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Summery:

• ‭ Ragnar Daneskjold  a show dedicated to pirate radio, concentrating on the shortwave spectrum.
  
• ‭ we do have 2 big topics to cover this week in the world of pirate radio, most notably the fact that the FCC took pirate cat radio off the air.
  
• ‭ no time to go through forum posts and logging's this time, but we will briefly note a couple things on the FRN.
  
• ‭ a Few off air recordings from the Halloween weekend
  
• ‭ closing thoughts from me

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Opening Monologue

If you follow me on twitter or facebook you may have kept up with why I haven't done a show lately, I'v been away due to work for the last few weeks, and will be away for a few more weeks for a long over due vacation. but before I leave I wanted to share some important news and information. I don't have time to produce a full show so lets call this a pirates week brief.

 Before we get into the news I do want to apologies for not producing a show for the last couple weeks. Frankly this is the main reasons I still refer to the piratesweek as apodcast and not a full radio show. I fell a little less guilty taking time off we I need to, that issomething you just cant do with a full fledged radio program, and I apologise to those stations who program this show into their weekly line up.

 well with the mei culpas out of the way lest get into the good stuff...


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Pirates in the news

I have two big news stories, both with lengthy audio clips.
The first is the closure of the pirate radio institution of Pirate cat radio, The news comes from piratecats website stating:

After over 13 years of almost continual broadcasting, Pirate Cat Radio 87.9 FM will no longer be heard over the FM airwaves of San Francisco and the Bay Area.

In a notice dated August 31, 2009 the FCC asserted that Monkey, the founder of Pirate Cat Radio, “willfully and repeatedly violated Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934” and proposed to fine him $10,000 for the infraction.

By bringing to bear the full weight of the Federal government against continued broadcast operations, the FCC’s order effectively ends Pirate Cat Radio’s thirteen-year run as one of the Bay Area’s most consistent voices of protest against corporate-run media monopolies and monocultural programming.

Looking to the future, PCR can continue as an Internet only station and the café/studio on 21^st st will continue to operate, but at least for the time being, but it cannot safely broadcast over the terrestrial FM band without possibly jeopardizing its volunteers and supporters. . How this will affect the service is not clear yet, although it is true that the majority of their listeners are now online or downloading podcasts.

As for Monkey it has become clear that the FCC will only be satisfied when he has separated himself completely from his lifetime’s work. He plans to sell the studio space and equipment, and the café to try to recoup at least a small portion of the money he has invested into the program service over the years. He hopes that the staff will be able to buy him out and continue the fight against corporate domination of the airwaves.

“Obviously this is a major disappointment,” says Monkey, “But we made a collective decision that Pirate Cat Radio must come off the public airwaves, until some method is found to change the law or get it authorized under existing law.”

http://www.piratecatradio.com/wordpress/?p=14816


Paul Rsmandell the media geek had John Anderson on from DIY media & talked about it some,

MG PirateCat

The entire conversation between paul and John went over 10 minutes and touched on many stations and aspects of civil disobedience radio and well worth your time seeking out, links in the show notes.  http://radio.mediageek.net/?p=499

There was some interesting observations on Radio Survivor concerning the Pirate cat bust.

Paul bloged that  the FCC observed in a footnote to its NAL that, quote “the frequency used without authority by Roberts and PCR is 87.9 MHz, which is not allocated to the FM broadcast band.”  unquote this begs the question that if using that frequency might be any sort of contributing factor for the FCC’s attention, especially in light of an unlicensed operator in Florida recently receiving a $2500 fine for broadcasting on the same frequency.
According to the Code of Federal Regulations title 47 section 73.501, “87.9 MHz, Channel 200, is available only for use of existing Class D stations required to change frequency.” These Class D stations are low-power 10 watt stations licensed prior to 1978, when the service ceased to exist. That’s the rule under which low-power high school station KSFH is licensed to 87.9 FM.
As far as the Commission is concerned any given unlicensed operator is no different than another. Each field office tends to have its own set of priorities about chasing down pirates, and looking at the list of enforcement actions you can definitely see that each office seems to have periodic bursts of action against unlicensed operators. By and large enforcement actions are complaint-based, and operating out in the open is more likely to result in a complaint than being clandestine.
Paul concludes his blog post on radio survivor by noting he thinks operating an unlicensed station on 87.9 FM is no more risky than operating on any other frequency. The fact that there are very few stations licensed to this frequency makes it attractive for pirates looking for a clear channel and to avoid interfering with other stations. The FCC’s recent decision that FM stations no longer need to protect channel 6 audio on the far left end of the dial may lead to erosion of this opportunity in some areas as more licensed stations encroach on 87.9 FM. Until then, the risk of being a pirate on 87.9 FM is due to being a pirate broadcaster, and nothing more.

That really sucks that pirate cat is off air,  I always hoped I could make a pilgrimage there some day, plopping myself down in the caffe, ordering a bacon latte and striking up a conversation with monkey about his station.

Steve and Janice noted the other big news in last weeks International Radio report on CKUT. Those of you that follow the FRN or WBCQ should of learned by now that WBCQ will be going off air on Saturdays wityh their 7415 Xmtr. Thisfrom the IRR

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and lastly we have word of a pirate radio bust in Ohio, once again from John and Paul on the Media geek. The FCC have taken off air a bunch of dangerous pirates from the airwave, I myself fell safer knowing the FCC are out there protecting me from these dangerous pirates.

From the Blogosphere:

And one for our Euro listeners- The wireless waffle a few weeks back posted an article on the chances of being busted on shortwave, and who is generating the complaints taht forces these pirates off air. Noteing that Over the past 12 months, both Premier Radio (who used 6265 kHz) and Laser Hot Hits (who used 4025 kHz) have had their transmitter sites raided.
Across Europe (and indeed the world) there are a series of short-wave (HF) monitoring stations operated by the various national regulatory administrations who produce quarterly reports on their monitoring activities. The purpose of the monitoring and the associated reports is, on the one hand, to check on legitimate users of the HF spectrum, and on the other to identify use which is in contravention to the ITU's rules on spectrum usage. Where an administration identifies contravening transmissions, it can flag these in the reports and, according to the ITU document describing the reports, these will then be forwarded to the administration which is the source of the transmission.
Wireless Waffel then goes on to list pirate stations that have been logged in these reports. Stations includeing prominent pirate powerhouses such as Laser Hot Hits, PLAYBACK INTL, and MYSTERY RADIO.

http://www.mf2fm.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091020-072937



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‭Don't have time to go through the FRN postings or note stations logged on the FRW, but I did want to draw attention to the fact that there was a post on the LPFM section of the forums a few weeks back, really, someone posted on the LPFM section. ChrisRadioAnimal posted some links to 87.9 The Wave In Massachusetts, including some photos of the studio, I'll include on in the posting for this show on piratesweek.info


A listener wrote me a couple days ago  that he has been listening to the Gulch last weekend and has been hearing what sounds like a CW pirate and apparent disgruntled FRN reader sending "FRN SUCKS ASS." I he gos on to note that there has been a flame war of sorts in the A.C.E. Logging's over SSTV on 6925 kHz and intentional or unintentional interference with other pirates. and believes that it may be related.


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Warn on F bombs.     Check the drop!

Off Air Recordings‭
Sealord down in Florida using a Ten Tec RX-340 with a 7x15x7 EWE antenna.
The Web in Florida on his Drake SW8
Lex in Texas on his Palstar R30C with some magnet wire strung around his ceiling.
WEAK radio listening on his Drake R8
useing his Perseus SDR and a Wellbrook ALA100 loop, Evil Elvis in disgraceland caught

I found several off air secordings on the drop over  Halloween from Lex. Lex of course is listening on his Palstar R30C down in Texas-

Wolverine Radio
11/1/09, 0054-0137 UTC, 6930 USB, SINPO - 44323
Wolverine Radio played "Boneyard Lullabies" by Nick Noxious and the Necrophiliacs. Classic rock and roll style songs with creepy and often hilarious lyrics. .(Lex-TX)

Radio Ga-Ga
10/31/09, 1300-1335 UTC, 6925 USB
Spooky sound fx, SSTV of pumpkin, a little different version of the familiar "Monster Mash", followed with several SSTV images in B&W8 mode. SINPO - 34333, good audio (Lex-TX)

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‭Closing

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

WGGH-1150 Marion, IL DX Test

Well that's it for now. I apologies to the stations who regularly rebroadcast the show, and to you the loyal listeners, I'll be back after Thanksgiving with the regular weekly program.
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‭Pirates in the news this week include the huge story that Pirate Cat Radio has been taken off the air, discussion and commentary from the Media Geek and John Anderson. The International Radio Report also notes that WBCQ is going dark on Saturdays on 7415 and what that means to the pirates. Finally, a brief mention of an interesting blog post from wireless waffle on enforcing HF Euro pirates. Also the FCC busts a pirate radio in a nursing home.
‭‭Off Air Recordings include the stations of: Wolverine Radio and Radio Ga-Ga.
WGGH will be preforming a DX test Feb 6 2010.
‭Background music from the Podsafe Music Network by the artists; 3minute pop songs, The Jackass-Penguin Show, Atomic Brother and Mario Tomic.
‭Thanks for listening

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