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A comment on FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operating Under Its Steeple. Parent comment

Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by chrisdhoover on Saturday April 08, 2023 @05:53PM (#35498021)
May the loudest transmitter win. 50,000 watts out Mexico, I heard it on the X
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by zikduruqe on Saturday April 08, 2023 @06:28PM (#35498271)
Laughs in Russian Woodpecker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga_radar

Back when I was really active in HF, this thing was nuts.

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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by tinus_hn on Saturday April 08, 2023 @06:04PM (#35498111)
Let’s reenact the discovery of the microwave!
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by MereInterest on Saturday April 08, 2023 @07:36PM (#35498678)
Allocating radio spectrum by the loudest transmitter is like allocating infants by tug-of-war. It destroys the resource in the process.
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