unforunately all the dead beat listeners aren't donating and he had to disconnect the main tower, and is only running on a puny backup low power transmitter
@Dan O'Moore He just outed himself as an illegal radio operation. So yeah, self promotion for no apparent financial gain, and possible FCC enforcement.
I love the MSN AOL & Angel Fire it takes me back to when internet was good! better than hearing about facebook shit all the damn noobs are on that crap, i was convicted for pirate radio in 2006 got all my tunes from Audio galaxy in 2001.
It would be cool to under_the_table things and produce a digital signal and transmit via a directional parabolic or Yagi, to a different location, undisclosed broadcast array, and convert the digi back to analog for broadcasting. (heheheee!)
Let me see if I have this correct: you revealed an unlicensed FM station, on a commercial channel, but you "work there." Beyond the nostalgia of the equipment, which may be charming, you are operating a modulated FM carrier without an FCC license. So, what part of pirate radio don't you understand? You are in violation of several FCC regulations all which can and will lead to a federal fine. The FCC will collect their money. Do us all a favor, apply for a license and operate legally. Or, pull the "plate switch."
Someone please tell me the name of the song at the very end of the video. It's NOT armen van Buren. Whatever it is. I need the full track in my life! (EDIT) Found it! It is the '''Universal Religion Remix''
The show is still going, every Saturday Night into Sunday morning starting at midnight CDT. You can hear it at our 24/7 stream on our radiofargo website
Man how cool!! I've always thought I'd enjoy doing something like this myself. I am a HUGE Art Bell fan and all the radio work he had done throughout the years, so I'd probably go down the talk radio path. Strange, weird and just creepy subjects. The problem is that I don't know a thing about how radio works, lol! Very interesting video you've put together here indeed! I'm now a subscriber to this channel! Thanks!!!
Gorgeus! always loved such kind of mixers for broadcast! Straight forward to the point, ergonomic, just all what you really need: nothing more! And you get the top quality. It's a pity do not find any longer these devices
I like the plot twist. I thought at first you were part of what we call here in the UK the ''D.T.I.'' and was saying to myself ''Grrrr why is he hunting down a pirate station which isn't broadcasting anywhere near the legal stations?!''' ;)
So you happen to do a show in the basement, and a modern rock station happens to broadcast from this house, and "you know the guy". That probably explains why you locked on to the max signal in about 3 minutes, with just a twist of mystery (going the wrong way during "Its My Life".) Of course you eventually let on to everything. OK you fooled us. Angelfire...does that even still exist?
Ilove it, that is real, old but class. it's like stepping back in time. im setting up my own radio station studio, you must keep me posted on how your doing, love it, are you broadcasting live on line id like to listen to you from ireland. 80 and 90s where my favourite. great set up.
Well, this turned out better than part one, I was actually upset, started thinking, does this man have nothing better to do, in search of a low key station that's not bothering anyone, I hold a amateur radio license over thirty years, in the beginning built my equipment plus antennas and depending on conditions can reach around the world. the only reason we sought out a station is when they were abusive in language to individuals in the radio community. Also I worked in the recording Industry, touring as well, mixed many acts, events from small venue to large scale outside festivals, I'm happy to see your part two turned out to be productive with good intent, I especially like that you give artist a chance the opportunity to come an play live and the accommodation you provided for isolation is all swell, many people may not understand mixing is an Art for LP, CD, AM, FM and Live, Satellite radio I'm not up to date but what I've heard sounds very good. Good Post, Keep Up The Good Work!
@musicman257 Yes! you can still listen to the program on line. It has never stopped, No FCC agent will ever be able to keep me off the air! The program is on saturday nights at midnight US CDT, listen live with the web address noted on the TH-cam p14r3z main channel page
Nice Setup! And i mean that in more ways than one ;) Keep up the excellent broadcasting. What I love about pirate broadcasters is the people in it aren't doing it for the money. when it's done well as you do it's a public service.
We should have more stations like this no commercials no morning shows no repeats no bullshit just music and those short talks to tell you the song name
Right, and they'd have to be a non-profit organization as well as broadcast at 100Watts to get a license, the fcc dosn't license 5/10Watt stations which are the most of the pirate stations
The antennas that are used for broadcast (0:27) are likely the two vertically mounted dipole antennas on the tallest mast, as this would yield the greatest possible coverage area (circular radiation pattern). They are mounted vertically to match polarization of most car (whip) antennas and therefore maximize received signal strength. The two stacked Yagis would have a too narrow of a beam width and wouldn't reach as wide of an audience (although the audience could be a much farther distance).
Why don't you guys go legit? I really like this stuff, but face it, others of us want to broadcast also. We also want to drive our cars down the other side of the road and sell beer at high school football games. We might want to start up a hospital and sell cheap operations. We have regulations so people can do this stuff. You're free to do it, but you have to respect that the rest of us have that same right. Hope to hear you someday.
Hey man nice station. I am impressed. My question is why not apply for a LP? Get ahold of my friend Brice Phillips at WQRZ-LP (google him) and he can tell you how to get a LP and save yourself thousands of dollars in fines to Uncle Charlie.
The first video in this series was supposed to be an attention getter, and I guess it did just that, but the way it came off was kinda negative I guess. I really wanted to tell everyone about our little station without giving it away completely, but with alittle research it might be easier than I thought.
@notvalidcharacters THE RED AREA OF THE METER MEANS BUSINESS! That is the level at which the proceeding proceeding equipment will operate at its optimum level when set up properly. I've been a radio engineer for over 30 years, and nobody has ever said, "push it into the red to get more compression"
I never really liked it when the DJ talks over the last few seconds of the track because it would screw up many home recorded mix tapes back in the days before the internet that's how we downloaded and made our own compilations. well you can't really call it downloading that's just an analogy that I use for today's modern generations we would just record in real time off of the radio .
@ljstalkr Yes technically if you are a pirate, in this country it is illegal. The FCC limits you to 250uv/m at 3 meters for an unlicensed transmitter. As in a later video we had to shut our 94.5 transmitter down when the FCC complained about it.
You did just that. I stumbled upon your hunting pirate radio Number 1 after searching for some Spark Gap Transmitter videos and you, well, sparked an interest. I nearly shit bricks when you said that was YOUR studio. While I am a licensed radio operator I can't condone illegal radio broadcast, but will say its a cool setup. I was surprised you didn't go into any details about the transmitter you're using? Can you even safely post that info?
so i did, but i was not happy with what i got out of it. (...i eventually found the site that is supposed to repeat your program.. but it just didnt work ; nowadays - where every kid can start an IP radio, that was kind of a sad surprised.) however, bad luck for me - but keep up your good work. These youtube clips are clever inded. i only stumble over it, because i hunt pirates for real on the radiowaves. I am ham radio operator. best regards
So how do you get away without broadcasting unlicensed? I got my own little pop-up station it comes on on certain nights signal doesn't go no far no more than at least 500 ft pretty much around my block.
and NO WAY is a unfunded, illegal pirate radio going to have antennae like those....I do CB and Ham and I can tell you that a Mast AND Antenna like those are serious dollars....like tens of thousands when you look at installation. Only HAM clubs and Commercial Stations are allowed to even buy them. My point being....your average Pirate Radio Shack ISNT going to have gear like that. They will no doubt have some good rigs - transmitters and antennas, but nothing on 'that' scale. IF they had that sort of money they could just go LEGAL and advertise to make an income.... and another thing....You dont have antennae like those with any old crappy radio transmitters. Only the best gear for the best antennas. I mean you wouldn't go out and buy a £100,000 car, then walk behind it pushing it because you forgot to get an engine to power it....you need the power to transmit....so not only do you need a transmitter, but you need rediculous power generators or additional power supply from the suppliers for commercial use. You can't just plug these huge power generators and transmitters into your puny American 110 Vac wall plugs LMAO
The sound of the "radiostream" wasn't good. A lot of distortion on the microphone. Btw... what a beauty's those Technics turntables. Highly searched for nowadays in 2023. Nowadays for a stream all you need is a pc, a microphone and a mixer and your live.. via applications like mAirlist and so. But strange... you search this pirate... and then it turns out you know him... he even let's you play his faderboard.. but you didn't know he had a FM transmitter? Or was it just a prank? It is your own house.. :P
i like the music selection. now please feed it to the internets, so i can listen it via my smartphone when driving through the snow of finland... would be a waste to only broadcast it to your regional area.
I also do some broadcasting from my home studio, and believe me - all the equipment cost a lot of money! You can set up a very simple radio station for about 400$, but if you want the quality, and professional equipment to manage your radio station with, you got to spend a lot more money. To make it almost as good as the official radio stations, you got to spend thousands of dollars for all the equipment such as; cables, mixers, audio processors, microphones, amp systems, turntables, equalizers and all the other stuff that you need.
But here in my country to have 'radio studio equipment is too expensive and profit from it is too low so you can never live good from radio. I think that there are so many professional programs wich can change that audio proccesors and equilaizers. (sory for my english)
beautiful sound, shame you can not do this on SW! We here in the Netherlands do that on MW and also on SW. if you want you can listen to it here: websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ attention!!! you need fast internet!!! setings: View: waterfall Set: Waterfall view - on: MAX IN Bandwidth: on AM (AM modulation) type on - Frequency: for example 6390 KHZ and enter. SW pirates in the Netherlands: 6200KHZ to 6500KHZ in AM modulation MW pirates 1610KHZ to 1665KHZ also in AM modulation. also attention!!! The pirates are usually active on Sundays At about 15:00 or 17:00 It can sometimes change, sometimes even on Saturdays and even sometimes earlier !!! Regards from the Netherlands R.Rob.
1k watts transmitter 4 dipole antennas 2 pioneer cd turntables/mixer and lap top with exertnal hardrives is all i use to broadcast but i wont never show it on youtube lol
Pretty cool station set up. Talent has good voice too. Back in my day, WAY back in analog daze, we would cue the record on the turntable and actually turn a pot on console that had big ass knob AFTER select button pushed. This eliminated POP sound when turned on. Turn on, fade up, fade down, turn off. Also had fun too. Teletype machine was running in room right next to studio. We would run in, tear off a UPI or AP feed, and actually read the news LIVE. When you buddy lit the teletype paper you were trying to read with his cigarette lighter, things REALLY got exciting. BOB MICHAELS KNAM Midland Texas 1970 sineing off!!!
I use a Mackie 3204‑VLZ3 for my master console. The cue processes are automated via computers playing MP3 files, CD's, and DAT tape machines. I operate at 87.9 MHz @ 95 watts LPFM license. I have an STL link via Motorola Starpoint Microwave on 2.2GHz to the transmitter site
Way cool man must have taken you guys a while to set that all up . Whats your broadcasting ratios? How many Watts ? One thing I don't like and never did was when a DJ back in the day would talk over the beginning of a song take Pink Floyd for example the music is just as important "if not more so" than the guy singing and it seemed the DJ's of my teen years "the 80's" figured a song didn't begin till the singing started & that's just wrong, Do you need a license to operate your station ?
thats all the modern stuff you got.... I was a dj back in the early 60's. my first board was a "gates yard mono console"! We used the old spotmasters you locked in place with your fingers. Three tt's, two cart machines, a stand up reel to reel. Rip and read news at the top, spots mostly live read, or directly off ET's! No phoney growling voices, or processors.... Wasent work, just fun. Made 125.00 a week in 1964.. I was rich!!!
I say with much certainty that here in Brazil, many commercial radio stations with 30,000 watts of power or many times, is well below the station studios shown in the video ... Here in Brazil the owners of stations profiting more than $ 100,000 per month and still not investing in quality equipment ... If not broke do not replace and broke who cares, this is the thought dominate here in Brazil. hugs
@p1r4t3z Whatever dude but my engineer did, and that's how I've run ever since. The boards I've run have had plenty of headroom. And I've been a recording engineer for at least 30 years so don't worry, I know what clipping is and what isn't. Chill out, jeezis.
I figured the first one out when you had your equipment on the passenger seat. I suspect you keep it there to keep check of your signal strength. 😀 I would !!! I also think you may have recently received a provisional license. Would I be right? Oh yea , In the first one you also said" lets find this guy" pretty common phrase, but it being a you tube video, I was convenient it was you. Everyone on youtube is fairly certain of their out comes. Plus you're an older guy in a school parking lot at 12:00 at night. Listening to 80's music looking for a pirate station. 1+1+1= you 😀 Oh yea one more thing, there was no car in the drive way at that time of night. And lights on broadcasting, and no ride in the drive? Odd
Pepsi by the console in the studio is a NO NO! And you raided your own. Hmmmm! FCC may be looking your way soon if they haven't yet! Radio is a "Rich Man's Game Only".
Dude,I was about to fling you $hit for the first video..I thought you were some wanna-be FCC agent or something. Not very smart to give yourself away,but Mucho Love from the pirate community! Just be careful. ;-)
(7:20) actually the engineer who trained me on our old Gates board said there's plenty of headroom, just ram it past the red and get some extra compression. So I've always run that way. Nice studio, carry on :-)
Well Done. Excellent. In order to fly planes in the late 70's early 80's one needed to obtain an FCC radio operator license (which I still have)...yours is of course much more complicated...
you are a badass sir. i live in glasgow montana....a town of 2000 people and 1 radio station that plays mostly 80s love ballads.... i havent listened to the radio for 5 years.....unless the car doesnt have usb/aux/shit, even cassette tapes.... ive always wanted to get into ham....and i think i can cover my small town with 10w (ive done a little ham, with others equipment).... the FCC isnt going to want to drive all the way to montana, should be good lol
Well, looks like you are exceeding the legal 200 foot range for unlicensed FM transmission. Good for you and I hope you have continued success, however, any worries about the goons knocking on your door?
@p1r4t3z eh, don't be too sure about that, my high-school (class of 2010) has 3 dishes, turns out they use those for their internet, company called ESU 10 uses a sat uplink to distribute the service.
Wow how cool is that. Man I would love to have a pirate radio station. Way better then the big corporate stations. They kill a person with a ton of commercials. I don't mind a few but wow even the tv kills you with commercials too. Way to go 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
man in part 1 you should've identified yourself as a friendly....
Got you to watch Part 2 though didnt it?
He's legal now. KNNZ-FM.
it took them 10 years to finally issue him a notice lol
unforunately all the dead beat listeners aren't donating and he had to disconnect the main tower, and is only running on a puny backup low power transmitter
@@futureshock7425 man what a bummer.
Good for you. I'm so tired of everything being regulated. If you can do it better than the so called professionals you should be allowed.
Hey... you'd be a really good candidate for the wild, Wild West. Good luck with that.
It's only cool because the FCC will shut him down eventually. If there wasn't any regulation the FM airwaves would sound like channel 9 on CB.
@@Trashed20659 We have been on air for 8+ years so try again. 🎤📻🎙
Wow, in part 1 I thought that you were trying to expose the pirate radio. It is actually your radio station!! Wow!
That's what I thought at first too I so support him in what he does.
ahhhhh - and the penny drops. My apologies for talking shit in part one. Talk Hard, brotha! Excellent set up! Keep up the good work!
So, wait a minute....he "raided" his own station??? WTF!
He showed that pirate radion can be found.
Joey...wow..Really..you cant possible be that THICK
All that to flex his superior FM processing lmao
I go ok
lol
Im sorry, Just how is this Hunting Pirate Radio? It looks more like a promo video for your station.
@Dan O'Moore He just outed himself as an illegal radio operation. So yeah, self promotion for no apparent financial gain, and possible FCC enforcement.
wooooooosh
Watched part 1, you had me hooked. Love how you did it. You actually play good music, wish you were local. Thanks for the vid
5:48 - this is a record, snd this is a fart
Plot Twist!
Did you dispute the copyright claim? The song is not mentioned in the description.
The song is You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive.
Super cool setup and loving all the classic radio equipment. Thank you for the tour!
This guy is so much NOT pirate radio. He's an offical low power brodcaster. Cheap shill for his station. Impressive he can find his own house.
Video looks like from around 1998-2003 talking about AIM and MSN messenger
@CustomPlayz I think it's 100kW now?
its a 950mhz STL dish for transmit when KVMI used our studios a few years ago, it also is unused now.
ok so you didnt have to hunt for it. you knew all along where it was. mmmmkay.
Oh wow. I wish we had this station in Iowa. I noticed this video was posted in 2008, are you still active? Any chance we can pick you up online?
radiofargo.mydomain.com/chat/blab.php
Are you THE Matthew Sweet?
I love the MSN AOL & Angel Fire it takes me back to when internet was good! better than hearing about facebook shit all the damn noobs are on that crap, i was convicted for pirate radio in 2006 got all my tunes from Audio galaxy in 2001.
+Chelsea Taylor What is a right iguana and how do I get one?
Lol what happened to you when you got caught?
@@CaptainXD Lost all my equipment fined 300 GBP and a 12 month conditional discharge.
@@iguanna41 sorry to hear that :(
It would be cool to under_the_table things and produce a digital signal and transmit via a directional parabolic or Yagi, to a different location, undisclosed broadcast array, and convert the digi back to analog for broadcasting. (heheheee!)
Let me see if I have this correct: you revealed an unlicensed FM station, on a commercial channel, but you "work there." Beyond the nostalgia of the equipment, which may be charming, you are operating a modulated FM carrier without an FCC license. So, what part of pirate radio don't you understand? You are in violation of several FCC regulations all which can and will lead to a federal fine. The FCC will collect their money. Do us all a favor, apply for a license and operate legally. Or, pull the "plate switch."
I found this video in 2k19, and its pretty nice, thanks to you sir!
yea me too i just found it
Someone please tell me the name of the song at the very end of the video. It's NOT armen van Buren. Whatever it is. I need the full track in my life! (EDIT) Found it! It is the '''Universal Religion Remix''
You're not really a pirate, but I am. anyway enjoyed the video and you do have good taste in music. W76NY
The show is still going, every Saturday Night into Sunday morning starting at midnight CDT. You can hear it at our 24/7 stream on our radiofargo website
Man how cool!! I've always thought I'd enjoy doing something like this myself. I am a HUGE Art Bell fan and all the radio work he had done throughout the years, so I'd probably go down the talk radio path. Strange, weird and just creepy subjects. The problem is that I don't know a thing about how radio works, lol! Very interesting video you've put together here indeed! I'm now a subscriber to this channel! Thanks!!!
You brought me back to the glory days :)
P.S. waht's brand and model fo the console?
+TORMY VAN COOL It's an 80's vintage PRE BMX-26 built in California
Gorgeus! always loved such kind of mixers for broadcast! Straight forward to the point, ergonomic, just all what you really need: nothing more! And you get the top quality. It's a pity do not find any longer these devices
TORMY VAN COOL
I like the plot twist. I thought at first you were part of what we call here in the UK the ''D.T.I.'' and was saying to myself ''Grrrr why is he hunting down a pirate station which isn't broadcasting anywhere near the legal stations?!''' ;)
So you happen to do a show in the basement, and a modern rock station happens to broadcast from this house, and "you know the guy". That probably explains why you locked on to the max signal in about 3 minutes, with just a twist of mystery (going the wrong way during "Its My Life".) Of course you eventually let on to everything. OK you fooled us. Angelfire...does that even still exist?
Ilove it, that is real, old but class. it's like stepping back in time. im setting up my own radio station studio, you must keep me posted on how your doing, love it, are you broadcasting live on line id like to listen to you from ireland. 80 and 90s where my favourite. great set up.
Good old Pirate Radios. Cousy.
Damn that's a setup! I was just looking at pirate station as an odd ball hobby. Play uncensored music and what not. I don't think I could do this
So good looking console and oh those NAB cartridges!
Well, this turned out better than part one, I was actually upset, started thinking, does this man have nothing better to do, in search of a low key station that's not bothering anyone, I hold a amateur radio license over thirty years, in the beginning built my equipment plus antennas and depending on conditions can reach around the world. the only reason we sought out a station is when they were abusive in language to individuals in the radio community.
Also I worked in the recording Industry, touring as well, mixed many acts, events from small venue to large scale outside festivals, I'm happy to see your part two turned out to be productive with good intent, I especially like that you give artist a chance the opportunity to come an play live and the accommodation you provided for isolation is all swell,
many people may not understand mixing is an Art for LP, CD, AM, FM and Live, Satellite radio I'm not up to date but what I've heard sounds very good.
Good Post, Keep Up The Good Work!
Beautiful. In my opinion content on TH-cam was better than now!
Aw man! Your studio is so old school but it's dope! Thumbs up, man!
I love your radio studio station 👍🏼
Man, you are living my childhood dream!
lol wow i just hate commented
your last video too funny
Love your tour and demonstration of the "Magic of Radio." Listening to the station's web stream now.
@musicman257 Yes! you can still listen to the program on line. It has never stopped, No FCC agent will ever be able to keep me off the air! The program is on saturday nights at midnight US CDT, listen live with the web address noted on the TH-cam p14r3z main channel page
meatspin? anyone?
You run a very professional radio station.
LOL @ the fart 5:49
Stuff I Like - I heard that too!
We are the chosen ones!
Right!!!
You missed the one at 7:11 lol
I worked at a WJJZ 1460 KHz a 5 KW AM station back in 1968. Your setup looks like ours did. We broadcast from an island in the river.
@KDWproductions It is a Pacific Recorders and Engineering(P,R,&E) BMXII console. New it was about $20,000
Starship - We Built This City
Nice Setup! And i mean that in more ways than one ;) Keep up the excellent broadcasting. What I love about pirate broadcasters is the people in it aren't doing it for the money. when it's done well as you do it's a public service.
magnificent studio!
Some say he invited click bait.
I bet the cops listen to this station on occasion too. Lmao.
We should have more stations like this no commercials no morning shows no repeats no bullshit just music and those short talks to tell you the song name
YOU ARE AWESOME MAN GOD BLESS YOU
So you never really tracked it lol...
Right, and they'd have to be a non-profit organization as well as broadcast at 100Watts to get a license, the fcc dosn't license 5/10Watt stations which are the most of the pirate stations
The antennas that are used for broadcast (0:27) are likely the two vertically mounted dipole antennas on the tallest mast, as this would yield the greatest possible coverage area (circular radiation pattern). They are mounted vertically to match polarization of most car (whip) antennas and therefore maximize received signal strength. The two stacked Yagis would have a too narrow of a beam width and wouldn't reach as wide of an audience (although the audience could be a much farther distance).
you spin me right round baby right round like a RECORD baby right round round round... old MTV crap!
can i work for your station ? i have radio experience. please let me know.
you can message me at knnzfm@qwestoffice.net
@@p1r4t3z
Please assist with Fcc LPFM License ..I will donate to your company. ...
@@p1r4t3z
As the closing is November 9 2021...
That was lame claiming you were hunting yourself. DB
I doubt it but then again I don't think the FCC checks youtube for announced pirates. lol although they would find'em
Why don't you guys go legit? I really like this stuff, but face it, others of us want to broadcast also. We also want to drive our cars down the other side of the road and sell beer at high school football games. We might want to start up a hospital and sell cheap operations. We have regulations so people can do this stuff. You're free to do it, but you have to respect that the rest of us have that same right. Hope to hear you someday.
Hey man nice station. I am impressed. My question is why not apply for a LP? Get ahold of my friend Brice Phillips at WQRZ-LP (google him) and he can tell you how to get a LP and save yourself thousands of dollars in fines to Uncle Charlie.
The first video in this series was supposed to be an attention getter, and I guess it did just that, but the way it came off was kinda negative I guess. I really wanted to tell everyone about our little station without giving it away completely, but with alittle research it might be easier than I thought.
@notvalidcharacters THE RED AREA OF THE METER MEANS BUSINESS! That is the level at which the proceeding proceeding equipment will operate at its optimum level when set up properly. I've been a radio engineer for over 30 years, and nobody has ever said, "push it into the red to get more compression"
I never really liked it when the DJ talks over the last few seconds of the track because it would screw up many home recorded mix tapes back in the days before the internet that's how we downloaded and made our own compilations. well you can't really call it downloading that's just an analogy that I use for today's modern generations we would just record in real time off of the radio .
@ljstalkr Yes technically if you are a pirate, in this country it is illegal. The FCC limits you to 250uv/m at 3 meters for an unlicensed transmitter. As in a later video we had to shut our 94.5 transmitter down when the FCC complained about it.
You did just that. I stumbled upon your hunting pirate radio Number 1 after searching for some Spark Gap Transmitter videos and you, well, sparked an interest. I nearly shit bricks when you said that was YOUR studio.
While I am a licensed radio operator I can't condone illegal radio broadcast, but will say its a cool setup. I was surprised you didn't go into any details about the transmitter you're using? Can you even safely post that info?
so i did, but i was not happy with what i got out of it. (...i eventually found the site that is supposed to repeat your program.. but it just didnt work ; nowadays - where every kid can start an IP radio, that was kind of a sad surprised.) however, bad luck for me - but keep up your good work. These youtube clips are clever inded. i only stumble over it, because i hunt pirates for real on the radiowaves. I am ham radio operator. best regards
So how do you get away without broadcasting unlicensed? I got my own little pop-up station it comes on on certain nights signal doesn't go no far no more than at least 500 ft pretty much around my block.
and NO WAY is a unfunded, illegal pirate radio going to have antennae like those....I do CB and Ham and I can tell you that a Mast AND Antenna like those are serious dollars....like tens of thousands when you look at installation. Only HAM clubs and Commercial Stations are allowed to even buy them. My point being....your average Pirate Radio Shack ISNT going to have gear like that. They will no doubt have some good rigs - transmitters and antennas, but nothing on 'that' scale.
IF they had that sort of money they could just go LEGAL and advertise to make an income....
and another thing....You dont have antennae like those with any old crappy radio transmitters. Only the best gear for the best antennas. I mean you wouldn't go out and buy a £100,000 car, then walk behind it pushing it because you forgot to get an engine to power it....you need the power to transmit....so not only do you need a transmitter, but you need rediculous power generators or additional power supply from the suppliers for commercial use. You can't just plug these huge power generators and transmitters into your puny American 110 Vac wall plugs LMAO
The sound of the "radiostream" wasn't good. A lot of distortion on the microphone. Btw... what a beauty's those Technics turntables. Highly searched for nowadays in 2023. Nowadays for a stream all you need is a pc, a microphone and a mixer and your live.. via applications like mAirlist and so.
But strange... you search this pirate... and then it turns out you know him... he even let's you play his faderboard.. but you didn't know he had a FM transmitter? Or was it just a prank? It is your own house.. :P
i like the music selection. now please feed it to the internets, so i can listen it via my smartphone when driving through the snow of finland... would be a waste to only broadcast it to your regional area.
how much costs this all radio broadcasting equipment? :)
I also do some broadcasting from my home studio, and believe me - all the equipment cost a lot of money! You can set up a very simple radio station for about 400$, but if you want the quality, and professional equipment to manage your radio station with, you got to spend a lot more money. To make it almost as good as the official radio stations, you got to spend thousands of dollars for all the equipment such as; cables, mixers, audio processors, microphones, amp systems, turntables, equalizers and all the other stuff that you need.
Lamba Struja That is very or radio technology. It should be that much. Most of the stations have everything computer controlled.
But here in my country to have 'radio studio equipment is too expensive and profit from it is too low so you can never live good from radio. I think that there are so many professional programs wich can change that audio proccesors and equilaizers. (sory for my english)
Lamba Struja it's for hobby, not profit
Yes, but you can't live from hobby :)
Pretty ffucking cool sir.
Ham tech here. Just looking around stumbled across these 2 videos.
I'm a fan.
beautiful sound,
shame you can not do this on SW!
We here in the Netherlands do that on MW and also on SW.
if you want you can listen to it here:
websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
attention!!! you need fast internet!!!
setings:
View: waterfall
Set: Waterfall view - on: MAX IN
Bandwidth: on AM (AM modulation)
type on - Frequency: for example 6390 KHZ and enter.
SW pirates in the Netherlands:
6200KHZ to 6500KHZ in AM modulation
MW pirates 1610KHZ to 1665KHZ also in AM modulation.
also attention!!!
The pirates are usually active on Sundays At about 15:00 or 17:00
It can sometimes change, sometimes even on Saturdays and even sometimes earlier !!!
Regards from the Netherlands
R.Rob.
1k watts transmitter
4 dipole antennas
2 pioneer cd turntables/mixer
and lap top with exertnal hardrives
is all i use to broadcast but i wont never show it on youtube lol
Pretty cool station set up. Talent has good voice too. Back in my day, WAY back in analog daze, we would cue the record on the turntable and actually turn a pot on console that had big ass knob AFTER select button pushed. This eliminated POP sound when turned on. Turn on, fade up, fade down, turn off. Also had fun too. Teletype machine was running in room right next to studio. We would run in, tear off a UPI or AP feed, and actually read the news LIVE. When you buddy lit the teletype paper you were trying to read with his cigarette lighter, things REALLY got exciting. BOB MICHAELS KNAM Midland Texas 1970 sineing off!!!
I use a Mackie 3204‑VLZ3 for my master console. The cue processes are automated via computers playing MP3 files, CD's, and DAT tape machines.
I operate at 87.9 MHz @ 95 watts LPFM license. I have an STL link via Motorola Starpoint Microwave on 2.2GHz to the transmitter site
Way cool man must have taken you guys a while to set that all up . Whats your broadcasting ratios? How many Watts ? One thing I don't like and never did was when a DJ back in the day would talk over the beginning of a song take Pink Floyd for example the music is just as important "if not more so" than the guy singing and it seemed the DJ's of my teen years "the 80's" figured a song didn't begin till the singing started & that's just wrong, Do you need a license to operate your station ?
thats all the modern stuff you got.... I was a dj back in the early 60's. my first board was a "gates yard mono console"! We used the old spotmasters you locked in place with your fingers. Three tt's, two cart machines, a stand up reel to reel. Rip and read news at the top, spots mostly live read, or directly off ET's! No phoney growling voices, or processors.... Wasent work, just fun. Made 125.00 a week in 1964.. I was rich!!!
I say with much certainty that here in Brazil, many commercial radio stations with 30,000 watts of power or many times, is well below the station studios shown in the video ... Here in Brazil the owners of stations profiting more than $ 100,000 per month and still not investing in quality equipment ... If not broke do not replace and broke who cares, this is the thought dominate here in Brazil. hugs
5:48
"This...is a record."
**FRT**
No.. this is ass ripping ☠
@p1r4t3z Whatever dude but my engineer did, and that's how I've run ever since. The boards I've run have had plenty of headroom. And I've been a recording engineer for at least 30 years so don't worry, I know what clipping is and what isn't. Chill out, jeezis.
I figured the first one out when you had your equipment on the passenger seat. I suspect you keep it there to keep check of your signal strength. 😀 I would !!! I also think you may have recently received a provisional license. Would I be right?
Oh yea , In the first one you also said" lets find this guy" pretty common phrase, but it being a you tube video, I was convenient it was you. Everyone on youtube is fairly certain of their out comes. Plus you're an older guy in a school parking lot at 12:00 at night. Listening to 80's music looking for a pirate station. 1+1+1= you 😀 Oh yea one more thing, there was no car in the drive way at that time of night. And lights on broadcasting, and no ride in the drive? Odd
i bet he has. only a fool would record his house, and equippment - put it on the net, and not have it all legally secured.
Pepsi by the console in the studio is a NO NO! And you raided your own. Hmmmm! FCC may be looking your way soon if they haven't yet! Radio is a "Rich Man's Game Only".
Dude,I was about to fling you $hit for the first video..I thought you were some wanna-be FCC agent or something.
Not very smart to give yourself away,but Mucho Love from the pirate community!
Just be careful. ;-)
(7:20) actually the engineer who trained me on our old Gates board said there's plenty of headroom, just ram it past the red and get some extra compression. So I've always run that way.
Nice studio, carry on :-)
Well Done. Excellent. In order to fly planes in the late 70's early 80's one needed to obtain an FCC radio operator license (which I still have)...yours is of course much more complicated...
Not obvious at all 😂. Just a random house with huge antennas sticking out the roof
you are a badass sir.
i live in glasgow montana....a town of 2000 people and 1 radio station that plays mostly 80s love ballads....
i havent listened to the radio for 5 years.....unless the car doesnt have usb/aux/shit, even cassette tapes....
ive always wanted to get into ham....and i think i can cover my small town with 10w (ive done a little ham, with others equipment)....
the FCC isnt going to want to drive all the way to montana, should be good lol
This equipment isn't that bad. Not very professional but still very decent
Well, looks like you are exceeding the legal 200 foot range for unlicensed FM transmission. Good for you and I hope you have continued success, however, any worries about the goons knocking on your door?
@p1r4t3z eh, don't be too sure about that, my high-school (class of 2010) has 3 dishes, turns out they use those for their internet, company called ESU 10 uses a sat uplink to distribute the service.
All that equipment for just 4 hours/week?
My Teutonic frugality tells me that's a big waste
Wow how cool is that. Man I would love to have a pirate radio station. Way better then the big corporate stations. They kill a person with a ton of commercials. I don't mind a few but wow even the tv kills you with commercials too. Way to go 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
Nice setup, but im a digital baby. My setup had a digital stream to the FM TX.
Pass on the vinyl. Very cool though
Whoa! The culprit was yourself? Jokes on us I guess. If I was hunting pirate radio stations, it would be my competitor irate stations.
pretty cool its a shame you had to shut down are you up and runnung again would like to listin thru the computer if i can have the call letters.
I am familiar with these instructions as I have worked a radio station like this.
I enjoyed playing what I wanted and said what I wanted...
I love it. I now build repeaters for the local pirates. They are tried and true. Take care.
@cars2024 you must conform to to play certain music/artists (e.g mainstream commercial pop,sony,emi, etc) in order to get a license