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A new pirate on 103.3

I'll do some researching, and I may do a field strength study if it's not licensed in any way. This guy may need to have his tail cropped a bit. 8)
 
It sounds like CC has already put the word out on them. The FCC has published notes on 103.3fm, and 94.3fm. I have not heard the signal yet, nor have I tried.

I'm waiting for a good day to go out with the Field Strength meter. (hopefully after it cools a bit) Actually I just may call up my good friend across town and go mobile. Although if CC has put the word out on them then the FCC could be back any day.

Maybe they will have to stop in for some sun tea. :D
 
The Beave said:
I'm waiting for a good day to go out with the Field Strength meter. (hopefully after it cools a bit)......Although if CC has put the word out on them then the FCC could be back any day.
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Then I guess you'll be waiting until late September (when you really
should be back at school). ;)

Ya think the Feds finally got wind of, and clamped down on, the
two "illegal power alien" AMs in the PHX market? For some weeks
now they've been playing nice and dropping power in the evening
at the specified time.

That's not to be confused with Lumberyard 1440, who plays to it's
own faulty lamptimer, which at last listen was signing off (and one
would assume signing on) coming up on four minutes early.
 
Oldiesfan,

I'm in Tucson... I occasionally go to Phoenix for business and to assist an engineer there with a few "In-house" projects in a radio related business.

I was out today with the Field strength meter I found 94.3... about 200 watts, carrier only in stereo just North of the Tucson Mall.

If I go back to school, it will be a continuance of my education in IT. Even though I almost registered this spring at Pima for bilingual studies. (I need a little brush up on my German and French) :)
 
Ok, stupid question...

Wouldn't a high power station overwhelm a low power station in the area of coverage?

If this is about interference, then as long as a low power station didn't squat directly on a high power staion's frequency, there shouldn't be an issue. It seems to me that the current FCC policy (not licensing low power stations) is more about competition (or making sure there isn't any). I don't see where most areas in the nation have "crowded dials". I think I'm with McCain on this one - the FCC should be licensing low power stations. It's the american thing to do, and, it would insure that those low power stations are technically managed and policed. Real "pirates" should be removed and punished - but, listening options should be encouraged. Quality radio would be the eventual result. Big business radio is ruining radio...
 
Walking On said:
Ok, stupid question...

Wouldn't a high power station overwhelm a low power station in the area of coverage?

If this is about interference, then as long as a low power station didn't squat directly on a high power staion's frequency, there shouldn't be an issue. It seems to me that the current FCC policy (not licensing low power stations) is more about competition (or making sure there isn't any). I don't see where most areas in the nation have "crowded dials". I think I'm with McCain on this one - the FCC should be licensing low power stations. It's the american thing to do, and, it would insure that those low power stations are technically managed and policed. Real "pirates" should be removed and punished - but, listening options should be encouraged. Quality radio would be the eventual result. Big business radio is ruining radio...
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FM Radio stations have a seperation of .4 mhz on either side of their signal occasionally, LPFM's will wander in their area as much as .8 mixing their signal with higher power ones. Sometimes the signal leaks into anything electrical, it just depends on alot of factors. Many times because they don't have a license or care what happens to their signal... They are persued vigorously by people in their neighborhoods, corporate stations, and even the FCC, as they are considered a nucense.

A few Tucson stations offer "Brokered Time" it's almost better than risking losing everything you own, and going to prison.

Hope that helps.
 
Oh, this should be fun. Arrrr, Ye Pirate! Playing hide and go seek with Uncle Charlie isn't going to turn out the way you think. Could be an expensive game you're playing. But, please, continue....it makes for a fun read and I am looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
 
Mr Nightwalker333, let me tell you from firsthand experience just how exciting it is when an agency of the Federal government
knocks on your door because they've had to come find you..

It's like a going down a long, long roller coaster slope that doesn't end until well after you pay your fine, except that
you aren't enjoying it, and the roller coaster won't be stopped in just a minute or 2.

It's a darn good thing you are mobile.
 
Sure am. I have already shut it down so they will be wasting their time finding me. I did my homework before i began broadcasting in the 1st place. I know the whole run around. I do find it funny that someone here traced my 94.3 to near the Tucson mall, because i haven't broadcasting anywhere near there. Possibly equipment not working, or an untrained user.
 
Perhaps the worst part of the punishment for pirate radio is the end result. After they take away your equipment, fine you major big time, Jail you if you really get obnoxiuos, they then put you on the list so you can never become a licenced radio station owner. A freind in Norhtern California, who was dumb enough as an 18 year old to run a pirate operation in Modesto CA, now has a legal LPFM, but has no chance of getting anything better since the FCC has his record of pirate operation. He probably should not even have gotten the LPFM, but they granted it to a group he is part of, and now he has it and does it well and LEGALLY. If you don't understand how an adjacent channel or on channel low power station can cause interference, you certainly don't have the technical skills to put a radio station on the air.
 
Ya, ive done the homework, i test frequently my equipment (paranoia of interfering), the reason i got caught is because my girlfriend kept on playing her itunes on the PC running the studio for her Ipod, after telling her several times not to. So when you hear this soft christian music playing followed by lil' wayne's latest album uncut ya that tends to ruffle feathers. The source of the gripe was content, not interference.
 
The FCC has handed a $10,000 fine to Frank Rodriguez for operating an illegal FM at 90.5 FM from his home in the New York suburb of Paterson, NJ. When FCC field agents found the transmitter Rodriguez agreed to remove it from his property, but agents found the pirate station back on the air a month later.
 
The FCC was in Tucson yestersday... Fines issued, inspections... to licensed stations, and they did locate 2 unlicensed signals. One was pulled off the air via equipment seizure. There may have been a 4th black cloud over the market.

I did get a LPFM, It closes soon. (Minnesota)
 
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