"N22X" wrote in message
...

"yazoo63" wrote in message
news:581Xa.3888$qf.399@lakeread06...
Hearing a station playing old-time country (or gospel) music mixed in
with
what sounds like a male announcer
preaching a sermon.

Receiving this fairly weak (S-5) with a lot of QRM into northern
Virginia.
(thank god for notch filters !!!)

Anyone have any info on this station ?

Barry
N4IJN
Fredericksburg, VA


Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago, the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps.

No ****! I hadn't heard about that!

We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.

Way cool!
Guys & gals, if you're reading this, don't get caught!

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:12:22 -0400, "N22X"
wrote:


"yazoo63" wrote in message
news:581Xa.3888$qf.399@lakeread06...
Hearing a station playing old-time country (or gospel) music mixed in with
what sounds like a male announcer
preaching a sermon.

Receiving this fairly weak (S-5) with a lot of QRM into northern Virginia.
(thank god for notch filters !!!)

Anyone have any info on this station ?

Barry
N4IJN
Fredericksburg, VA


Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago, the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps. We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.

N22X
Terra Haute, IN


I'd guess the number of FM pirates has risen too? I haven't heard any
in my city in quite awhile but we have "resident agents" so maybe
thats why....

"N22X" wrote:

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations
seven years ago, the number of pirates and
unlicensed activity on HF has jumped by quantum
leaps. (snip)


If the FCC has closed all their fixed monitoring stations, it was probably
in favor of better and cheaper technology. In other words, I strongly
suspect monitoring capability is still there - it just needs an employee
interested enough to do something with it (or perhaps enough employees to do
something effective with it).

On the other hand, I haven't seen an increase in unlicensed activity. The
only two pirates I've heard in this area have recently closed down their
operations, though not as a result of FCC enforcement activities. Instead,
since fewer people today scan around through available frequencies for
something to listen to (scanning instead through the stations they've
previously programmed into memories), many pirates are simply finding it
more difficult to gain an audience today. Of those people still scanning
around through available frequencies, fewer seem interested in pirate
stations.

Those things, perhaps more than anything else, may eventually spell the
end of pirate broadcasting.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"N22X" wrote in message ...

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago,

The FCC did *not* close all their monitoring stations.

the number of pirates and unlicensed activity
on HF has jumped by quantum leaps. We are observing
pirates in the 6600 khz range, which is reserved for
aero ops, something which was unheard of in the days of
active FCC enforcement.

N22X
Terra Haute, IN

w3rv

"Rich" wrote:

If you know so much, how come you are still just
a Technician Class?


What does my ham radio license class have to do with pirate radio?


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

On 4 Aug 2003 07:38:22 -0700, Brian Kelly wrote:

"N22X" wrote in message ...

Since the FCC closed all their monitoring stations seven
years ago,

The FCC did *not* close all their monitoring stations.

In fact when the monitoring stations were remoted, an additional
one was added. The station at Canandaigua, NY was brought back on
line after being closed for a number of years (it was used as the
test bed for developing the remote control system).

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:16:30 -0400, Rich wrote:

So says you, but according to www.fcc.gov they ARE all closed.

Read it again....they are UNMANNED and therefore closed to the
public. They are all operated by remote control from Laurel/Columbia, MD.

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

"Dick Carroll;" wrote in message ...
Rich wrote:

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
...

If the FCC has //drivel snipped//

Dwight Stewart (W5NET)


If you know so much, how come you are still just
a Technician Class?



SURPRISE! It's that dastardly Morris code!

It must be dastardly if you're so willing to send it poorly.

"Uri" wrote:

Hey stupid ass, I did read it. THEY ARE ALL
CLOSED, KAPUT, DISMANTLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you comprehend the standard English that the web
is written in ??????????????? Remote Control?
Geeeee, does the remote control use a standard 9 volt
battery??? Take your petty ham disputes to 14313.


Phil is correct. Dig around the FCC's web site and you'll find more on the
subject if you look hard enough. The FCC/WTB is now using the National
Automated Monitoring Network, central office in Laurel/Columbia Maryland.
The Spectrum Enforcement Division in Maryland operates the new remote
monitoring system, which replaced the old monitoring stations. The locations
once used by those monitoring stations now appear to be used to house the
new unmanned equipment.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
...

What does my ham radio license class have to do with pirate radio?

Many pirates are radio amateurs - they have the knowledge and skill to put
together a station. :-)