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Pirate , It can change your mind

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The key word in regards to FCC law when a station goes over the Part 15 threshold into the Pirate arena is "interference". If a 103.whatever interferes with WBCN's 104.1 or if a 105.3 interferes with 105.7, then the FCC gets the little tracker out and shuts the pirate down. A clever pirate is going to need the Russian technology found in that William Baldwin/Cindy Crawford movie (the bad guy from Eddy Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop was the Russian bad guy in that flick) to evade the FCC tracker
 
>The key word in regards to FCC law when a station goes over the Part 15 >threshold into the Pirate arena is "interference". If a 103.whatever interferes >with WBCN's 104.1 or if a 105.3 interferes with 105.7, then the FCC gets the >little tracker out and shuts the pirate down.<
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You're right that that's the argument the FCC uses to justify their rules, but it's totally bogus.

Part-15 is 1/10th of one watt; anything over that, and you're a pirate. How much power would it take to even begin to jam WBCN? 50 watts, 100 watts? And how far from your broadcast would you be able to successfully interfere with 'BCN? Maybe a quarter mile, assuming you're somewhere close to "bcn's transmitter. If you're somewhere far away from 'BCN you'll have more luck. But then you'll be farther away from their primary broadcast area, so what right do they really have to complain?

The legal stations just don't want the homegrown stations around. They know the piddling signals could never really compete with thousands of watts.

One could argue that the legal stations bothered to go out and get a license. But, what the hell? The FCC does NOTHING to ensure that these stations operate in the public interest anymore.

I'll trust a pirate to operate in the public interest FAR MORE than I'll trust Clear Channell!!!
 
I use 88.5 to listen to Sirius. When I drive anywhere near Canton or Braintree, it gets jammed. I'd like to find where 88.5 broadcasts from so that I may take a sledgehammer to their transmitter.
 
Will said:
I use 88.5 to listen to Sirius. When I drive anywhere near Canton or Braintree, it gets jammed. I'd like to find where 88.5 broadcasts from so that I may take a sledgehammer to their transmitter.
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Now thats a good way to cry " Your my daddy " to Bubba in Jail .
 
>I use 88.5 to listen to Sirius. When I drive anywhere near Canton or Braintree, it >gets jammed. I'd like to find where 88.5 broadcasts from so that I may take a >sledgehammer to their transmitter.<
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So, all things being equal (same power levels at same locations, etc), would you feel any differently if that station was legal?
 
rapking said:
Will said:
I use 88.5 to listen to Sirius. When I drive anywhere near Canton or Braintree, it gets jammed. I'd like to find where 88.5 broadcasts from so that I may take a sledgehammer to their transmitter.
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Now thats a good way to cry " Your my daddy " to Bubba in Jail .
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A jail sentence for destroying an ILLEGAL transmitter? Kid, are you serious? I'd get a fine and probation, tops.
 
FPB said:
>I use 88.5 to listen to Sirius. When I drive anywhere near Canton or Braintree, it >gets jammed. I'd like to find where 88.5 broadcasts from so that I may take a >sledgehammer to their transmitter.<
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So, all things being equal (same power levels at same locations, etc), would you feel any differently if that station was legal?
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I wouldn't have a problem as long as the FCC continued to guarantee that there were enough unoccupied channels that I could use to listen to Sirius.
 
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