I was glad to be here, it was a great opportunity. Indeed, since pirates are operating at lower power, they get much more bang-for-the-watt out of SSB. 1. Listening to Other Stations: Click on the tuning arrows ( TUNE >) to listen to stations up and down the dial. Before we talk about where to hunt pirates, however, we need to talk about the necessary equipmenti.e., your radio and antenna. Ads are what helps us bring you premium content! PIRATE RADIO Once you remove the idea of pirate radio from its mythology, you. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, there was a case back in the 1990s, late 1990s. MR. DOMBROWSKI: And so they said well because we were here before it was colonized our federal laws don't apply to us. comment. We want them to be as descriptive as possible. There is a lot of misconception about what a low power transmitter is. We do a field strength measurement to see if their power exceeds that threshold and if they meet the Part 15 requirements or not. Pirate radio stations are a crucial part of British music culture. We'd like to contact you. Nothing. Unauthorized stations are particularly prolific in the New York City area, where a 2016 study by the New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA) found that there actually were more pirates then on the FM band than legal licensed stations. It will also help to have some sort of adjustable bandwidth filter (wide/narrow). My most recent logging of a Euro pirate from North America was Radio Borderhunter on 15,500 kHz; his signal was quite amazing. About Google Maps. I know that lots of pirates operate there, mostly on AM and FM, but no one is on SWand if they are, they arent sending QSLs, [or] operating in places where radio hobbyists would hear them. Ex-Beatle George Harrison was sufficiently appreciative of Radio Caroline's mission that he even wrote a sizable check in the early 1970s to help keep the ship in operation, according to Ray Clark's book "Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Ship That Rocked.". Additionally, youll find contact information for QSL requests and mail-drop addresses as well. These guys aren't blowing off their listeners like the other radio stations. 1. Now that maybe gets us down to the building, you know, where it might be operating. Well we did go to the courts, we got the warrant, and the U.S. Enter Ronan O'Rahilly, who learned that the U.K. government's jurisdiction ended 3 miles (5 kilometers) off the coast, and that stations from other countries already were exploiting that loophole by putting transmitters on offshore ships, according to Moore. But O'Rahilly was undeterred, even after his ship was seized briefly by Dutch authorities. 16 days ago. That would allow us to increase the fine to $100,000. And so it ranges from Maine down to Virginia and all the States east of Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota. . This article originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of The Spectrum Monitor Magazine. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, everyone's dream job. So for that period of time they lose communications and they have to try to find another available channel to keep that communication line open. Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legaland frequently an ear-opening experience. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, in those dense urban areas because the FM band is already pretty clogged up with legitimate stations that might be one of the reasons that people throw up their hands and say, well, I guess I'm just do an illegal station because I am frustrated by the legal process for getting a station, but that is not a justification in any sense of the word. It is illegal for companies to market equipment that hasn't gone through what we call a certification process, equipment authorization process, where they get a company to look at their transmitter to make sure it complies with our technical rules and doesn't have potential to cause interference to other radio services. We are not trying to teach you to do something illegal, we are trying to prevent you from doing something illegal, so you can stop your Google search. Select a station from the list and it will play on the tuner. comment. Of course, the chaos of the radio spectrum was one of the reasons this agency was created in the first place, including our predecessor agency The Federal Radio Commission, but there are other issues that broadcasters in particular complain about. So they thought that was a way for them to avoid detection by hopping from building to building and frequency to frequency. And, of course, just finding the antenna is not the end of the story, because it's not like when you find the antenna the DJ is standing right next to the antenna being like, uh, you got me. Stations such as Weekend Rush, Kool FM, Pulse and Innocence wanted to represent the streets and promote local scenes.. Having that exposure helped boost the careers of scores of British bands whose music eventually made it to America. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Probably just workload is another challenge in addition to folks moving the antennas around or taking them down during the day or only operating on weeknights and weekends, as you have said, which forces agents to work overtime. Yes, they come with weapons. We call them Notices of Apparent Liability where we will fine the operator. I received this QSL from the amazing Radio Ronin Shortwave shortly before he received the knock from the FCC and stopped transmitting. And it was good media coverage, too. "One reason I've found as to why people are still using pirate radio is that these communities have very strong cultural and historic connections to radio," Goren explains. Revealing the history of pirate radio from 1925 to today, author Andrew Yoder, pirate radio aficionado and long-time writer on radio, electronics, and audio subjects:. Additionally, pirate broadcasters don't have to deal with all the legal complexities of setting up and running a streaming internet service, such as writing terms of service or meeting contractual obligations, he notes. It has become more common for pirates to transmit images using SSTV.A few have experimented with FM or digital modes like RTTY, PSK31 . MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, it may not start to cause interference as soon as you open up and out of the box and operate it, but over time with the heating up of the electronics inside it starts to malfunction and cause what we call spurius emissions where signals are operating outside your intended band and cause interference to other radio services. MR. DOMBROWSKI: A lot of these stations are streaming at the same time so it really boggles my mind why an FM station that's unlicensed, you know, has its stream content and then also it's broadcasting over the airwaves. 40. r/HamRadio. You know, there was a glowing article in a certain New York publication that at least one FCC commissioner was irked by because it seemed to be kind of glorifying this underground practice and making it seem like some interesting thing, but you really got to keep in mind not just the radio stations that are interfered with, but emergency communications. I mean you got to give it to Congress for the bill naming that they do. * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. As this 2009 article from the Independent, a British newspaper, details, O'Rahilly obtained a 63-ton (57-metric ton), Danish passenger ferry, the MV Frederica, and renamed it Caroline, after the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: We're not using an FM spectrum for this podcast. The British government, though, didn't appreciate what Radio Caroline and other pirate broadcasters were doing. I mean stream --. Pirate Radio goes on the air in Los Angeles by "taking over" K-Lite 100 (KIQQ). With that said (and for reasons I dont fully understand) depending on where you live in the world, you will either find it very easy to locate piratesor extremely difficult. The Radio Informer - The latest info on the world of radio including:world,shortwave . David, thanks so much for joining. Moreover, summer conditions in the North American 43 meter band are often much noisier, thus pirates know theyll be fighting static crashes to be heard during the summer months. It's covert surveillance equipment. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Okay. Recycling is good. As soon as there were laws on the books, there were pirate radio stations on the air. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360 interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning . Enter the dawn of pirate radio. Now some folks might be asking themselves this is all great, I totally agree that pirate radio is bad, and I think that you should absolutely go after it, but what about the First Amendment? Weve now covered the who, what, where, when, and how of pirate huntingbut what about why? If they have some skin in the game, an operator or a landlord or a property owner that let somebody put a station up on their rooftop, you know, it's illegal for them to have that station there. While this reality is not surprising, we . MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And that is obviously at the highest importance when we are talking about public safety. Note: This podcast was recorded on June 21st. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And those, and I think we mentioned New York, we mentioned Philadelphia, are there other hot spots in particular where this seems to just be a bigger problem than elsewhere in the country? Borderhunter Radio is one of the strongest Euro Pirates Ive ever heard. What's more, pirate radio stations gave us access to some of the most pivotal figures in UK music . In 1971 I was ordered to Cease and Desist by our friends at the FCC. In addition to this 2019 BBC documentary, Goren also has created the Pirate Radio Map, which documents pirate radio stations in Brooklyn and even includes brief samples from their broadcasts. MR. DOMBROWSKI: And so that's not practical for somebody that wants to operate a radio station to cover an entire community. Sweet! Pirates tend to occupy swatches of the shortwave spectrum that are relatively quiet, avoid intentionally broadcasting on top of one another, and typically operate at fairly low power. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So all that good equipment just gets recycled. Ive noticed increased pirate radio activity during the winter months, as well. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So what is the current state of pirate radio? Well media bureau was on there, they are the ones that license FM stations, and I kind of chose that as kind of my eighth choice. Launched just five months ago, Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications has expanded to more than 61,000 items related to amateur radio, shortwave listening, and related communications. So those are some of the challenges that you all have to tackle in taking on this important enforcement function. Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google. Jason Scott Archivist. The Offshore Radio Museum website commemorates many of those pirates. Enter ZIP code or city, state as well. So the avenues of working with the district attorneys is a great way to get the injunctions, the court orders, for the pirate station to cease operating permanently. So that's been great because now we can work with the local authorities, such as the police or the district attorney's office, and get them involved in the investigation, and they have the power to arrest and fine people. Each issue also contains a CD of sound clips from various pirates, several articles about the state of pirate radio, and other relevant info. Our agents are pretty smart on the tricks. The U.S. has had its share of pirate broadcasters over the years as well. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. It would identify what are the legitimate stations and also identify what stations we sanctioned so they could better get an understanding, you know, is this a legitimate station I am hearing or not. They came and seized all of my equipment. So that is a big concern for the broadcasters in those areas. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. 14 July 2020. Do you hear it on the weekends or is only a station that operates during the weekends? . In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are receivedespecially when the signals cross a national boundary. Let's say you don't get cooperation from a building owner, you don't get cooperation from the eventual studio, maybe it's in their apartment and they're not opening the door, obviously, because they don't want to get caught. This radio in a single case is also capable of re-broadcasting any audio source. Now when we talk about enforcement actions, you know, I'd like to kind of paint a picture for our listeners. We get them in Virginia, we get them out in Illinois, even just remote areas of West Virginia they pop up. This includes the FM, AM and shortwave radio bands. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. So I have -- In terms of population I manage 20 States in the Northeast area of the United States. The original 60s pirate station, playing fresh pop / rock music to Britain's young masses from a boat in the North Sea, floating in international waters four and a half miles off the Essex coastline. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So we have two ways to file a complaint. It's a very calm, peaceful, that's what our agents are trained to do, because it works a lot more in getting the truth of what's going on rather than being threatening and forceful. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well it depends what level we are at with the investigation. Even then, though, Radio Caroline wouldn't go away. Last updated: December 2022 Interestingly, the antenna was so high up on the tower we had to bring a bucket truck in from a fire station and raise it --. Oh, it happens a lot, especially in these urban areas like New York. Jason Scott Archivist. I was still a teenager. But with customs and border patrol seeing so much equipment coming in through the ports it's hard to identify. MR. DOMBROWSKI: That's not going to be my cell phone is it? Marshals went in with us and we seized the equipment. Want to buy me a cup of coffee? Well joining me to discuss this topic is David Dombrowski, Regional Director for Region One in the FCC Enforcement Bureau. Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. It takes a lot of time to process just one complaint and so it is distracting our agents of getting into the database and populating all the fields and calling the complainant. The U.S. Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. Airchecks from unauthorized broadcast radio stations throughout the years. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. Where are you hearing this interference problem? This is likely due to the early sunsets and cold winter nights of the northern hemisphere that tend to keep people indoors, which in turn encourages pirates to hit the air. We have had meetings with broadcast associations where we went a room with other broadcasters and that's a very big concern of them, the financial end of it. Carl McIntire, a fundamentalist preacher who briefly broadcast fire-and-brimstone sermons from a converted minesweeper off the coast of New Jersey, as this 2014 NJ.com article details. The FCC argued that we were here to regulate the airwaves. It could be harmful if we let a pirate radio station operate because sometimes they cause interference to other services, like aeronautical communications. Well, I can't say exactly what it is, but, yes, they're --. We do follow the bread crumbs to where it leads us and a lot of times we are able to identify the operators and where the studio is and have success in getting the station shut down. Most are run by hobbyists purely for fun, although some have political or other agendas. So not only interference, but we also have issues of interference to other radio services. That was right when the internet really started exploding so he was able to get his message out. 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After that we just destroy it through an electronics recycler. They can be highly entertaining or thought-provoking, and thus are, themselves, a unique art form. And one of the reasons that they are causing harmful interference, in particular to the FAA operations, is because they are not tested, right. Buy me a coffee: https://www.paypal.me/ringwaymanchester Email: ringwaymanchester@mail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m3hhyofficial Facebook:. Of course, it's called the PIRATE Act, and that stands for Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act. "These transmissions can interfere with licensed radio signals including broadcasters' sharing of vital public safety information with their communities," FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It's not working properly and that's why it's going into air traffic control. But just as the British government's stiff penalties didn't deter Radio Caroline, at least so far, the U.S. government's crackdown doesn't seem to have deterred the pirates. We also recommend that the complainant contact the station that they are getting interference to --. Powerful, uncertified transmitters manufactured in foreign countries easily slip through customs at U.S. ports. "Caroline now has two stations, one playing album music and one playing the original pop music for which the station is remembered," Moore explains. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, this is the fun part, the (inaudible). Total Views 29,203 (Older Stats) ITEMS. They just twist the dial. Director Richard Curtis' 2009 comedy-drama stars the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Count, a disc jockey for an unlicensed rock radio station that broadcast from a rusty, decrepit ship off the British coast in the mid-1960s, defying government authorities to spin the rock records that weren't allowed on the BBC at the time. We do that with every pirate station. Click here to donate via PayPal. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, yes. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Hometown. It has a radio receiver in it, it has a computer screen with a map, and it has a little compass rose that tells us what direction the signal is coming from. For example, though Im a ham radio operator, I had never even attempted to decode the SSTV (slow-scan TV) mode until prompted to do so by Wolverine Radio: at the end (and sometimes in the middle) of their broadcasts, Wolverine is known to send electronic QSL cards via SSTV. So if they don't meet the Part 15 requirements they need a license. So it's not the -- In terms of size wise for mileage it's the smallest region, but it's the most populated. We also would be required to file a report to Congress annually on our enforcement activities in pirate radio. Marshals, Department of Justice, because we are a federal agency, but have we leveraged the resources and the knowledge of local law enforcement in working on this, are there, you know, different approaches from different States? If you have information about a pirate radio station, you can notify the FCC by calling 888-CALLFCC or filing a complaint online at https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Euro pirates typically broadcast in the 48 meter band (6,200 6,450 kHz), but the HF Underground notes that you will also hear Euro pirates on the 75 meter band between 3,900-4,000 kHz, on the 19 meter band (15,000-15,100 kHz and 15,700-15,900 kHz), and even on the 13 meter band (21,000-25,000 kHz). MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Well let that be a lesson to the youngsters listening. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: So there are no doubt some good samaritans listening to this show that want nothing more than to help with the scourge of pirate radio. Well I want to, you know, just emphasize the importance of this issue. That doesn't prohibit somebody from filing an anonymous complaint, we still take those. ( Disclaimer) Transcript: MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Welcome to "More Than 7 Dirty Words," the official FCC podcast. Many of our links now function as affiliate links. It lasted three years there and then I had an opportunity to get to the Philadelphia Office Enforcement Bureau with the field work and that's been -- I was there for 20 years. He anchored the ship in international waters in the North Sea, just off Frinton, Essex, and hired a crew of DJs to play music around the clock at the time, a revolutionary concept. He's the station manager for today's legal, land-based version of Radio Caroline, which obtained a license to broadcast at 648 Khz on the AM band in 2017, but still strives to preserve the rebellious spirit of the original operation. So when they say, oh, I don't need a license to operate I'm a Part 15 transmitter, well we have to do studies and measurements to see if that's true. Pirates Week: http://shortwavepirate.info. So hopefully that's enough for them to get the station taken down and maybe share some information about who the real operator is. Want to know why the usually run them out at sea. So when we finally are able to pick up the signal in our car we then drive in the area in kind of a circle around the source and we plot lines, we call them lines of bearing on a map, and where they intersect is where this transmission source is originating. To have a radio station here helps to establish the station's operator as an important source of information and influence in the community.". MR. DOMBROWSKI: So the complainant needs to tell us where they hear the station. Now if you go that menu there are several options of different radio services. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So this equipment helps us track us down. That's really helpful because then we can note when to send the agents out. To track pirates, you'll need a radio with both AM and SSB modes. Tracking a Pirate Radio Station The Modern Rogue Discovering Secret "Numbers Stations" The Modern Rogue Detecting a Wire and Hidden Spy Cams The Most Notorious TV Hijack of All Time Rodney P -. Yes, so it's kind of like a cascade of options --. HowStuffWorks may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. I mean are there tell-tale signs or are some of these stations so sophisticated that it's really hard for the average person to distinguish? Unlike major broadcasters, many pirates dont stick to AM as a preferred mode. If you live outside of North America and Europe, that doesnt mean there arent pirate radio stations to be found. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. Radio plays such an important role when you talk about hurricanes striking or other natural disasters, people turn to their local broadcast, including radio for information, and to have that be interfered with is a public safety concern let alone the FAA issues which are very serious. If you just use an internet browser and search FCC complaint you will come to the link for filing a complaint. 2 talking about this. Enter a location to find a nearby pirate radio stations. Marshal Service actually and that allows us to go in with the U.S. I apologize to the listeners in advance if I make any horrible, corny jokes throughout the course of this podcast, but it would probably help to start with a definition, right. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: My guest has been David Dombrowski, Regional Director for Region One in the FCC Enforcement Bureau. "He created Radio Caroline operating in that way and the station was at once called a 'pirate,'" Moore says. They use either the internet or a wireless source to get the signal back to the transmitter. URL Here: https://dkng.co/rogue-----For entertainment purposes only. Most pirates transmit using SSB with modern ham radio equipment, others use AM utilizing vintage or homebrew equipment. "One is cost. MR. 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