FM Spanish Pirate at 87.7

Thu Aug 20 18:22:08 CDT 2009

Bob, the FCC knows about them. They gave them a 
license. It is a low power TV station. The audio 
is hot the better to hear on a FM radio. The 
video is  what looks like a Windows Media Player 
screen with dancing spectrum display and an error message I cant quite read.
      Sandy
     WB5MMB

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WDCN-LP       VA FAIRFAX                   USA

   Licensee: SIGNAL ABOVE LLC
   Service Designation: TX   Translator station

   Channel: 6       82 -  88 MHz   Licensed
   File No.:   BLTVL-20070410ACR     Facility ID number: 20450
   CDBS Application ID No.: 1180908

    38° 53' 45.00" N Latitude
    77° 08' 8.00 " W Longitude (NAD 27)

   Polarization:
   Effective Radiated Power (ERP):3. kW ERP
   Antenna Height Above Average Terrain:- meters 
HAAT -- 
<http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/haat_calculator?dlat=38&mlat=53&slat=45.000000&ns=N&dlon=77&mlon=8&slon=8.000000&ew=W&nad=27&rcamsl=198.4&nradials=360&terdb=1>Calculate 
HAAT
   Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level:198.4 meters AMSL
   Antenna Height Above Ground Level:76.2 meters AGL

   Frequency Offset: 0 (zero)

    Directional           Antenna ID No.: 
75482          Pattern Rotation: 115.00
    Antenna Make: -       Antenna Model: -

    Relative Field values for directional antenna 
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Field polar plot
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pattern rotation that may be indicated above.

     0°   0.172     60°   0.212     120°   1.000 
   180°   0.047     240°   0.418     300°   0.463
10°   0.098     70°   0.377     130°   0.887 
190°   0.012     250°   0.588     310°   0.518
20°   0.068     80°   0.557     140°   0.742 
200°   0.007     260°   0.658     320°   0.554
30°   0.075     90°   0.742     150°   0.552 
210°   0.007     270°   0.678     330°   0.511
40°   0.088     100°   0.882     160°   0.372 
220°   0.148     280°   0.608     340°   0.404
50°   0.118     110°   1.000     170°   0.182 
230°   0.298     290°   0.498     350°   0.279

    Additional Individual Tower Information from 
the Antenna Structure Registration database.
      (Use the Registration Number link for detailed information.)

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Above Ground
(meters)Overall Height
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Level (meters)NAD 83 Tower Coordinates
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    Latitude  Longitude

   <http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=611228>1049508 
122.2     87.4    209.6 N 38°53' 44.9"  W  77° 
8'  6.8" 
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NAD27

At 10:53 AM 8/20/2009, Bob Rice, KG4RRN wrote:
>TERRY,
>cc: friends
>In  regards to the 87.7 FM station..it is Still there...
>-Mexicana musica (SALSA?).........
>wonderful.....where is the FCC????
>It sure would be fun to DF that....
>I am listening for announcements or commercials,
>but I don't speak a lick of Spanish...they 
>started on AM, this is the first one on FM,
>and illegal at that, but right off the band 
>edge, pretty good signal too...clean.
>Here is the F.C.C. form(attached), (also note it 
>can be made in Spanish), if you wish to file a 
>complaint, I feel if enough hams do so, it will 
>be off the air.....must be commercial equipment 
>and a CD stacker...no voice announcements yet, just music.
>/s/Bob Rice, KG4RRN
>McLean, VA. FM18jw
>Notary Public(VA)
>ANM,NCS Northern Va.Traffic Net (NTS affiliate)
>V.P., Jefferson Co. WV. Amateur Radio Club
>
>
>--- On Wed, 8/12/09, WB4JFI <wb4jfi at knology.net> wrote:
>
>From: WB4JFI <wb4jfi at knology.net>
>Subject: RE: FM Pirate at 87.7
>To: "Frank Gentges" <fgentges at mindspring.com>, "Tacos" <tacos at amrad.org>
>Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 12:34 AM
>
>I'm not sure that 87..7 is a pirate station.  I'm not there anymore, but I
>recently saw some mentions at dcrtv.com about the 87.7 station, and owners
>Mega Media, planned to do a dance radio station, ala a "Pulse" station in
>New York..  Since then, Mega Media has filed for chapter 11.  Check out
>dcrtv.com for ongoing DC area radio and TV gossip.
>
>That doesn't sound like a pirate to me, just bad business decisions.
>Terry
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tacos-bounces+wb4jfi=amrad.org at amrad.org
> > [mailto:tacos-bounces+wb4jfi=amrad.org at amrad.org]On Behalf Of Frank
> > Gentges
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:01 PM
> > To: Tacos
> > Subject: FM Pirate at 87.7
> >
> >
> > Tacoistas,
> >
> > Bill Finn, N4TS dropped by the lab and mentioned there was a strong
> > pirate on 87.7.  Sure enough, we tuned and there it was.  It is a
> > Hispanic station so I do not understand it or know quite why it is
> > there.  Is this some sort of a special agreement with the FCC that
> > certain people get?  Is it a special format BPL signal?  Can I expect to
> > see it next week?
> >
> > I'll see everyone Thursday night at the meeting for the talk on
> > precision clocks.
> >
> > Frank K0BRA
> >
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