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* THE BASIS BEHIND *
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* RADIO HACKING *
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PART I
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In the future, we hope to bring you more installments of this
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article as more is learned about this fascinating new hobbie,
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FREQUING. Future articles hope to include: finding frequencies and
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codes, satellite design, CB, cellular phones, the Ham bands, radio
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design, plus much more.
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Pirate Radio Stations
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Remember piracy? Piracy is when something protected by a copywrite
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is copied against the wishes of a copywrite holder. Software, books,
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pieces of art, etc. can be pirated.
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Radio stations, especially popular music stations, require many
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records in order to make people listen to them. The more listeners
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the station seems to have, the more money the station can charge for
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advertisement. Pirate radio stations get around the huge cost of
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records by taping them off of other radio stations. Pirate stations
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are characterized by the mediocre sound of their songs.
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Of course, it takes alot of money to operate a legally licensed
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radio station. The FCC has many regulations, such as equal
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employment, community service, and licensing fees. As a result, many
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pirate stations are not licensed (non licensed stations are called
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"midnighters"). It is not to hard to get business for midnighters,
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especially in large urban areas with lots of small shops. Many
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midnighters use loops as call in lines, instead of giving their number
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over the airwaves.
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Ghost Stations
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Many Frequers like to set up their own radio station without
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commercials, and often "replacing" stations of lesser quality (i.e.
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classical stations, country stations, easy listening, etc.).
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Short-lived stations that are more than just frequency jamming and
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saying four-letter-words into a transmitter are called "ghost
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stations." Ghost stations offer a chance for one to play any kind of
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music one wants. Often listeners don't realize the station isn't
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legal.
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You want to set up a ghost or midnighter station? All you have to
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do is build a FM or AM transmitter with lots of power. Information on
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building these can be found almost anywhere!
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If you plan on operating for a long time, there are some simple
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steps to follow:
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1. The best place to operate is out of man's best friend, The Car.
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Just be carefull to CONCEAL the antenna! A benefit of this mode is
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easy trafic reporting.
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2. Don't give any real names, or phone numbers. Especially phone
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numbers that don't exist. Why?
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3. Avoid making your station look like it isn't real. That's why.
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If someone calls you up, only to find you don't exist, they may smell
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a rat.
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4. Try to monitor FCC bullitens and communiques. If you see
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anything that may say they're looking for a ghost station in your
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area, STOP TRANSMITTING!!!
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5. Stick to one frequency. See #3
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The FCC
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The Federal Communications Commission has alot more clout than you
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may think. The airwaves not only carry your frequer's ghost stations
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and rock music, it also carries top-secret military information,
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messages to pilots that are life and death, and the entire basis for
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communication in time of emergency. They monitor the airwaves.
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But how can they track you down? They often listen in to ghost
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stations for any kind of information on where the illegal station is
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transmitting from, and who is doing it. The second way is mechanical.
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In the old fashioned method, 2 or 3 cars with loop antennas took
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bearings on where the transmissions are comming from. Also used is an
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omnidirectional strength meter to make sure they are going towards you
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and not away. These can track down most frequers stations within 10
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feet. At that range, the station's equipment can be seen. (Oh yeah,
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all the equipment of a station is called 'the machine', and the place
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that houses it, 'the vault')
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There are a few other ways of tracking that are more modern, but the
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system hasn't changed too much from the cars and loop antenna system.
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Some usefull numbers+addresses:
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FCC 1919 M St NW 655-4000
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Radio+TV programming 632-7048
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Cable TV 632-7048
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Telephone 632-7553
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Interferance (301) 962-2728
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Operator Examiner " " " "
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News Media Division 254-7674
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Press Release Recording 632-0002
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Mass Media Burea 632-6460
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Authorization and Standards (301) 725-1585
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Field Operations Bureau 632-6980
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(field operations employees are called 'FOPS' which rhymes with cops)
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FOP Watch Officer 632-6975
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Laurel Monitoring Station ('The Laur') (301) 725-3474
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Private Radio Bureau 632-6940
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Ham+CB+Walkie Talkies 632-4964
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Aviation and Marine 632-7175
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All numbers are in the 202 NPA unless otherwise stated.
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