Re: Pirate or "Part 15" on 102.9?

[Rick Levy <radiowaves@compuserve.com>]

Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote,
>>Rather than a pirate, could this be another low power, "Part 15"
station, like the one on 1.640 in Mattapan?

>> I *can* get the 1.640 from Mattapan,
at work/South Station (it actually comes in strong,

>>Since it appears to have been on now full time (at least 2200-0700)
since the first of the year, I don't think it's a pirate<<

Part 15 means microscopic power and, *at most*, campus- or stadium-sized
coverage.  Anything stronger requires a license.  The AM you describe
should have a license, and doesn't, which makes it a pirate by
definition.  That applies to the FM as well, if it is audible outside its
very immediate neighborhood.  The 1640 in Mattapan is receivable for
miles.  Another version of it north of Boston (possibly in Medford,
Everett or Chelsea) is also audible for miles.  By no stretch are these
legitimate signals.  They are *illegal* stations.

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