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Will I get in trouble because I Subscibed???

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larryb1

My wife subscribed,(against my suggestions- what else is new!) to Sirius to hear Howard Stern. However, the Sirius receiver she purchased links wirelessly to a "local terrestial FM radio." Now, (as I posted on the "Community Radio" board since this may be a Part 15 issue), I wired the link with the home adapter in a second floor bedroom of my home and use it on the default fm frequency of 88.1 fm.

I went out in my car the other morning, tuned in 88.1 and noticed that the Sirius receiver's linking signal carried from the second floor of my house down the street, almost a block away! I hear it clearly on every radio in my home, and I know that some of my neighbors will hear it if they go to 88.1 fm!

Here's the question. In essence, aren't we, or the receiver manufacturer intentionally breaking the FCC rules for indecency....foul language, etc., by taking Stern's antics and rebroadcasting it, intentionally or not, on terrestial radio, the very thing he left so he could remain "filthy", but legal? What do you think?

By the way, this morning, I took my fm car radio, tuned to 88.1, and monitored that freq as I drove in Long Island, NY rush hour traffic. I caught a "Linked Sirius Stern" broadcast four individual times in less than ten minutes, from neighboring cars or Home units. Wow! Are they going to jail with me, too?
 
Uh-oh

Better not let the morality police find out.

Might this not be an argument the would-be censors could use to push for or introduce "decency" clampdowns on satellite radio?

To state the obvious, it would appear that Howard Stern is popular enough that Sirius listeners are (unwittingly in most cases, I would presume) broadcasting Stern's show on low-powered FM, and FM is regulated by the FCC.

If this does lead to a "decency" clampdown, it seems like that would defeat the (stated) purpose of Howard Stern jumping to satellite, which is to get away from FCC censorship.

> My wife subscribed,(against my suggestions- what else is
> new!) to Sirius to hear Howard Stern. However, the Sirius
> receiver she purchased links wirelessly to a "local
> terrestial FM radio." Now, (as I posted on the "Community
> Radio" board since this may be a Part 15 issue), I wired the
> link with the home adapter in a second floor bedroom of my
> home and use it on the default fm frequency of 88.1 fm.
>
> I went out in my car the other morning, tuned in 88.1 and
> noticed that the Sirius receiver's linking signal carried
> from the second floor of my house down the street, almost a
> block away! I hear it clearly on every radio in my home,
> and I know that some of my neighbors will hear it if they go
> to 88.1 fm!
>
> Here's the question. In essence, aren't we, or the receiver
> manufacturer intentionally breaking the FCC rules for
> indecency....foul language, etc., by taking Stern's antics
> and rebroadcasting it, intentionally or not, on terrestial
> radio, the very thing he left so he could remain "filthy",
> but legal? What do you think?
>
> By the way, this morning, I took my fm car radio, tuned to
> 88.1, and monitored that freq as I drove in Long Island, NY
> rush hour traffic. I caught a "Linked Sirius Stern"
> broadcast four individual times in less than ten minutes,
> from neighboring cars or Home units. Wow! Are they going
> to jail with me, too?
>
 
> My wife subscribed,(against my suggestions- what else is
> new!) to Sirius to hear Howard Stern. However, the Sirius
> receiver she purchased links wirelessly to a "local
> terrestial FM radio." Now, (as I posted on the "Community
> Radio" board since this may be a Part 15 issue), I wired the
> link with the home adapter in a second floor bedroom of my
> home and use it on the default fm frequency of 88.1 fm.
>
> I went out in my car the other morning, tuned in 88.1 and
> noticed that the Sirius receiver's linking signal carried
> from the second floor of my house down the street, almost a
> block away! I hear it clearly on every radio in my home,
> and I know that some of my neighbors will hear it if they go
> to 88.1 fm!
>
> Here's the question. In essence, aren't we, or the receiver
> manufacturer intentionally breaking the FCC rules for
> indecency....foul language, etc., by taking Stern's antics
> and rebroadcasting it, intentionally or not, on terrestial
> radio, the very thing he left so he could remain "filthy",
> but legal? What do you think?
>
> By the way, this morning, I took my fm car radio, tuned to
> 88.1, and monitored that freq as I drove in Long Island, NY
> rush hour traffic. I caught a "Linked Sirius Stern"
> broadcast four individual times in less than ten minutes,
> from neighboring cars or Home units. Wow! Are they going
> to jail with me, too?
>


The FCC approved FM modulation for SDARS and MP3 players before they went to market, so you're not violating anything. The wattage is low enough that it won't matter. If your radio is on the 2nd floor, then of course the signal will go a little further, but in your car it's not an issue because the signal will go about 30 feet before petering out. Companies even manufacture home repeaters that can rebroadcast the signal as far as a quarter mile at ground level.
 
Re: Uh-oh

I worry about this myself. But I think the argument can be made that there are also wireless car FM mini-transmitters for iPods, and no government agency can control (yet) what someone loads into their iPod and broadcasts to their car stereo. These mini-transmitters are built to FCC specifications, so unless people are modifying them to boost the output, there's not a lot I think they could do. Of course, we've seen all kinds of Nixon-era abuses of power from this administration, so nothing surprises me anymore.
 
Re: Uh-oh

> I worry about this myself. But I think the argument can be
> made that there are also wireless car FM mini-transmitters
> for iPods, and no government agency can control (yet) what
> someone loads into their iPod and broadcasts to their car
> stereo. These mini-transmitters are built to FCC
> specifications, so unless people are modifying them to boost
> the output, there's not a lot I think they could do. Of
> course, we've seen all kinds of Nixon-era abuses of power
> from this administration, so nothing surprises me anymore.
>

There's been indeciency on satellite radio long before stern and actually, Stern is nothing compared to other stuff on the sats. If there was an issue with indeciency with FM modulators in sat radios, it would have been addressed a long time ago.

Adding Stern to sirius does not change that. I can hear my radio about 3 houses down. (and I have not tweaked it)

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Re: Uh-oh

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