another pirate??

[mrtejano]

I live 59 north close to Tidwell, and 88.1 was playing hip hop. It wasn't Radio Aleluya!!

 

[ContinuousWave]

Were you mobile at the time? maybe a FM modulator?? Could be a pirate....

 

[mrtejano]

I was driving on Jensen Dr from Tidwell south and Radio Aleluya would come and leave. The rap had nice sound clear STEREO sound

 

[Mediafrog+]

KLBT 88.1 in Beaumont has a CP to increase power, so if that is now on the air it could make it into the NE part of metro Houston. Not sure if they play any Christian Rap, however.

 

[Unknowable]

If it was a pirate, posting on these boards about it is a great way to get it pulled off the air. Many people around here know the FCC's agent and if they tell him, well... I'm all up for pirate radio as long as they do it right, not overmodulating or interfeering with other channels, etc.

 

[ContinuousWave]

KLBT 88.1 in Beaumont has a CP to increase power, so if that is now on the air it could make it into the NE part of metro Houston. Not sure if they play any Christian Rap, however.

KLBT is not increasing that much (7kw Vertical only to 30kw CP) and still directional away from Pasadena...and they dont play rap

 

[ContinuousWave]

If it was a pirate, posting on these boards about it is a great way to get it pulled off the air. Many people around here know the FCC's agent and if they tell him, well... I'm all up for pirate radio as long as they do it right, not overmodulating or interfeering with other channels, etc.

KFTG would disagree with you...depending on how much power the pirate is running, they can easily interfere with KFTG. KDMX in Dallas is often clobbered by Houston's 102.9 in Fort Worth during tropo....Pirates can cause interference anytime, anywhere.....RF does not stop at the city limits or the next red light.

 

[93QClassic.com]

If it was a pirate, posting on these boards about it is a great way to get it pulled off the air. Many people around here know the FCC's agent and if they tell him, well... I'm all up for pirate radio as long as they do it right, not overmodulating or interfeering with other channels, etc.

If there's a pirate, Steve Lee will go out an issue a notice of unlicensed broadcast. This video here shows Steve Lee and how he does it. http://kaosradioaustin.org/node/32295 That's ALL Steve will do. If they don't shut it down, in a few months he will mail out a NAL letter (notice of apparent liability) fining the operator of the unlicensed broadcast. Of course, the fine won't get paid and the government will make no effort to collect it. If they don't shut it down. he will send paperwork to Washington. Eventually, the justice department will issue a warrant to arrest (confiscate) the equipment being used for the broadcast. This gives Steve a green light to go get a police officer or two, or maybe a U.S. Marshal, and seize the equipment.

Unless, of course, the equipment belongs to Alex Jones...

Had a chance to visit Austin a couple of weeks ago. In between errands, I went by the broadcast site of their "pirate" station -- Liberty 90.1. Here's a video clip shot on my phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_saDi4JKXc0

Interesting situation. For want of a better word, this pirate station is Alex Jones' "flagship." The people that own the apartment complex where this broadcast is taking place don't deny that they believe in the messages being churned out by the station, but distance themselves from the broadcast itself. Their position is that they are simply landlords and that a third party has rented out a closet for equipment and the space for the tower. Apparently they don't even have access to the equipment. Their tenant has put his own lock on the door.

This, however, didn't stop the FCC from issuing the landlords a $15,000 fine. See KXAN News clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs_sOoDrEx8

Last summer, at the Texas Association of Broadcasters convention, I listened to an unknown gentleman ask the Texas FCC enforcement agent what's going on with this pirate station. The agent admitted that this station has operated for over five years from various locations. Listen to his words here... https://soundcloud.com/power104/fcc-steve-lee-at-tex-assn-broadcasters

In other words, every time the FCC starts the legal process to shut it down, the people who actually run the station move their transmitter to a new location. In the meantime, the landlords who rent property to the people who run the station are the ones getting hit with fines. Fines, mind you, that no one has paid, and the FCC is making no effort to collect.

Things that make you go "hmmmmm..."

 

[Unknowable]

If it's interfeering with KFTG, then they should change frequencies if you ask me.

I'm not sure why the FCC fines people if they won't make an effort to collect. It's a scare tactic I tell you!
*realizes I'm not Alex Jones*
My bad.

 

[DJboutit3]

Could be one of these $20 to $30 little crane fm transmitter you can get off Ebay opened it up and hookup a 10ft to 20ft wire to it and then it will transmit like 1/2 to 3/4 mile. Some of these little cheap transmitters can transmit 3 to 4 blks straight of the box

 

[Unknowable]

Like this? http://www.dagcoelectronics.com/

 

[DJboutit3]

Like this? http://www.dagcoelectronics.com/

No I am talking about like one of these

http://www.ccrane.com/transmitter

If you open one of these up there is a adjustment for power output. I am also talking about the little Ipod transmitters

 

[93QClassic.com]

No I am talking about like one of these

http://www.ccrane.com/transmitter

If you open one of these up there is a adjustment for power output. I am also talking about the little Ipod transmitters

Or you can spend $60 and have a transmitter that puts out 7 watts at your door in two days. This will easily serve a 2 to 3 mile radius, especially if you run it to an outdoor TV antenna. http://www.amazon.com/Signstek-Tran...d_sim_e_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=05HKHSWZ6YDN4HB5P7Z5