Dutch pirate raids

[Gigahertz]

Some serious set ups!

https://piratenzenders.com/#/rek-fm-soap/

https://piratenzenders.com/#/brekdeer/

https://piratenzenders.com/#/pcg-96-7/

[Nige from Brum]

30 KW + and 100 meter towers are pretty much the norm over there.
The RDI mostly confiscate the entire set up these days. Before they would remove essential components from the transmitter & trash the rest of it. Cutting the Heliax feeder into short lengths was also a favourite.
The generators mostly had sand poured into the fuel tank & easy to break bit vandalised.

Now they turn up with low loaders & a vehicle capable of towing any trailers away. Sad times.

[radionortheast]

wondering was it mw or fm? you’d never see the dutch using a cze 5w, not theres anything wrong with it away for something to hear music afew 100 meters away, maybe further if they've got a proper aerial.

[EFR]

wondering was it mw or fm? you’d never see the dutch using a cze 5w, not theres anything wrong with it away for something to hear music afew 100 meters away, maybe further if they've got a proper aerial.

These guys run commercial gear on FM, some even have +60kW tube final stages to an stacked dipoles at +80m mast.

[FMEnjoyer]

It is incredibly impressive. Maybe they should have used 300W a twin dipole and 130-140m tower. Much more cost effective to be closed, what is in the way in Netherlands ? Nothing, it's mainly flat geographically speaking.

It is not as if going from 30KW to 300W would deter an enthusiastic listener. That should easily go 40miles in all directions.

It seems like overkill to me and it must be 30KW ERP looking at those mega stacks.

[FMEnjoyer]

Anyone know what the coverage is ? Presumably to the horizon and a little beyond, which is about 35 miles each direction ?
I do not understand the extreme nature of that much power.

[EFR]

If I have time, I might test it on radiomobile software.

[FMEnjoyer]

The authorities probably do not even fine them. When your confiscated mast cost €40,000. It is completely and totally nuts, but also amazing. I think thye need to scale back their operations somewhat. Coat hanger dipole on the top of a tree ?

This is totally unimaginable in the UK. First no landowner would allow it, ever. The lorry would never get down the winding roads, lorry !!!! Even that is mad... ha your antenna system for pirate is on a Jugernaut, an HGV, in the Uk it is like.... 2 geezers in a Vauxhal Corsa (Opel in Europe) 1.1 litre with a roll of rg-58 coax and a few coat hangers in the boot. You got the rig man ? Yes the 0.9W exciter we stick on the side of a hill.

Seriously it is a true cultural phenomena there.

[EFR]

They do get fines, but 7500€ was upper limit back in the day, dunno how nowdays.

Elektrodump seems to be out of FM gear, but they have nice small HF rig there.
https://elektrodump.nl/en/mw-hf-transmi ... a1504.html