Pirate Cat Radio: Buh-bye.

[secret]

COOL! FCC finally fined this guy big time after years of receiving interference complaints and issuing warnings:

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-293307A1.html

[DavidKaye]

COOL! FCC finally fined this guy big time after years of receiving interference complaints and issuing warnings:

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-293307A1.html

As of Thursday afternoon they were back again.  It appears to be a different transmitter location since I pick up a different coverage pattern.  By the way, I've read everything the FCC has posted about Pirate Cat and not once have I read anything about interference.  And as far as I can tell, Monkey runs a very clean signal. 

[fmag]

DavidKaye have you had a chance to look at the signal on a spectrum analyzer?

[DavidKaye]

DavidKaye have you had a chance to look at the signal on a spectrum analyzer?

No, and yes I am aware that FM signals are by their very nature full of spurs.  That's the nature of the beast.  The fact that there were never any complaints about interference mentioned in any of the FCC's previous shutdowns seems to say that Pirate Cat wasn't causing any interference.  Otherwise, the FCC would have had a field day with them.  But in each filing I've found when they shut down various locations, there was no mention of interference, only illegal operation.