



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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
216      936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 



ID   NW-C-0063-23
Date   2023-01-23 22:10 UTC
Status   Published
Title   Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) in Canada
Areas   Canada
Categories   DGPS

Description   
Following the discontinuation of DGPS services across Canada on 15 Dec 2022, some infrastructure may become operational in an unreliable state or for testing purposes. Mariners are not to rely on readings or corrections that may be provided by DGPS.













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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
6640     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 








AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W



293
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
6        972  901  902  302.0 200  Miraflores                     Panama               8.993    -79.585  4,220  157
816      936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 










AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
199      942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 












AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W





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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
43       942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71












AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W



296
No stations yesterday and another that is not quite dead returned last night.

Cape Ray
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 01:42:24
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 01:44:54
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 01:46:34




Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
3        942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 












AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W





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Very poor propagation, but with only two Canadian stations and two Panamanian stations...



Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
12       971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158














AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




298
Last night was poor propagation.


Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
2709     971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
142      936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 












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No decodes. Unsure if local QRM, poor conditions, and/or they finally shut off those last two Canadian stations.

In the future, if there are no decodes, then I will not be posting.



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300
Meh. Propagation was poor.


Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
2        971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
89       936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 

















AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W



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