well i understand that but if they are using those comms as their primary public safety comms and the sat picks it up as an uplink freq then would that still be classed as pirate
I've been listening to Brazilian pirates for 20+ years and used to play the downlinks at work where Brazilian employees would translate for me. In every case it was people knowingly pirating the satellite and using it like a giant CB network.
In many cases my Brazilian friends identified the people transmitting as having a Sao Paulo accent and I've also heard them talking to one of their group who was in the US and it sounded like South Florida from the conversation.
prcguy
well i understand that but if they are using those comms as their primary public safety comms and the sat picks it up as an uplink freq then would that still be classed as pirate