Tech issue, rebroadcast of adult material on the 3m band.

[Joe Bento]

It is likely one of the part 15 transmitters made for an iPod.  I'm 
surprised there aren't more reports like yours with the broadcast of 
offensive material.

Joe


Michael Chisena wrote:
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> Can you guys teach me what the rules are please?
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> To make a long story short.
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> Home is in Herndon Virginia.
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> The wife likes to listen to this religious broadcaster out of 
> Annapolis Maryland on 107.9.
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> She has told me more than once, when pulling into the parking lot, 
> near a particular building in our apartment block, she hears over the 
> entertainment radio what is very adult talk and highly graphic sounds. 
> That night she said it sounded like someone was making a porno film.
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> Got to the point I could not ignore it any more.
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> The wife wanted answers, that required me to get off my dead butt and 
> find out.
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> Went looking for it last Saturday night. Took a walk and tried not to 
> look too obvious.
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> Used a fancy scanner (AOR 8200) and an off  tune (2M) antenna.
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> With headphones and using the bar graph I was able to get close.
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> So without knocking on doors I narrowed the source down to a couple of 
> apartments in a 60 or so foot range.
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> Since going to war as a contractor, it takes a lot to offend me.
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> What I heard discussed over an open channel was not pleasing.
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> In life there are a lot of things I don’t need to know in that level 
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> What annoyed me the most was that with a normal FM radio kids could 
> hear this material.
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> After catching the ‘broadcast’ for a while I came to a couple of 
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> First off nobody was making any adult films.
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> What I was hearing was some pre recorded material of an adult nature.
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> Best I can figure someone has a Sat Receiver (Sirius or XM, don’t 
> know, I don’t buy that kind of service) picking up a premium channel, 
> and using a little FM modulator sending it across the apartment to 
> another receiver. Since the range is so short, like I said about 60 or 
> so feet I doubt this signal is more than Part 15 strong, so asking the 
> FCC to investigate is pointless.
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> I did talk to the apartment house management; let’s say it was a first 
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> They have no idea what to do. You guys are pros in the industry, what 
> is your knowledge of the rules. I will be happy to answer any follow 
> up questions you ask, if possible.
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> Thanks in advance
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> Mike in Virginia
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> "You are, what you do, when it counts"
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