"N22X" wrote in message
...

"yazoo63" wrote in message
news:581Xa.3888$qf.399@lakeread06...
Hearing a station playing old-time country (or gospel) music mixed in
with
what sounds like a male announcer
preaching a sermon.

Receiving this fairly weak (S-5) with a lot of QRM into northern
Virginia.
(thank god for notch filters !!!)

Anyone have any info on this station ?

Barry
N4IJN
Fredericksburg, VA


Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago, the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps.

No ****! I hadn't heard about that!

We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.

Way cool!
Guys & gals, if you're reading this, don't get caught!

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:12:22 -0400, "N22X"
wrote:


"yazoo63" wrote in message
news:581Xa.3888$qf.399@lakeread06...
Hearing a station playing old-time country (or gospel) music mixed in with
what sounds like a male announcer
preaching a sermon.

Receiving this fairly weak (S-5) with a lot of QRM into northern Virginia.
(thank god for notch filters !!!)

Anyone have any info on this station ?

Barry
N4IJN
Fredericksburg, VA


Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago, the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps. We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.

N22X
Terra Haute, IN


I'd guess the number of FM pirates has risen too? I haven't heard any
in my city in quite awhile but we have "resident agents" so maybe
thats why....

"N22X" wrote:

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations
seven years ago, the number of pirates and
unlicensed activity on HF has jumped by quantum
leaps. (snip)


If the FCC has closed all their fixed monitoring stations, it was probably
in favor of better and cheaper technology. In other words, I strongly
suspect monitoring capability is still there - it just needs an employee
interested enough to do something with it (or perhaps enough employees to do
something effective with it).

On the other hand, I haven't seen an increase in unlicensed activity. The
only two pirates I've heard in this area have recently closed down their
operations, though not as a result of FCC enforcement activities. Instead,
since fewer people today scan around through available frequencies for
something to listen to (scanning instead through the stations they've
previously programmed into memories), many pirates are simply finding it
more difficult to gain an audience today. Of those people still scanning
around through available frequencies, fewer seem interested in pirate
stations.

Those things, perhaps more than anything else, may eventually spell the
end of pirate broadcasting.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"N22X" wrote in message ...

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago,

The FCC did *not* close all their monitoring stations.

the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps. We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.

N22X
Terra Haute, IN

w3rv

On 4 Aug 2003 07:38:22 -0700, Brian Kelly wrote:

"N22X" wrote in message ...

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago,

The FCC did *not* close all their monitoring stations.

In fact when the monitoring stations were remoted, an additional
one was added. The station at Canandaigua, NY was brought back on
line after being closed for a number of years (it was used as the
test bed for developing the remote control system).

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago, the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps. We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.



I don't even understand the motivation of pirate broadcast radio. If
you have
a message or original music you want people to hear, you can reach a lot
more people
with a web site on the 'net than you ever could with radio. Either you
pirate on
SW, which few people are equipped to listen to, or FM, where your range
is quite limited, and few people will be able to hear you. And then
there is the
schedule limitation. The web site would be avaliable 24/7 for anyone so
inclined
to read or download from.

(No CW Test) wrote in message ...

(Len Over 21)

Morse code, which well predates WW2, is old and needs to be
dismantled. :-)

You are old and predate WW2. Len.

Perhaps your "reality" needs to be dismantled.

Lennie's "reality" was dismantled a long time ago...he just
hasn't accepted it yet.

Steve, K4YZ

In article ,
(pSycho pSteve) writes:

(No CW Test) wrote in message
...

(Len Over 21)

Morse code, which well predates WW2, is old and needs to be
dismantled. :-)

You are old and predate WW2. Len.

Perhaps your "reality" needs to be dismantled.

Lennie's "reality" was dismantled a long time ago...he just
hasn't accepted it yet.

Pity the sick psychotics. Now there's TWO of them and one is
"anonymous." They go together in their fantasy.

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article ,
(pSycho pSteve) writes:

Yet more professional civil debate, I see.

(No CW Test) wrote in message
...

(Len Over 21)

Morse code, which well predates WW2, is old and needs to be
dismantled. :-)

You are old and predate WW2. Len.

Perhaps your "reality" needs to be dismantled.

Lennie's "reality" was dismantled a long time ago...he just
hasn't accepted it yet.

Pity the sick psychotics. Now there's TWO of them and one is
"anonymous." They go together in their fantasy.

Bet it irks the heck out of you that not one but TWO of your
former screen names has been acquired by someone who thinks you are an
idiot too.

And with good cause!

Sucks to be you, Lennie!

Steve, K4YZ

In article ,
(Steve Robeson, K4CAP) writes:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
...
In article ,
(pSycho pSteve) writes:

Yet more professional civil debate, I see.

Poor baby. You don't come close to any civil debate yet you
DEMAND others do so.

You REALLY need some mental therapy on being able to
get along with anyone else.


(No CW Test) wrote in message
...

(Len Over 21)

Morse code, which well predates WW2, is old and needs to be
dismantled. :-)

You are old and predate WW2. Len.

Perhaps your "reality" needs to be dismantled.

Lennie's "reality" was dismantled a long time ago...he just
hasn't accepted it yet.

Pity the sick psychotics. Now there's TWO of them and one is
"anonymous." They go together in their fantasy.

Bet it irks the heck out of you that not one but TWO of your
former screen names has been acquired by someone who thinks you are an
idiot too.

It's the "copycat killer" syndrome...those are trying to make a "name"
for themselves but hiding behind pseudonyms, afraid to give their
real identity.

And with good cause!

Sucks to be you, Lennie!

Tsk, tsk, tsk...not even amateur civil debate from pSycho pSteve.

pStevie, you REALLY need some mental therapy.