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Offline John Poet

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FCC's flying monkey team at the ready
« on: April 17, 2015, 0306 UTC »
FCC's Tom Wheeler threatens radio pirates with his team of flying monkeys
http://freeradiocafe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5363&p=7924#p7924


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Re: FCC's flying monkey team at the ready
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2015, 1028 UTC »
Oh dear, not the flying monkeys! Have we our own team of defense Gorillas? The HFU surely has some defense mechanism.
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Re: FCC's flying monkey team at the ready
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 1834 UTC »
Oh dear, not the flying monkeys! Have we our own team of defense Gorillas? The HFU surely has some defense mechanism.

Yep, we got one, but due to prohibitive feeding and transportation costs, the HFU use chimps.

Here's a video of one of our boys in action during a training session:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilLcbASmn0s
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