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Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
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FM Free Radio / FM raid in Massachusetts.
« on: March 13, 2013, 1326 UTC »
From the March 13th, 2013 Boston Globe:
Original link: http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/12/federal-officials-seize-equipment-for-reported-pirate-radio-station-brockton/enjD6SUmZP2NMuxTvFEBqK/story.html
Eastern Massachusetts is spilling over with ethnic FM and AM pirates. It won't be long before another station picks up where this one left off.
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Authorities have seized equipment reportedly used by a pirate radio station in Brockton that interfered with air traffic communications in the Boston area while playing Haitian music, according to officials and records in federal court.
The equipment was confiscated by the US Marshals Service, which executed a warrant March 1 at 9 Rutland St., according to a legal filing.
Calls to a number listed for Margareth Pamphile, the woman identified in court papers as a resident of the multifamily home who received prior warnings about the station, were not returned Tuesday.
Pamphile has not been charged with any crimes, and it was not immediately clear if she or anyone else will be subject to a fine. Fines in similar cases start at $10,000 and run as high as $25,000, officials said.
According to an affidavit filed in January by Emmanuel Domkam, an electronics engineer with the Federal Communications Commission, officials began investigating the unlicensed station, broadcasting on 91.7 FM in Brockton, in February 2010.
The station’s transmitter has moved three times since then before it ended up on Rutland Street, Domkam wrote.
“Each time, the move occurred after we issued/posted a written warning at the transmitter location,” he wrote.
Investigators traced the transmitter to Rutland Street after the Federal Aviation Administration reported in October that a possible unlicensed station, later identified as 91.7, was interfering with a frequency it uses to speak with pilots flying in the Boston area, the affidavit stated.
Despite repeated warnings issued to Pamphile, her nephew, Gregory Pamphile, and other residents at 9 Rutland, the station continued to broadcast from there, and a judge signed off in January on a warrant to seize the radio equipment, records show.
“Unlicensed broadcasting threatens the integrity of the regulatory structure established by [federal law] to prevent chaos in the radio spectrum,” Domkam wrote.
Officials at several agencies could not say Tuesday whether the reported interference to air communications had caused any serious problems at Logan International Airport or elsewhere.
The FCC said on Tuesday the investigation was a top priority because such interference could be dangerous.
It is an issue that has come up in Brockton before. In 2007, a pirate radio broadcast was cited by federal authorities for interfering with traffic control airwaves at Logan, the Globe reported the following year. The equipment was seized.
While officials located the equipment used to broadcast on 91.7 in the current case, much about the programming remains a mystery, according to Domkam.
“We do not know the location of the studio where the station’s programming is produced, and we have not been able to determine the individual responsible for the station’s operation,” he wrote in the affidavit. In effect, authorities do not know the studio’s location but they do know that its content was being broadcast from 9 Rutland St.
The Enforcement Bureau of the FCC shut down 96 pirate operations across the country in fiscal 2012, a spokesman said. In a posting on its website, the FCC said “the operation of these unlicensed broadcast stations can cause interference to other licensed broadcasters, nonbroadcast services, and in some circumstances can even endanger public safety.”
Original link: http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/12/federal-officials-seize-equipment-for-reported-pirate-radio-station-brockton/enjD6SUmZP2NMuxTvFEBqK/story.html
Eastern Massachusetts is spilling over with ethnic FM and AM pirates. It won't be long before another station picks up where this one left off.
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Other / Re: 43 meter band wide noise 2105 UTC 10 Mar 2013
« on: March 13, 2013, 0055 UTC »
The Helicopter noted again tonight, but in reduced signal strength and much more intermittent. On for 30-90 seconds, then off for a bit, then back on, it seems. Then changing to much longer durations of on-air. There's no clear pattern. Much lower signal strength now (in darkness) against my reception the other day (much louder, daylight) suggests a possible east coast origin.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirate Radio Boston 6949.5 AM 0040z 13-Mar-2013
« on: March 13, 2013, 0054 UTC »
Also S8-S9 here in the Boston burbs. Some minor interference from the "The Helicopter" (see here: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,10382.0.html).
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Other / Re: 43 meter band wide noise 2105 UTC 10 Mar 2013
« on: March 12, 2013, 2343 UTC »
Seemed like it was on for at least 15 or 20 minutes.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirates Week 6925 KHz USB 03/12/2013 0057 UTC+
« on: March 12, 2013, 0100 UTC »
Pirates Week popped up at 0057 UTC. About S4 here in the Boston burbs.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6925AM 0013z 3-11-13
« on: March 11, 2013, 0030 UTC »
S9+10 and sounding realllllly good.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6925 USB 2347z 3.10.13
« on: March 11, 2013, 0003 UTC »879
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unID 6925 USB 2347z 3.10.13
« on: March 10, 2013, 2355 UTC »
S9 with Fleetwood Mac at 2355 UTC.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: EAM Girl 6925 KHz USB 03/10/2013 2333 UTC+
« on: March 10, 2013, 2344 UTC »
Immediately following EAM Girl, EAM Guy appeared at 2335 UTC and broadcast the following EAM: "guys im doing her".
Clip here:
http://snd.sc/Y3gozk
Clip here:
http://snd.sc/Y3gozk
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North American Shortwave Pirate / EAM Girl and EAM Guy 6925 KHz USB 03/10/2013 2333 UTC+
« on: March 10, 2013, 2334 UTC »
EAM Girl popped up with phonetics. About S3. This was followed by a message from EAM Guy.
Clip here (only the EAM Girl part):
http://snd.sc/Y3fRgK
The EAM is: hey guys pirate radio rules
Clip here (only the EAM Girl part):
http://snd.sc/Y3fRgK
The EAM is: hey guys pirate radio rules
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Hardtack Radio 6925USB *0000 11Mar13
« on: March 10, 2013, 2309 UTC »883
SDR - Software Defined Radio / Genesis G59
« on: March 10, 2013, 2307 UTC »
Cruising Sparky's ham blog, I found this. The Genesis G59, which hails from Australia. It's a transceiver, and a kit, at a pretty reasonable price.
http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/new-equipment/genesis-g59-all-mode-160-6m-sdr-transceiver-kit/
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http://www.genesisradio.com.au/
http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/new-equipment/genesis-g59-all-mode-160-6m-sdr-transceiver-kit/
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http://www.genesisradio.com.au/
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Other / Re: 43 meter band wide noise 2105 UTC 10 Mar 2013
« on: March 10, 2013, 2207 UTC »
I definitely am hearing this and it's very loud and annoying all throughout the 6900 KHz range and quite possibly beyond. It sounds like helicopter rotors beating the air.
In fact, I was listening to Powerliner on 6955 KHz and this stuff showed up, killing my reception. It's about S8 on 6955 at 2208 UTC.
In fact, I was listening to Powerliner on 6955 KHz and this stuff showed up, killing my reception. It's about S8 on 6955 at 2208 UTC.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Powerliner 6955 KHz AM 03/10/2013 2149 UTC
« on: March 10, 2013, 2150 UTC »
Noted a weak carrier here with some music modulation. Popped into Iann's and got a confirmation from Powerliner that this is him. Only an S1 (optimistically) here. I did pull out a Powerliner ID at 2154 UTC and the signal is getting progressively stronger as sun begins to fade for me.
