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rubixcubies
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pirate radio.
#7956035 - 01/30/08 03:09 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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so if you have a ham radio tower some what to you disposal how do you make a pirate radio station?
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fushock

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What is the frequency range? How powerful is it? Ive toyed with the idea of getting one of those AM broadcaster kits, ramping up the power, mounting an antenna on my car, and driving.
To me, radio piracy is coolest when its on the more common bands. But most radio pirates these days hang at around 6.8 to 7 MHz on the weekends.
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johnm214



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Re: pirate radio. [Re: fushock]
#7957903 - 01/30/08 09:15 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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first, get the discography of Alvin and the Chipmunks albums, especially, the Chipmunks' Christmas
step 1. Play Alvin and Chipmunks on a loop. Break every so often for station identification (make a cool name like WSCRVY
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit
But really, bringing Alvin, by force, into hundreds of thousands of people's homes, cars and workplaces is reward enough.
Fin.-
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jjr
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: johnm214]
#7957965 - 01/30/08 09:29 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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I didn't know there were pirate radio stations around these days. When I was a kid i always wanted to set up a pirate station like in "Pump Up the Volume"
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Seuss
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> how do you make a pirate radio station?
You would need an RF modulator, an RF amplifier, and a matched antenna along with a few other odds and ends.
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fushock

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Re: pirate radio. [Re: jjr]
#7959290 - 01/31/08 06:52 AM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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I loved that movie!
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Diploid
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so if you have a ham radio tower some what to you disposal how do you make a pirate radio station?
Well, others have already told you what to do to start transmitting your pirate radio signal.
Lemme tell you what happens next: The FCC finds you and the police arrest you and confiscate your equipment.
In order to transmit a radio signal of any real strength in most countries, you need an FCC license (or your country's equivalent). To transmit without a license and avoid the authorities, you have to be either mobile (no antenna tower), or offshore beyond the territorial waters of the country.
Check out this thread for some cool, and legal, things you can do with a powerful radio:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/5215552#Post5215552
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: johnm214]
#7962204 - 01/31/08 09:26 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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Quote:
johnm214 said:
But really, bringing Alvin, by force, into hundreds of thousands of people's homes, cars and workplaces is reward enough.
Fin.-
hahahaha
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fushock

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Re: pirate radio. [Re: Diploid]
#7969897 - 02/02/08 06:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Arresting someone for being a radio pirate is not very likely. They would simply take your equipment and if you are very unlucky, they might fine you.
If you don't condone crimes, scream obscenities, taunt the FCC, or interfere with a commercial station they probably will not even look for you that hard. And if you put your radio in a car and drove around while you broadcast, you probably will not get caught.
Not that I am suggesting someone start an unlicensed radio station. But little things like that make this world more of an interesting place to live in.
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Diploid
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: fushock]
#7969945 - 02/02/08 06:40 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Arresting someone for being a radio pirate is not very likely.
Sorry, but you're wrong.
Transmitting without a license is a third degree felony and breaks federal law. The FCC and usually the FBI will get involved and they don't kid around.
For example:
Two men and a woman in Winter Haven were arrested by Polk County sheriff's undercover detectives, working with agents from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the State Attorney's Office, earlier today on charges they operated an illegal radio station at 150 Avenue T Northeast in Winter Haven.
According to their affidavits, Wesley C. Williams, Jr., AKA "DJ Blue," 21, of 2421 Third S. N.E., Winter Haven; Jimessia Spillman, 23, of the same address; and Calvin Thompson, AKA "Dred," 24, of 13 Vista Del Largo Drive in Dundee admitted to operating the station without an FCC license. The station was known for playing 'gangsta rap' style music.
Wesley Williams admitted to playing DJ. on the radio 10 to 15 times; Calvin Thompson admitted to paying the station $700 over 3 months for advertising for the Jamaican Lounge and to giving "shout outs" on air; and Jimessia Spillman admitted to operating the station for her boyfriend until the DJs showed up for work, the Sheriff's Office said.
All three suspects will be booked into the Polk County Jail and are being charged with one count each of unauthorized transmission/interference with a licensed radio station, a third degree felony.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080111/BREAKING/241535541
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fushock

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Re: pirate radio. [Re: Diploid]
#7969960 - 02/02/08 06:45 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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A felony?! Thats absolutely ridiculous! This country has messed up priorities.
Oh well, I guess thats why smart people don't get legal advise from message boards on the internet.
I still think that case must not be the norm...
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Diploid
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: fushock]
#7969984 - 02/02/08 06:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't see anything wrong with stiff laws protecting the limited frequencies available that are assigned to commercial radio stations by an FCC panel whose primary concern is the public interest.
This is not to say that the FCC is perfect; far from it. They suck especially WRT their "decency regulations". But if we let pirates do whatever they want through lax laws, TV and commercial radio will become as spam-filled as the internet's usenet has become because of inconsiderate 'pirates' upping the power to beat their competition.
In the end, the high-power interference will end up affecting cell phones, police and fire, and all sorts of other public services that rely on a well-regulated electromagnetic spectrum.
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fushock

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Re: pirate radio. [Re: Diploid]
#7970035 - 02/02/08 07:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
I don't see anything wrong with stiff laws protecting the limited frequencies available that are assigned to commercial radio stations by an FCC panel whose primary concern is the public interest.
I dont think the FCC is as interests in protecting the public interests as much as its interests, like any organization. Its a racket, in my opinion.
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TV and commercial radio will become as spam-filled as the internet's usenet has become because of inconsiderate 'pirates' upping the power to beat their competition.
This is basically what boarder blasters do and they are not know for their extreme amounts of "spam" from what I hear. But I dont speak that much Spanish.
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: fushock]
#7983188 - 02/05/08 04:02 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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In order to not get caught, you have to be mobile. I've met one old guy around town that does pirate radio, he has a tower he moves around, never in the same spot very long.
have fun.
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Konnrade
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neat idea, and sounds fun, but the FCC takes their job very seriously (likely too much so much of the time), and they do seem to see justice in damaging the entirety of one's life in response to a little unauthorized broadcasting (valid logical grounds for "cruel and unusual" given the ramifications of a felony on your record, but no real legal grounds, as the law and logic are often not even on the same plane).
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Seuss
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: Konnrade]
#7983747 - 02/05/08 06:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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> the FCC takes their job very seriously (likely too much so much of the time)
There are good reasons. I managed to knock out air traffic communication over a major route by accident when I was in college. The outage only lasted around 15 minutes (it took that long to find a key to the breaker box in order to kill the power), but the FCC still showed up trying to figure out what happened. (I kept my mouth shut.)
I've no issue with pirate stations, but one needs to be careful that they don't mess with other bands by accident. If interested, it would make much *much* more sense to get into ham radio; a great hobby.
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Ferris
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Re: pirate radio. [Re: Seuss]
#7983781 - 02/05/08 06:26 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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The airplane story reminds me: Keep in mind that since radios are waves, you can interfere with any frequency that is a multiple of the one you are using. So you could be treading on military "property" by extension, etc, which is why the FCC has good grounds to be paranoid.
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