The U.S. Give me an address or an intersection in the town that you are picking it up on. Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. While this reality is not surprising, we . So we eventually went to the courts and fought. "Private radio was prohibited and only the British Broadcasting Corporation, which was part of the political establishment, sent radio to the British people with the remit to be morally uplifting, informative and educational," Moore says. There is a studio somewhere. Note: This podcast was recorded on June 21st. 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. DOMBROWSKI: Right. Well joining me to discuss this topic is David Dombrowski, Regional Director for Region One in the FCC Enforcement Bureau. We usually go with the police just for our protection and also for the protection of the occupants inside the residence. Additionally, we always try to include links to other retail options if they are available, as we support and freely advertise independent ham radio retailers. There was a case that I worked back in Philly back in the day --. March 13 2022 . We'd like to contact you. Weve now covered the who, what, where, when, and how of pirate huntingbut what about why? Ive noticed increased pirate radio activity during the winter months, as well. My most recent logging of a Euro pirate from North America was Radio Borderhunter on 15,500 kHz; his signal was quite amazing. Now this is not just a focus of the FCC, Congress is also interested in this. They are not considered an operator by investing in that. So what is pirate radio? The frequency spectrum is a natural resource and so all of our decisions that we make when we allocate spectrum is for the public interest. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: It's not working properly and that's why it's going into air traffic control. These guys aren't blowing off their listeners like the other radio stations. Are people generally cooperative or are people just like I have no idea what you are talking, I have never seen anything, what is this, I don't want to deal with this? So --. Meanwhile, the Ross Revenge was repaired and converted into a floating museum for tourists. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Well let that be a lesson to the youngsters listening. Pirate radio broadcasting on shortwave radio in North America is mostly done in a frequency range just below the 40 meter amateur radio band, from about 6815 kHz to 6970 kHz. That would be inappropriate, particularly given my employer, but is it hard for the average listener, particularly in a dense metro area, you're dialing your car radio or your home radio to even know the difference? That's really helpful because then we can note when to send the agents out. 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. Marshal Service actually and that allows us to go in with the U.S. Indeed, since pirates are operating at lower power, they get much more bang-for-the-watt out of SSB. 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. Be specific. But most of the current American pirates are based on dry land, broadcasting from clandestine antennas on rooftops in places such as Brooklyn. That was particularly true on the other side of the Atlantic, where the U.K. allowed only state-controlled radio from the 1920s through the mid-1960s. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, everyone's dream job. That would allow us to increase the fine to $100,000. Want to know why the usually run them out at sea. 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. 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. 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:. 2. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Thank you. MR. DOMBROWSKI: We do make them aware that they are contributing to this illegal activity. They are very low power and the range of them are very small. I will put in the show notes a link to the FCC complaint page and the phone number if you would like to get involved. Total Views 29,203 (Older Stats) ITEMS. It is portable, but can also be used as a permanent FM radio station. So when we license stations, you know, I used to work in the FM branch so I am very knowledgeable about the process, but there is a whole legal and engineering study that has to be done before you get a license and it takes resources to do that, financial resources. The reason is, no matter what time of the year it is, no matter what the space weather (yes, I said space weather) or conditions of the ionosphere are--FM stations are relatively few, local, and always broadcast in the same spots on the FM dial. But by the 1960s, the postwar baby boom filled the U.K. with millions of teenagers who were eager to hear the rock 'n' roll records that the BBC declined to play. So we have a lot of those stations operating, so it's big revenue for them. 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? And what the pirate radio operators do is they don't obtain a license, they don't go through this process, and they try to find vacant spectrum between these stations. This radio in a single case is also capable of re-broadcasting any audio source. The important thing here is that you invest in a receiver with a respectable degree of sensitivity and selectivity. But with customs and border patrol seeing so much equipment coming in through the ports it's hard to identify. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. 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.". So that's why the licensing process is so important to avoid that interference. 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. Yes, they come with weapons. comment. And those parameters, you know, restrict your operation and the coverage of your station because we have a whole engineering study that needs to be done so you don't cause interference to other stations. That happens a lot. They lose advertisers because of it, they lose coverage area because of it, and it all comes down to dollars and cents. Want to buy me a cup of coffee? So if they don't meet the Part 15 requirements they need a license. Finding Shortwave Stations and Broadcasts. The most popular frequency is arguably 6,925 kHz, but I often log pirates on 6,935 and 6,950 kHz. As soon as there were laws on the books, there were pirate radio stations on the air. Pirates broadcast a wide variety of content, but are usually motivated by sharing their messageor favorite musicon the air. Now many listeners as you know have the experience of tuning their dial and there appear to be vacant channels you have said that one of the reasons for that is to guard against interference, but someone listening might say well why do we care, right. Loggings are in real time and there are very fewif anyoff-topic posts. But if we sign it into law we would have some additional resources, first increasing the fines. So we have had the most success in getting stations off the air when the district attorney is involved, because the U.S. Attorney's Office when we do the in rem seizures, they have a lot of case work and very high profile cases so there is a little reluctance sometimes because of the case precedence for the U.S. attorneys to take on our cases. 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. What's more, pirate radio stations gave us access to some of the most pivotal figures in UK music . Listening to Other Stations: Click on the tuning arrows ( TUNE >) to listen to stations up and down the dial. Do we have a right under the first amendment to speak via a radio station even if it is unlicensed by the FCC and is there potentially a case that can kind of exemplify why pirate radio is not protected under the First Amendment? MR. DOMBROWSKI: It's kind of sad to see, but --. Of course, it's called the PIRATE Act, and that stands for Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act. He got the craft back and kept at pirate radio for nearly another quarter century. Even then, though, Radio Caroline wouldn't go away. Marshal Service and seize all of the equipment that is associated with the operation of a radio station, really anything physically connected to the transmitter. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, well just in the FM band particularly, if we just let everybody operate where they want it just creates chaos, and that's always been our argument that it creates chaos it the spectrum. We have language to kind of consider them an operator, so they could be liable for a fine and we do issue them a warning letter. Enter a location to find a nearby pirate radio stations. It will also help to have some sort of adjustable bandwidth filter (wide/narrow). Given other responsibilities and obligations, however, the Commission's resources are stretched, and it seems that stopping pirate radio is not at the top of the priority list. One of the FCC's top enforcement priorities is cracking down on pirates, and, no, not the Pirates of the Caribbean or the Pirates of East Africa, we're talking about pirate radio. There is a reason that those devices operate in an unlicensed manner because they are not transmitting very far. Across the country, FCC officials are working to identify and take action against unlicensed radio operators that illegally use the frequencies allocated for legitimate radio operators. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Do the pilots only complain if it's a song that they don't like? Let's say they are listening, they think something is suspicious they get a tip, they see something weird in their building, what can they do to help you and the FCC tackle this problem? Has it gotten worse, has it gotten better? They can be just talk radio stations, they could be religious broadcasters, or they could be full-fledged stations that have a staffing of 20 people that make commercials, that create the jingles for their station ID, and the ones that have more money and the money advertisers are the ones that are very hard to distinguish. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, very creative on that, wasn't it? MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, it's -- Pirate radio has been around for decades. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Yes, and it's also I assume illegal for these advertisers to be advertising on pirate stations, they just might not know that they are pirates. So we try to shut down, you know, that equipment coming in to the purchasers. While debunking myths about pirates, I can say that in my years of pirate radio listening Ive never heard a pirate intentionally jam a legal broadcaster. Last updated: December 2022 Radio Caroline. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. On Easter Sunday in 1964, the station went on the air, playing the Rolling Stones' single "It's All Over Now" as its first song. Revealing the. Buy me a coffee: https://www.paypal.me/ringwaymanchester Email: ringwaymanchester@mail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m3hhyofficial Facebook:. So over the last ten years people get online and purchase a transmitter and get it delivered to their door and so that makes, you know, everybody a hobbiest now and to have an interest to start a pirate radio station because it's so available. "One is cost. Airchecks from unauthorized broadcast radio stations throughout the years. MR. DOMBROWSKI: So we have two ways to file a complaint. So I never left, I've been here for over 25 years. Some pirates simply key down their mike and begin talking, sharing their political or social views; others offer near-professional music productions, complete with listener feedback, and often acknowledge listener reports with QSLs (radio postcards). The most popular frequency used by U.S. and Canadian pirate radio stations is 6925 kHz, transmitting in the AM or upper sideband (USB) modes. MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, and some of these are in high crime areas where there is a lot of drugs. You have somebody that puts a station on the air and then what that person does is he leases air time for his station for other DJs and they come in and so he is getting a kickback from the DJs and he is getting advertising revenue. So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? * Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios. He then obtained another ship, a German trawler called the Ross Revenge, which continued to host the station until it ran aground along the British coast in 1991. Coffee helps fuel the SWLing Post! Has that happened? So what is the state of pirate radio in the U.S. and how is the FCC taking it on? MR. DOMBROWSKI: And so they said well because we were here before it was colonized our federal laws don't apply to us. Winning a con. Click here to donate via PayPal. MR. DOMBROWSKI: The majority of the people do not give us truthful information and so our agents have to be trained to do interviews to know when people are telling the truth or not and it may just require keep asking the right questions and keeping after it. To track pirates, youll need a radio with both AM and SSB modes. In the U.S., pirate stations have popped up in recent years all over the country, from West Virginia to Washington state, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which plays a continual game of whack-a-mole in an effort to keep them off the airwaves used by licensed 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. Just browse the pirate radio category: https://swling.com/blog/category/pirate-radio/. Ragnar Daneskjold hosts an occasional podcast serving the shortwave pirate community; it includes pirate radio news, off-air recordings, and more. There were helicopters flying over and taking videos, so we got on a little TV, and that helps to go a long way when we get a little media coverage. Has it evolved over the years? For his new show, Bruce promises "me and my musings and all the great . So, the F. Across the country FCC officials are working to identify and take action against illegal unlicensed radio operators using frequencies allocated for legitimate radio operators that are causing interference and other issues. If you live outside of North America and Europe, that doesnt mean there arent pirate radio stations to be found. Over the past few years, Ive found that one of my favorite listening activities has become searching for unique pirate radio stations, and readers of my blog appear to have followed suit. MR. DOMBROWSKI: That's not going to be my cell phone is it? Here's a 12-minute recording of Radio Caroline DJ Tony Blackburn's show in 1965, which includes both a breakfast cereal commercial and the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" and "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds: Because the station had to fill so much airtime DJs had to come up with 2,500 tracks to play each week Radio Caroline helped foster what Moore calls "an explosion of new artists and bands who may have started recording conventional pop music, but who then expanded their musical abilities. I know at least in our region we get them everywhere. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, we don't have a rule in the books that prohibits that from happening. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: -- and you always try to go with the least destructive one. It could be computers, antennas, coaxial cables. (Disclaimer). And as a bonus, Radio Caroline still exists though, ironically, it's gone legal. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Hometown. Tribute to Pirate Radio, KQLZ 100.3 FM Los Angeles. 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. So when the FCC licenses FM stations those stations are generally not going to interfere with aeronautical operations because we make sure that they are not. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well there was a version of the bill that passed the House first and now there is a similar bill being considered by Senate. It has become more common for pirates to transmit images using SSTV.A few have experimented with FM or digital modes like RTTY, PSK31 . Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legaland frequently an ear-opening experience. I mean if you are familiar with telecom you know it's an illegal radio station, but what do we mean by pirate radio. MR. DOMBROWSKI: It is. They label the equipment as something else. 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. South America was strong for a while in the 90s, but that has also fallen silent. Right now it is $10,000 per day per occurrence. Having that exposure helped boost the careers of scores of British bands whose music eventually made it to America. And that's a pretty big deterrent when you show up with police officers threatening to arrest somebody because they are operating a pirate radio station. Dont believe me? MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Is that a point of pride for you from Philadelphia? MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Right. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Okay. It helps to show that -- That's a deterrent in itself right there when you get media coverage. Radio and electronics were my hobbies. The Moody Blues are one example of this." You might need that sensitivity and an outdoor antenna to pull these relatively low-powered signals from the ether. This metal-focused platform is available entirely online, so you can access the music from a lot of different locations, even though the station is based in San Francisco. Now, of course, my favorite thing that I want to ask you is what are some fun examples, maybe not fun, but interesting examples of cases that you have closed where maybe the circumstances were a bit bizarre or interesting that might help a listener understand just how weird some of this stuff can get and just how interesting some of these operations can be. So we get complaints from the FAA quite often, more than a few times a month in New York, and that the pilots are flying over the city and they are trying to communicate with air traffic control and all of a sudden they pick up a radio station. It's something we have been doing as long as the equipment has been available we've always had pirate radio operators. Pirate stations want listeners to discover them, so they broadcast in various watering holes.. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, well, you know, they operate in the AM band so it sounds really distorted when you are trying to listen to FM radio on an AM radio. But so when we say Region One I think even most people in the FCC are not necessarily aware of how the country is carved up when it comes to enforcement and the field offices, et cetera, so can you give the listeners a brief sense of what do we mean by Region One, what areas do you cover? 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 are there tell-tale signs or are some of these stations so sophisticated that it's really hard for the average person to distinguish? And they also would be able to contact us and find out where the complaint is in the queue and, you know, what's going on with the complaint and have we investigated it yet. This means that by clicking on these links, a small percentage of the purchase price for goods you purchase from these sellers will help support our sites running costs. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: And that is obviously at the highest importance when we are talking about public safety. Our agents are pretty smart on the tricks. So that is a big concern for the broadcasters in those areas. Ive also been encouraged by pirates to hone my weak-signal DXing using exalted carrier reception (ECR)zero-beating an AM signal in SSBin an attempt to hear weak AM pirate stations. We get them in Virginia, we get them out in Illinois, even just remote areas of West Virginia they pop up. Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. It will also help to have some sort of adjustable bandwidth filter (wide/narrow). Do a little pirate radio hunting yourself. "While Radio Caroline is no longer 'illegal' the philosophy is unchanged," Moore says, noting that the station's staff has the motto "New Technology, Same Ideology.". I received this QSL from the amazing Radio Ronin Shortwave shortly before he received the knock from the FCC and stopped transmitting. So it's not the -- In terms of size wise for mileage it's the smallest region, but it's the most populated. The government authorities in charge of the surveillance of the radio-electric spectrum can use the PROWATCH instruments to detect and locate the pirate and irregular broadcast stations of radio and TV. It eventually regrouped and resurfaced as an internet station, which gave it a global reach. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Well that's what I went up with. Ive hunted pirates with a range of such radios, among them the Sony ICF-SW7600GR, the Grundig G3, the Grundig G5, the Tecsun PL-600 and PL-660, and even the new Tecsun PL-880. If you've been binge-watching movies lately, you may have come across "Pirate Radio." To track pirates, you'll need a radio with both AM and SSB modes. 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. Is it when you are driving in, you know, to and from work? And he had some good backing, financial backing, by the ACLU who were fighting for him, and he was a microbroadcaster and he tried to encourage others to follow in his footsteps and protect our First Amendment rights, so he was --. We also recommend that the complainant contact the station that they are getting interference to --. Fortunately for the beginning pirate-hunter, there are now online message boards, free radio logs, and even publications (like Yoders excellent treatise on the subject) to help guide your tuning (see resource links below). MR. DOMBROWSKI: No, it doesn't have -- It's not marked with pizza delivery guy either. To prove my point, here are some MP3 recordings of some of my favorite recent pirate radio stations/broadcasts: Though pirates can be located anywhere on the planet, and therefore can broadcast, hypothetically, anywhere on the radio dial, patterns are actually fairly predictable in order to draw a listening audience. And so when a station operates say on 95.5 megahertz they now have potential to cause interference to other stations on 95.5 that may be a little distance away. 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. 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. We do contact the property owner before we execute the warrant to let them know we are at the door and we don't want to break the door down but we need them there to open it. And so he brought this argument up when we tried to get his station off the air by using the court proceedings and he fought that we were violating his First Amendment rights. But they secure the property for us so that we feel safe going in there and then we help them identify what equipment we need to seize. Marshals went in with us and we seized the equipment. They just twist the dial. So we typed up this -- They showed me a license and it was something typed up on the computer that said we're licensed by their statutes of the Moors people and so they felt that they have a right to operate. Additionally, youll find contact information for QSL requests and mail-drop addresses as well. . Some pirates have even shown in in the SWBC bands, including 49, 31 and 25 meters. Pirate cards are among the most unusual of QSL cards, that often incorporate obscure or vintage imageryhumor, horror, or other graphic oddityor cast the pirate in a unique character representation. Keep in mind that pirates are relatively low-power broadcasters. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: No. It's not. The Pirates flagship radio station, SportsRadio 93.7 THE FAN, will air extended local pre-game and post-game coverage before and after every broadcast. MR. DOMBROWSKI: And so that's not practical for somebody that wants to operate a radio station to cover an entire community. All you need is a location to host the antenna and access to electricity unless you've got batteries, then just the location.". Most pirates transmit using SSB with modern ham radio equipment, others use AM utilizing vintage or homebrew equipment. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Sure. Once you get a license it restricts you where you can operate, how much power you can use, what antenna you can use, and how high your antenna is. 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. Are we talking about U.S. marshals with machine guns kicking in doors, are we talking about politely knocking on a door and saying, hey, guys, your time is up, we found you, you know, what's the image that essentially you see when this goes down in your experience or is there kind of a spectrum of different cases, some are a little bit more intense than others? Pirate radio operators usually have day jobslike most of usthus only transmit while home from work. Our agency was delegated by Congress to allocate frequencies and allocate it in the public interest and it's a resource. That's part of it, right, and you rely on some cooperation in some instances to get it done. Oh, it happens a lot, especially in these urban areas like New York. They are not advertising. Ive had great results in the past with an old Icom IC-735 and a 40-meter dipole antenna. MR. SWARZTRAUBER: Oh, that's probably why they are complaining, right? Additionally, you can always tune a remote receiver, via the Internet on the Global Tuners website, or via the University of Twentes SDR in the Netherlands. If you live in other parts of the world, pirate hunting can pose serious DX challenges. Set up your Raspberry Pi You'll need to get Raspbian, the Linux-based operating system for the Raspberry Pi. In the late 1980s, unlicensed operators tried broadcasting from a Honduran-flag freighter in the waters off Long Island, according to The New York Times. "Caroline now has two stations, one playing album music and one playing the original pop music for which the station is remembered," Moore explains. I am a Philadelphia native, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I graduated Temple University and my first job was the FCC right out of college and interestingly --. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, to lease some air time off these legitimate stations. MR. DOMBROWSKI: Yes, there was a case back in the 1990s, late 1990s. Select a station from the list and it will play on the tuner. Total . 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. Though pirates can be located anywhere on the planet, and therefore can broadcast, hypothetically, anywhere on the radio dial, patterns are actually fairly predictable in order to draw a listening audience. So it's not just that a pirate radio station might be harming other radio stations, which is bad in and of itself and could pose a public safety risk with emergency communications, but we're talking serious stuff when we talk about FAA and air traffic control. PIRATE RADIO Once you remove the idea of pirate radio from its mythology, you. 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