Mike, I remember a story Chuck Boehnke told me about a pirate on FM in Hawaii about 10 years ago. It was a pirate run by local Hawaiians that were quite anti American. Anyway, some station in Hawaii reported them. The local FCC offical did not do anything much as he did not want to deal with it. So, a bunch a officals showed up from the mainland in Honolulu and contacted the local FCC offical. The guy suggested that the FCC do nothing about it as they were not causing QRM to any local station and he said this would be a mess. The FCC officals from the mainland said they should shut it down and were quite pushy about it. The local FCC guy "OK, but I warned you." Well, the FCC went out to the pirate and were confronted with a very hostile group of Hawaiianswith rifles and the like and they ordered the FCC off their property. Well, the mainland FCC officals left and contacted the local marshells and their attitude was much the same as the local FCC offical and not want to mess with them. So, the FCC officals from the mainland flew back. It could have been a real mess, maybe bloodshed too. I don't think the FCC wanted to start a incident. The local pirate was running Hawaiian news and programming. I have no idea if the pirate is still in operation or not. So guess at least in this case with a thing of white Americans vs native Hawaiians, it could have been a real mess. I can just see the news media getting a hold of this.
73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com