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Pirate in OKC @ 105.7

Well it definitely sounds like you had it going on. So did the FCC just show up one day?
Did they enter your house? It definitely sounds like someone turned you in that works in radio.

Oh yes, the agent entered my house. He called from the street first to let me know he had measured my signal and it was over the Part 15 limit. He showed me his credentials at the door and again asked for permission to enter the house. He was very friendly once he discovered that I was going to be cooperative and wasn't hurling epithets. He even complimented the sound and said he loved the tunes and the old jingles. He was near my age (49+).

The agent asked me if I would voluntarily forfeit the FM100B which I did (goodbye $400). Naturally I asked who turned me in and why and he (naturally) would not say. But he did confirm that in no way did my signal interfere with any licensed stations, just that the strength was too high and that the person who complained reported hearing my station 10 miles away. Ten miles on a quarter watt?? I laughed and said, what did they use, antennas from the old Viking Mars mission? Nope, plain old car radio. I figured that had to be a spoof, something outrageous to make the complaint seem serious enough for a field visit. Either that or the skip was working great one day.

When I was living near Raleigh NC I once caught the old Magic 102.9 from Dallas. It was so clear I would have sworn it was a local station until I heard the calls. I should have filed a complain about excessive RF. ;D
 
Ten Miles Away? What frequency were you on? Damn!!!
Maybe I should have been listening. ;D
 
I still firmly believe that since the FCC has okay'd HD for AM & FM they should
go ahead and deregulate Micro-Watts. As long as your not on a major stick
it shouldn't be a problem.
 
Steve...... It's all about the control and favortism of the big guns. The little guys aren't allowed a piece of their action, no matter how small it is. The government protects the intrest of big business to even the point of obsurdity. There ARE some technical reasons everyone and their dog can't have a channel to play with, but there is NO reason a very limited and coordinated SERVICE cannot be created on current commerical broadcast frequencies to allow microcasting. They won't hear it... Nothing ever changes.
 
Couldn't have said it better myself RG.
It's very political by the very corporations that run the business.
But it's worth a dream or two. Another good example is Kinda like big
business running big government.
It's pretty bad that the only people that can get to the President
are the folks who give substantially to thier campaigns.
If You've got the money, they've got the time.
There's a song there!
 
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