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Pirate radio calls for inauguration protests

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An unauthorized radio station in the nation's capital
called for "massive protests" in the week leading up to the January 20
presidential inauguration.

The station broadcast Wednesday at 1680 AM and identified itself as "Guerrilla
Radio, WSQT."

During the identification message, an announcer said, "WSQT is a project of
urban activists in the D.C. area working on housing issues, homeless issues,
issues of war, issues of occupation both at home and abroad, and issues of the
environment that we all have to live in."

Radioman390 wrote:

[Inside Politics]
Pirate radio calls for inauguration protests

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An unauthorized radio station in the nation's capital
called for "massive protests" in the week leading up to the January 20
presidential inauguration.

The station broadcast Wednesday at 1680 AM and identified itself as "Guerrilla
Radio, WSQT."

During the identification message, an announcer said, "WSQT is a project of
urban activists in the D.C. area working on housing issues, homeless issues,
issues of war, issues of occupation both at home and abroad, and issues of the
environment that we all have to live in."


Most pirates use FM transmitters. Having been in the pirate community
(but not as a broadcaster) I know that FM tx's are easier to make and
more concealable than AM ones. So the fact that they're broadcasting on
MW is somewhat of a surprise.



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Conan Ford wrote:

The Workers World Party at work, no doubt, perhaps in one of its guises
like International ANSWER.

Actually, there's several "revolutionary socialist" groups out there,
each with its own agenda and own following (small no doubt, but a
following). It's been a while since I've been involved in
"revolutionary" activities, so I can't remember them all, but in
addition to the WWP there's the International Socialists (their signs
are ALWAYS recognizable at demonstrations once you know what typeface to
look for), the Revolutionary Communist Party (they're Maoists), and the
Spartacists, a group that's so weird even the other socialists call it a
cult. And that's just the beginning. We're talking about people who
answer their phones with the last two digits of the phone number,
supposedly to distract the secret police (like that wouldn't ATTRACT
attention when everybody else on the planet says "hello" when answering
the phone). They generally act like they're in pre-1917 Russia. They
each have their own newspaper, and reps of each can be found at any
demonstration hawking their respective propaganda. Their delusions of
grandeur can be quite funny even if you tend to be on the liberal side
of things. By the way, the WWP groups like ANSWER and National People's
Campaign tend to identify themselves as such; the Guerrilla Radio pirate
could be another splinter group of the WWP or another one of the
socialist groups or even a totally new, unaffiliated organization.



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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:16:37 -0800, running dogg wrote:

Radioman390 wrote:

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Pirate radio calls for inauguration protests

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 Posted: 2252 GMT (0652 HKT)
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An unauthorized radio station in the nation's capital
called for "massive protests" in the week leading up to the January 20
presidential inauguration.

The station broadcast Wednesday at 1680 AM and identified itself as "Guerrilla
Radio, WSQT."

During the identification message, an announcer said, "WSQT is a project of
urban activists in the D.C. area working on housing issues, homeless issues,
issues of war, issues of occupation both at home and abroad, and issues of the
environment that we all have to live in."


Most pirates use FM transmitters. Having been in the pirate community
(but not as a broadcaster) I know that FM tx's are easier to make and
more concealable than AM ones. So the fact that they're broadcasting on
MW is somewhat of a surprise.

Perhaps they modify ham gear that covers 160 meters .... it's a move
of 120 KHz and I'd bet there are transceivers out there that can still
put out a clean signal. The antenna would have to be an incredibly
large compromise of size/performance so as to not attract too much
attention 8-}


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