We at the FCC don't care who the Pirate is because afterall, we want to
eventually auction off the Ham Radio frequencies to the highest bidder in
order to raise money for the U.S. Treasury.


FCCHAM


"Herb" wrote in message
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Anybody know who the pirate on 3965 is?


tnx,

Herb

FCCHAM

Is that any relation to Fulham FC?

Behold, FCCHAM signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

We at the FCC don't care who the Pirate is because afterall, we want to
eventually auction off the Ham Radio frequencies to the highest bidder
in order to raise money for the U.S. Treasury.


FCCHAM

I thought you allready signed a secret deal with Clear Channel ;-p

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Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
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"FCCHAM" wrote in message
news:uwNpd.101641$5K2.55417@attbi_s03...
We at the FCC don't care who the Pirate is because afterall, we want to
eventually auction off the Ham Radio frequencies to the highest bidder in
order to raise money for the U.S. Treasury.


FCCHAM

Heck, no one wants hf (at least around here - and the FCC has no authority
in Africa). It is VHF and above where the money is. Who wants a cell phone
when someone can come on yelling "audiooooooo ..." from 5 states away?
Nope, hf bands are probably *reasonably* safe. My bet is that 220 and 440
are the next to get hit, but I hope I'm wrong.


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Heck, no one wants hf (at least around here - and the FCC has no authority
in Africa). It is VHF and above where the money is. Who wants a cell phone
when someone can come on yelling "audiooooooo ..." from 5 states away?
Nope, hf bands are probably *reasonably* safe. My bet is that 220 and 440
are the next to get hit, but I hope I'm wrong.

Safe from direct use, but not from pollution like BPL...

FCCHAM wrote:

We at the FCC don't care who the Pirate is because afterall, we want to
eventually auction off the Ham Radio frequencies to the highest bidder in
order to raise money for the U.S. Treasury.

3965 kHz is inside a broadcast band in the rest of the world - it's only the
USA that have 3500 to 4000 kHz as an amateur band. In the rest of the
world, the amateur band ends at 3800.

There are many Euro-pirates that broadcast around 3900 - some with quite
high power, and many of which have been heard worldwide.

BIAS COMMS

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Hello chaps,

"biascomms" wrote in message
3965 kHz is inside a broadcast band in the rest of the world - it's only
the
USA that have 3500 to 4000 kHz as an amateur band. In the rest of the
world, the amateur band ends at 3800.

There are many Euro-pirates that broadcast around 3900 - some with quite
high power, and many of which have been heard worldwide.

There are some great Dutch and German ones on that band, as well as UK
stations like "Radio Skeleton" which is usually just some guy waffling on. A
bit Wogan-esque without the in-jokey hyperbolic conjecture, excepting the
joke in the nomenclature, being that it's the "bare bones of a radio
station". Well, it was funny the first time.

By the way, I heard that in the UK, they are going to throw the licensing of
hams over to the RSGB, which is a sort of self-appointed amateur radio
regulating body. I don't know how true it is, but these days more than ever
in the UK, you can't believe anything you see or hear!

Anyway, who cares about licensing as long as nobody gets hurt? Sounds like
the RA only bother about it when it suits them. Or possibly more accurately,
when it suits the treasury.