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==Phrack Magazine==
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Volume Five, Issue Forty-Five, File 24 of 28
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[The following is a message we received from Radio Free Berkeley
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regarding their movement and radio kits. I think these guys
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have a great thing going, and I personally am taking measures
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to get involved, (in my own special way.) Now Austin FCC, don't
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get your sphincters in a tizzy, because you won't be fining me
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anytime soon, but you never know who that broadcaster is, now do
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you?]
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Chris,
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I have enclosed the most current newsletter from FRB is this email.
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Mondo 2000 just came out and has a 14 page article on Guerilla media with
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a lot of information about FRB and others. We are trying to encourage as
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many people as possible to obtain transmitters and take to the air
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waves. If this happens, it will be very difficult for the FCC to do very
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much, especially in areas of the country where the nearest FCC office is
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500 to 1000 miles away. It is extremely important that the stranglehold
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on the free flow of ideas, information, art and culture be broken not
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only here but around the world as well. China has just clamped down on
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broadcasting there, only state approved outlets and all satellite dishes
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have been banned was well. We intend on putting an international
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shortwave station on the air, first broadcast will be New Years Eve. It
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will be a call for no borders, tear down the walls and party down. We hope
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to get people in the Bay Area who are in exile from their home countries
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for political activity to do 10 to 20 minutes programs in their
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native language which we will broadcast around the world on the 20 meter
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band. Needless to say, the FEDS and their corporate masters are going to
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take a rather dim view of all this. Their armies and police can not be
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everywhere at once, however.
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Anyway, good to hear from you. Let me know if you need further information.
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Stephen Dunifer
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Free Radio Berkeley
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RECLAIMING THE AIRWAVES
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Published by Free Radio Berkeley & Free Communications Coalition
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October 1993
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New Email Address: FRBSPD@CRL.COM
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Submissions encouraged and welcomed
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***** FCC Uses 20 SF Cops to Obtain ID *****
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In a scene resembling a French noir film, one person associated with
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San Francisco Liberation Radio was detained by 20 SF police officers until
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his ID could be presented to FCC agent David Doon. At approximately 9:30
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PM on Wednesday, September 22, Richard Edmondson was approached by David
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Doon who asked for identification. After refusing to produce
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identification and answer any questions, Richard drove away and was
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stopped on Webster St. by SF police officers who blocked off the entire
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northbound lane of the street with 8 vehicles. A confused scene ensued
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wherein the police officers had virtually no idea of what was going on or
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why they such massive backup had been called. Richard was ordered to get
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out of his vehicle with his hands up and in clear sight by clearly agitated
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SF police who subsequently handcuffed him. SF police officers were heard
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to say "who is this guy" and "what do we have him for" - for several
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minutes these questions went unanswered. By the time the FCC agent arrived
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to examine Richard's ID there were at least 20 SF police officers on the
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scene. After learning of what was going on some of the officers were
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clearly exasperated at having their time wasted by this FCC agent. A few
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were amused and asked for information regarding San Francisco Liberation
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Radio's frequency and broadcast schedule. After Richard's ID was verified
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he was released without any further consequences by the SF police.
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Richard described it this way, "Before it was all over there were at
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least 20 police officers on the scene. They were all so pumped up with
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adrenaline you would have thought I had committed the crime of the century.
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It was clearly irresponsible for this FCC agent to call for such a massive
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response without giving clear reason or instruction to the SF police. When
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police officers go into a situation not knowing the details they naturally
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assume the worst. For one dark moment I feared my life was in danger."
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Clearly, this was an obvious case of overreaction by FCC agent David
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Doon who clearly endangered the life of Richard Edmondson by calling in
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such a massive police response. The FCC must be held accountable for the
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actions of their agents who use such extremely excessive and reactionary
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methods to suppress a growing micro power broadcasting movement. It would
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have sufficed for David Doon to have written down the license plate # of
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Richard's vehicle and run a DMV check. As more micro power broadcasters go
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on the air in the Bay area and Northern California we can anticipate
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further actions by the FCC to harass and intimidate those involved.
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However, we shall not be moved by their threats and police state tactics.
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***** BUSH RADIO UNDER ATTACK IN SOUTH AFRICA *****
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4 October, 1993
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AMARC Solidarity Action Network received this urgent demand today
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from Bush Radio, a community radio project in Cape Town, South
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Africa.
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An Action Alert was first issued in support of Bush Radio when its
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equipment was seized in May. For a copy of that Alert, send a request
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to amarc@web.apc.org.30th September, 1993
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OPEN LETTER RE: PROSECUTION OF BUSH RADIO
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To Bush Radio's Members, Users Friends and Supporters
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Bush Radio is being prosecuted for starting a community radio
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station. We are charged on three counts:
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1. illegal broadcasting
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2. illegal possession of broadcast apparatus, and
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3. obstructing the course of justice.
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These charges are being leveled at two of our members, who face
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stiff penalties: R10,000 and/or 3 years imprisonment each on the
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first two counts alone.
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The first court appearance is set for October 13. We now need
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your support to stop the victimization of genuine community radio
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before it even gets going.
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Bush radio is a community radio initiative, owned and controlled
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by its membership, a wide range of organizations and individuals.
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For more than two years we planned and talked about going on air.
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Our attempts to get a broadcasting license from the Ministry for
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Home Affairs were repeatedly frustrated, and our membership
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eventually decided that we should go ahead without one.
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So from 4 - 8 pm on Sunday April 1993, listeners on the Cape
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Flats heard a mix of programs produced and presented by our
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"networkers" (volunteer producers from the community). Scores of
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other people were there, and all of them had a chance to go on
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air, most of them for the first time in their lives.
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In the week that followed the state seized our transmission
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equipment, effectively silencing us on the eve of our second
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broadcast, scheduled for May 1st. About six weeks later we were
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warned that the state was considering laying charges against us.
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Last week charge sheets were served on our lawyers, to appear
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before a regional court on October 13th.
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For the state to take such action at this time seems to
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contradict their professed commitment to a more open South
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Africa. We are being charged in terms of laws inspired by
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apartheid at the very same time that new legislation passes
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through parliament - including bills for the transitional
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Executive Council and an Independent Broadcasting Authority,
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drawn up by parties at the negotiations.
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The enforcement of these charges could have serious consequences
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for us at Bush Radio. For an organization which employs a staff
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of only two people, we do a disproportionate amount of work, and
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can ill afford to be spending time on defending unnecessary legal
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action. Bush Radio runs a range of training programs aimed at
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bringing new voices into the broadcasting environment. We work
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with a number of organizations, producing programs that are
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distributed either on audio-cassette or on other radio stations.
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Substantial time and energy is invested in building up a network
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of volunteers, the backbone of a truly participatory community
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radio. A lot of time is spent providing support to others who
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want to start radio stations in their own communities.
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Despite our modest resources, Bush radio has become something of
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a "flagship" for the emerging community radio sector in SouthAfrica.
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For us to be criminalized could weaken the growth of this
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new sector which holds such real potential for communities
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wanting to control their own development.
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We were always open and peaceful in our methods, and feel that
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this treatment is misplaced. To drag us through the courts is a
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waste of time and money, not only for Bush Radio but also for the
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taxpayer who foots the bill.
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We hope the charges might be dropped, and seek your support in
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making our case. What can you do?
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At this stage we ask that you write letters. They should be:
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"To whom it may concern,"
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The content of your letter would depend on your relationship with
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Bush Radio.
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If you are a member, we'd like you to say why you think it's
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inappropriate for us to be prosecuted, and include a statement of
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solidarity.
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If you are a client, we'd like you to say why you think it's
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inappropriate for us to be prosecuted, and include a statement of
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solidarity.
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If you are a client, we'd like to hear about the value of service
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you have derived from Bush Radio, and we would like you to be
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specific about what we did together.
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If you are a friend, or supporter, please write whatever you feel
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is appropriate, and we'd appreciate comments on how this kind of
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action undermines confidence in the nature of change in our
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country.
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Please send these letters to:
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BUSH RADIO at fax no.:
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+(27-21) 448-5451
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and send originals to:
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P.O. Box 13290
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Mowbray, 7705
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Cape Town, South Africa
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We should receive these letters by Friday 8th October, or as soon
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as possible thereafter.
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Thanking you in anticipation,
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JEANNE DU TOIT
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Secretary for the Coordinating Committee
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The Solidarity Action Network is an initiative of AMARC,
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the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters.
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Action Alerts are posted in the conference amarc.radio
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carried by many members of the APC Network.
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Email users who do not have access to the APC Network
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can receive Action Alerts directly by contacting AMARC.
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For more information about AMARC or the
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Action Network, contact us at:
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3575 St-Laurent, # 704 - Montreal, Quebec - H2X 2T7 Canada
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Fax: +(514) 849-7129 - Tel: +(514) 982-0351
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Email: amarc@web.apc.org
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***** FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION *****
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>From Zeke Teflon's book - Complete Manual of Pirate Radio
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Freedom of communication is a basic human right. Like all rights,
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freedom of communication consists of being able to exercise your
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abilities with- out interference. Government cannot give you your
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abilities, but it sure as hell can (and will) interfere with you when
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you exercise them. Government cannot give you rights. It can only
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take them from you. If all governments (goons with guns forcing others
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to follow their dictates through violence and coercion) were to
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cease to exist, human rights would certainly not cease along with
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them.
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The naive objection could be raised that while governments cannot
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give you rights, they can protect them by preventing your fellow citizens
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from interfering with you. That's the theory. In practice, governments
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rarely 'protect' citizens' rights, and then only when it suits their
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political purposes. Invariably, when governments feel the least
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bit threatened, they place their own 'security' needs above the human
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rights they supposedly safeguard. Through- out history the vilest
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and most consistent violators of human rights have been governments.
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Governments, along with their bedfellows, organized religions, have
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been responsible for the overwhelming bulk of human rights violations
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in every human civilization.
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We cannot look to government to protect our rights. We have to do
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it ourselves, and an effective means of doing that is by exercising
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our rights. Use 'em or lose 'em.
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***** Connecting to the Net *****
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One of the best tools for the immediate transfer of news, information
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and discussion is the Internet. With any basic computer and a modem, world
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wide access is just a few keystrokes away. In the Bay Area one of the best
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Interest access providers is CRL, for a flat rate of $18 per month you will
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have all the Interent resources available to you. Resources include the
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ability to send email to anyone else in the world who is on the net as
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well, check out hundreds of news groups for the latest and weirdest
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happenings, send breaking news and information to other community
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broadcasters, etc.
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At the moment we are working on a way to digitally record and compress
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5 to 15 minute audio spots into a computer file which can be sent anywhere
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in the world where there is a computer to receive it. With an inexpensive
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digital recording and playback card which plugs into any basic PC system,
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micro power broadcasters will be able to send and receive these spots to
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and from anywhere in the world. This completely bypasses the rather
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expensive satellite feeds and makes for a much more decentralized system of
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distribution. If you are interested in this project please contact us.
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To reach CRL in regards to an Internet account give them a call (415) 381-
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***** MICRO POWER BROADCASTING, TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PEOPLE *****
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With circuit board dimensions of 2" x 4 1/2", a five
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watt FM micro power transmitter is capable of covering a community
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3-5 miles in radius. Such compact and inexpensive technology has
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the possibility of giving each and every community its own voice. Stephen
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Dunifer with Free Radio Berkeley has been designing and developing
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this unit along with a series of other transmitters, amplifiers and
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antennas over the last year. Mass produced RF transistors and
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communications IC's have made it possible to design and build stable and
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clean transmitters and amplifiers for a fraction of the cost of brand name
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type accepted equipment. Even the entry level 5 watt kit, using only three
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transistors, is very stable once tuned and set up.
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Even more sophisticated phase lock loop (PLL) frequency
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control designs are not that much more expensive to design and produce. At
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this moment, several individuals are working on low cost PLL designs
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which should meet current FCC requirements for frequency stability. When
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these designs are finished they will be available in kit form and
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assembled as well (for shipment outside US only).
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What does it take to put a micro power broadcasting operation
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on the air ? First off, less than $500. A basic 5 watt FM transmitter,
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output filter (very necessary to reduce output harmonics), coax cable
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(50-100 ft RG8), antenna and power supply (battery or 12 volt regulated
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and filtered unit) is going to cost about $125-150. This is assuming
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assembly of kit and antenna. Next, a VHF power meter ($30-$40 at
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Radio Shack), a dummy load (make from resistors or $19 at Radio Shack)
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and a frequency counter ($50-150) are needed for tuning and keeping
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things optimized. Beyond those requirements one sort of audio source
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(line level -10 dbm, .3 volts) or another is needed to feed the
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transmitter. This source can be a walkman type cassette unit, a mixing
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board, tape deck, etc. Granted this is not a professional studio but for
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low budget community operations, it does not take top end gear. Creativity
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and determination as shown by many community stations can certainly make
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up the difference.
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Once all the equipment has been assembled and arranged,
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a suitable place needs to be found for the operation and setting up
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the antenna. With FM, which is line of sight transmission, the higher
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the antenna the better. Depending on the regulations and political
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climate of the country in which you live, your operation may need
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to be portable for rapid set-up and break down. That seems especially
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true here in the United Corporate Snakes of America.
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At the core of this is the potential to set up loosely
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coupled autonomous networks of communication around entire planet,
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outside the grasp of corporate/government control. This is the goal
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of the Free Communications Coalition, the umbrella organization which
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is being formed to support, defend and encourage micro power broadcasting.
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Micro power technology makes this possible through a
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combination of low power. inexpensive FM, AM, TV and shortwave
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transmitters. Free Radio Berkeley, San Francisco Liberation Radio and
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other interested parties will be placing an international shortwave station
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on the air (100-300 watts initially at 40 meters - 7.4 to 7.5 Mhz range,
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increasing to 1000) sometime in November, 1993. If we had to use
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tube designs, doing such an operation would be impossible due to the
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portability requirements. Instead, relatively inexpensive transistor
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designs allow to us build linear shortwave amplifiers capable of output
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powers exceeding 1000 watts while running off a bank of lead acid
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batteries. Certainly, within the normal definitions, 100 to 1000
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watts on shortwave is definitely beyond the usual micropower definition.
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However, when right wing evangelical ranters are running 100-500 KW it
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could be considered to be micropower. At the moment, Free Radio Berkeley is
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offering an entire line of transmitter and amplifier kits for FM
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broadcasting along with antenna and equipment designs. Assembled
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units are available for sale outside the US only. A rather effective
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antenna can be built using common hardware store parts for about $10. Our
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work will be expanding to include UHF & VHF TV, AM and shortwave designs.
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We would like to find other engineers and technically
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inclined people to help increase these efforts since we are a rather
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small design and development operation. Further, we need such technically
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inclined people to act as advisors and facilitators in the process
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of helping people build, test, tune, and setup their transmitters
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and antennas. That way, we can create a pool of people across the
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country and world who will be available to lend a technical hand to
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those who wish put micropower broadcasting operations on the air.
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Let a thousand transmitters bloom
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Stephen Dunifer
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Free Radio Berkeley / Free Communications Coalition - the People's FCC
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Freedom of Broadcasting in Italy
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Just for you to know, back in 1974/75 Radio Milano International in
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Milano (not associated with us) started as the first private-pirate
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FM station in this country, operating from a van which kept moving
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around the town to avoid the PTT authorities (equivalent of the FCC).
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RMI brought the first regular stereo programs to Italy, good music
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not heard before on state channels, as the other stations which came
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after them did. They also went to court and fought for "free", private
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radio and freedom of speech over radio and won against the old Postal
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law which considered broadcasting as State Monopoly. Today RMI is
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one of the major national radio networks with hundreds of repeaters
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all over the Italian peninsula, while thousands of private radio and
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TV stations obtained authorizations to broadcast legally over the
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years.
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If you have a story to tell on pirate radio, or information to share
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(voice/paper/email), please get in touch with us. On shortwave we reach
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also many European Pirates who would love to hear from you. (We indeed
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carried "legally" some of the pirates programs in the past in order
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to offer them better coverage to their "alternative" programs. Something
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we would also like to do again the future.)
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Please send email to 100020.1013@compuserve.com, including a phone
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number and times when we can call possibly you from Europe for an
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interview. We will guarantee anonymity if so desired, since our Shortwave
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transmissions may also be heard in the USA. We'll love to hear from
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you! 73, Alfredo --- Alfredo E. Cotroneo, President, NEXUS-International
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Broadcasting Association PO BOX 10980, I-20110 Milano, Italy phone:
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+39-2-266 6971 | fax: +39-2-706 38151
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Notes from the Net on the FCC
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One person writes about his FCC bust on the Usenet newsgroup
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alt.radio.pirate:
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When I was busted in 1984, the FCC used a tan-colored
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buick passenger car. The passenger seat had been ripped out and was
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replaced with a rack of receiving equipment--nothing special, just
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commercially-available stuff. In the trunk was a pair of batteries
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driving inverters. The engine had a second alternator to charge the
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batteries. Beneath the vinyl roof was a direction-finding antenna
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array that was connected to an indicator on the dashboard. They'd
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just drive in the direction indicated until they reached the transmitter.
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That car served 3-4 states in the Northwestern US. How
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do I know all this? After the guy finished writing me up, I asked
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him to show me his equipment. After all, I showed him mine. He started
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to say no, but then changed his mind since there was nothing secret
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involved.
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Don Hackler responds:
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When I was engineering an directional AM broadcast station,
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the station was inspected by two FCC engineers driving a similar car.
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The roof had been removed and replaced with a fiber glass replica
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of the original. The antennae were embedded in the new roof, and
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there were no indications of anything `special' about the roof, inside
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or out.
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I was given a ride in the car to go check some of the
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monitor points with a field-strength meter. The passenger bucket
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seat had been replaced by a 3 foot tall rack on a swivel mount, so
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the driver or a passenger in back could operate the equipment. The
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rack had a slip cover made of upholstery vinyl that matched the car's
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interior. They refused (nicely) to let me see the equipment, but
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said it was just standard equipment; i.e. a spectrum analyzer and
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some general coverage receivers.
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I never understood why they didn't allow a peek, but
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I assumed it was probably some policy they were following. That was
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my first, and so far only, FCC inspection.
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Don Hackler - donh@shakala.com Shakala BBS (ClanZen Radio Network)
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Sunnyvale, CA 1-408-734-2289
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***** Why Support Micro-Power Broadcasting? *****
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Number One: The issue is freedom of speech. It's truly
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shocking what the Federal Communications Commission has allowed to
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happen. Media access is becoming too restricted for regular people
|
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to get their message across. As each day passes, radio, television,
|
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and newspaper media gets gobbled up pac-man style by big outfits like
|
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Sony/CBS, GE/NBC, ATT, ABC, Time-Warner Communications, Hearst, Gannett,
|
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Disney, Ted Turner, or even Fox. Our local media mogul, James Gabbert,
|
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|
owns an AM, FM, and television station in the same area. Middle America
|
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gets bombarded with religious broadcasters and urban areas get millions
|
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|
of watts of commercial crap beaming out from huge towers. Arbitron
|
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|
and Neilson decide which stations have what percentage of the listening
|
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audience. This situation must be changed so that truly free communication
|
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|
can have a chance to survive. In the 90's we need some space on the
|
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|
broadcast bands for community radio and television. Cable TV is promising
|
|||
|
hundreds of channels to choose from, but most of this stuff will be
|
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|
generated by the existing media networks. The problem here is that
|
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|
minority opinions are not heard. Censorship can not be tolerated
|
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|
in a democratic society. Freedom of information is what we need.
|
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Number Two: The technology has changed. It used to be very expensive
|
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|
to run a radio station. With modern electronics, however, small radio
|
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|
stations can be on the air with a minimal investment. In fact, people
|
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|
in Japan have been doing micro-power broadcasting for years. Most
|
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|
people in the U.S. just have AM, FM, and TV receivers. To reach these
|
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|
people, you usually have to buy advertising time on a commercial station.
|
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|
That's assuming some station is willing to broadcast your tape! What we
|
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|
want is true public access to the airwaves for everyone, not just
|
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|
the rich and powerful. The cloud of secrecy about broadcasting has
|
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|
lifted and now we know that media power has been stolen by our own
|
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|
government, and sold to the highest bidder. People need media access
|
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|
because human beings have a natural need to communicate with each
|
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|
other. Cable TV and Audio service should feature input from the
|
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|
community at large. The old concept of standing on a soap box and
|
|||
|
calling out to your fellow citizens will not work in the computer
|
|||
|
age.
|
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|
Number Three: Health Concerns about Radio energy, in large doses,
|
|||
|
it is considered by some to be a real health hazard. Incidence of
|
|||
|
leukemia and cancer runs high among men who work on high power transmitting
|
|||
|
towers. People in San Francisco get blasted with literally millions
|
|||
|
of watts of energy coming from Sutro Tower. This is because some
|
|||
|
radio and television stations want to be picked up 100 miles away.
|
|||
|
Scientific opinion on the effects of exposure to radio waves varies quite a
|
|||
|
bit, but if you're one of those people living up near Sutro Tower, maybe
|
|||
|
you should move. Micro-power is the sane way to use radio and tv. The
|
|||
|
space on the radio and tv dial should be spread around to all interested
|
|||
|
parties, not just a small group of companies. Broadcast power levels
|
|||
|
for all stations should come down to safer levels.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
-Paul Griffin
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
***** KITS FROM FREE RADIO BERKELEY *****
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
First, a word from our legal department:
|
|||
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|
|||
|
For educational purposes only. These kits are offered for the furtherance
|
|||
|
of one's knowledge regarding radio frequency design and principles. At all
|
|||
|
times during operation the assembled unit must be connected to a dummy
|
|||
|
load. Part 15 of the FCC rules prohibits an antenna being used with these
|
|||
|
units. All responsibilities for the ultimate use of these kits are born
|
|||
|
solely by the builder and/or operator.
|
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|
|
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|
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|
KITS AVAILABLE NOW !
|
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|
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|
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|
All kits are complete and come with professionally manufactured, drilled
|
|||
|
and tinned PC boards. All coils are pre-wound. Each unit, unless
|
|||
|
specified, requires 12 volts for proper operation. Full instructions and
|
|||
|
diagrams included.
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|
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|
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|
5 Watt FM Transmitter - $45
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
An improved version of the Panaxis 5 watt design with a much more
|
|||
|
rugged output transistor capable of producing 6-7 watts. Oscillator is a
|
|||
|
stable FET based VFO.
|
|||
|
|
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|
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|
6 watt RF Amplifier - $25
|
|||
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|
|||
|
Uses the same output transistor as above. Will produce 6 watts for
|
|||
|
1/2 watt input drive. Easy, quick assembly.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
15 watt RF Amplifier - $35
|
|||
|
Uses a very high gain (14dB) RF transistor to boost a 1/2 watt input
|
|||
|
to 15 watts. Complete with PC Board and all required parts.
|
|||
|
|
|||
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|
|||
|
25-30 watt RF Amplifier - $35
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Will produce full power with an input drive of 4-5 watts.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1/2 to 1 watt Amplifier - $18
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1/2 to 1 watt output for an input power of 10 mw. Great for boosting
|
|||
|
lower power VFOs.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Output Filter Kit - $5.00
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A seven element low pass filter, composed of 4 coils and 3 capacitors, to
|
|||
|
flatten those harmonics. Specify cutoff frequency desired.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
COMING REAL SOON !
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1/2 - 1 watt Stereo Broadcast Transmitter - $35
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A vast improvement over the Ramsey FM-10. It uses the BA1404 IC as a
|
|||
|
stereo modulator only to modulate a FET vfo, buffer and amp chain. Better
|
|||
|
audio input filtering and bypassing. IC voltage regulation for the 2.5
|
|||
|
volt supply for the BA1404. A very rugged output stage and collector
|
|||
|
voltage bypassing make this unit stand out from all other transmitter
|
|||
|
designs using the BA1404 chip.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Stereo Audio Processor - $Price to be determined
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A combined stereo generator using the BA1404 coupled with compandor ICs for
|
|||
|
compression and limiting of audio signals
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
If you have any other particular requirements please let us know. Custom
|
|||
|
design and fabrication services are available including PC layout and
|
|||
|
production. Full CAD services as well.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Proceeds from the sales of these kits go to the furtherance of micro power
|
|||
|
broadcasting, bringing a voice of empowerment to every community.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Please add $3.00 for handling and shipping for each kit.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Payment to be made out to cash or to Stephen Dunifer, we are still working
|
|||
|
out the bank trip. Send to:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Free Radio Berkeley
|
|||
|
1442 A Walnut St., #406
|
|||
|
Berkeley, CA 94709
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Voice mail: (510) 464-3041
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|||
|
On the Air
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Free Radio Berkeley - Sundays from 9 PM to 12 Midnight at 88.1 FM. Call
|
|||
|
their voice mail # (510) 464-3041 for further information. Or write them:
|
|||
|
1442 A Walnut St., #406, Berkeley, 94709.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
San Francisco Liberation Radio - Wednesdays & Saturdays from 8 PM to 10 PM
|
|||
|
at 93.7 FM. Call their voice mail # (415) 487-6308 for further information
|
|||
|
and to help out. Or write them: San Francisco Liberation Radio, 350 7th.
|
|||
|
Ave, Box35, San Francisco CA, 94118.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Southern Marin, San Rafael Area - schedule not known at this time, try
|
|||
|
87.9 FM.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Southern Marin, Sausalito - left end of the dial most every night, try 87.9
|
|||
|
FM.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Mission District, SF - LaRaza station, schedule not known, try 87.9 FM
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Santa Cruz - Either on the air or soon to be, schedule & frequency not
|
|||
|
known at this time
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
More stations taking to the air all the time, look for a whole network
|
|||
|
to be happening in Berkeley. An attendee of the New York City workshop is
|
|||
|
on the air in Connecticut with 5 watts as Ragged Mountain Liberation Radio.
|
|||
|
Phone calls are coming in from around the country, keep those calls and
|
|||
|
letters coming.
|
|||
|
From San Francisco Liberation Radio: Each SFLR program closes with
|
|||
|
the words: "Fascists are like cockroaches. Shine a light on them and they
|
|||
|
scurry away. And together, you and I can be the light." Richard Edmondson
|
|||
|
of SFLR, author of that slogan, said, "Well, first and foremost of all it
|
|||
|
seemed like a truism, and it seemed like the sort of phrase to end a radio
|
|||
|
program with - catchy."
|
|||
|
Stephen Dunifer with Free Radio Berkeley added, "Yes, but cockroaches
|
|||
|
do not carry guns". One of Free Radio Berkeley's favorite tag lines is
|
|||
|
"Are you going to continue to live the lie or are you going to act the truth
|
|||
|
?
|
|||
|
Both San Francisco Liberation Radio and Free Radio Berkeley have been
|
|||
|
carrying a lot of very diverse and interesting programming ranging from
|
|||
|
Food Not Bombs Radio Network programs to Jello Biafra declaring that
|
|||
|
Urinalysis is Freedom to local street interviews to an interview with the
|
|||
|
former program director at Pacicifa station WPFW in Washington, DC. If you
|
|||
|
are interested in producing programs, conducting news gathering and
|
|||
|
interviews, etc. or have tapes of your band, performance piece, etc. or
|
|||
|
wish to help out in any other way, please contact either Free Radio
|
|||
|
Berkeley or San Francisco Liberation Radio. Tapes may be mailed to the
|
|||
|
return address on this newsletter in care of Free Radio Berkeley. Let your
|
|||
|
voices and performance art be heard !
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
In the Media
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Within the last few months, a considerable amount of media attention
|
|||
|
has been focused on Micropower Broadcasting. Articles have appeared in the
|
|||
|
East Bay Express, SF Weekly, Bay Guardian, Oakland Tribune, San Jose
|
|||
|
Mercury, Daily Cal, SF Chronicle, Berkeley Voice and New York Daily News.
|
|||
|
CNN put together a news story about Free Radio Berkeley which aired
|
|||
|
nationally and was picked up and rebroadcast by Channel 2 in Oakland.
|
|||
|
More coverage is expected to be forthcoming. An article may appear in
|
|||
|
the New York Times. KQED radio is working on a story. A fifteen page
|
|||
|
article on guerilla media will be in Mondo 2000, due out the first of
|
|||
|
November. Channel 31 (Marin County) is covering one of the broadcast
|
|||
|
operations in San Rafael. A press and info packet is going to be sent out
|
|||
|
around the country. Any help you can offer in the area of community and
|
|||
|
media outreach would be greatly appreciated. It is our intent to build an
|
|||
|
international movement and coalition. Contact the Free Communications
|
|||
|
Coalition (510) 464-3041
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
FUND RAISING VIDEO PARTY
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Featuring: Pump Up the Volume, Medium Cool and videos
|
|||
|
from Black Liberation Radio
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Saturday, November 13 - 8 PM
|
|||
|
809 B Allston Way, Berkeley
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
(two blocks south of University Ave., between 5th and 6th streets)
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
$5-? donation. Free popcorn provided. Help us pay our operational
|
|||
|
expenses.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
___________________________________________________________________________
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
|||
|
HELP TAKE BACK THE AIRWAVES
|
|||
|
FREE COMMUNICATIONS COALITION MEETING
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Saturday, November 13 - 5 PM
|
|||
|
809 B Allston Way, Berkeley
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
With the dramatic increase in publicity (Free Radio Berkeley made the
|
|||
|
front page of the Sunday New York Times - Oct. 24) and response we have
|
|||
|
experienced in the last month or so, it is rather important that all of us
|
|||
|
who are concerned with the defense, support and promotion of micro power
|
|||
|
broadcasting come together to plan and create a strategy which will lead to
|
|||
|
the Free Communications Coalition (the Peoples' FCC) becoming an
|
|||
|
international umbrella under which micropower broadcasting can flourish.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To that end, you are invited to attend the meeting of the Free
|
|||
|
Communications Coalition on Saturday, November 13 at 5 PM. It will be held
|
|||
|
at 809 B Allston Way (between 5th & 6th streets) in Berkeley. This will be
|
|||
|
a pot luck dinner meeting, bring a vegetarian dish to share. Following, at
|
|||
|
8PM will be a video benefit, see above for further details.
|