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re: 200 ft. Radio antenna stolen (Yes, the whole tower!)
Posted on 2/6/24 at 1:05 pm to the4thgen
Posted on 2/6/24 at 1:05 pm to the4thgen
I was once involved in a case where the FCC served a criminal search warrant on a dude in ultra rural Pennsyvania for operating an unlicensed AM radio station. It was some seriously petty BS.
The guy was broadcasting all kinds of anti-government conspiracy theorist stuff but it was just the biggest case of government overreach I had ever seen. I am not even sure anyone listened to the guy besides the crazy lady that made the complaint on him.
Funny part about it was that the FCC rolling into his farm with a bunch of guns quite literally proved all the stuff he was broadcasting.
Now that I wrote this down I realize it makes me look like OWEO telling an unrelated story. Sorry. Just seeing rural and AM station triggered that memory.
The guy was broadcasting all kinds of anti-government conspiracy theorist stuff but it was just the biggest case of government overreach I had ever seen. I am not even sure anyone listened to the guy besides the crazy lady that made the complaint on him.
Funny part about it was that the FCC rolling into his farm with a bunch of guns quite literally proved all the stuff he was broadcasting.
Now that I wrote this down I realize it makes me look like OWEO telling an unrelated story. Sorry. Just seeing rural and AM station triggered that memory.
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Posted on 2/6/24 at 1:13 pm to jbgleason
AM would be tough to broadcast stealthily, long wavelength == LONG antenna (180 - 550 meters for a full wave antenna). However, it doesn't take much power to propagate the signal (potentially world wide) but like most RF, the source is pretty easily located.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 2:41 pm to jbgleason
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Now that I wrote this down I realize it makes me look like OWEO telling an unrelated story.
At least your story made sense.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 4:47 pm to jbgleason
No, that was good.
The FCC generally sucks, tbh.
The FCC generally sucks, tbh.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:05 pm to jbgleason
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The guy was broadcasting all kinds of anti-government conspiracy theorist stuff
Sounds like a pirate radio station. Likely on 6955 khz USB.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:20 pm to jbgleason
quote:
I was once involved in a case where the FCC served a criminal search warrant on a dude in ultra rural Pennsyvania for operating an unlicensed AM radio station. It was some seriously petty BS. The guy was broadcasting all kinds of anti-government conspiracy theorist stuff but it was just the biggest case of government overreach I had ever seen. I am not even sure anyone listened to the guy besides the crazy lady that made the complaint on him. Funny part about it was that the FCC rolling into his farm with a bunch of guns quite literally proved all the stuff he was broadcasting. Now that I wrote this down I realize it makes me look like OWEO telling an unrelated story. Sorry. Just seeing rural and AM station triggered that memory.
Nope. Interesting. Relevant. Enjoyable. Pretty succinct.
Don’t besmirch yourself.
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