Space pirate's using old US military satellite!

[N5XZS]

Slightly off topic, interesting story about space pirates using old US military in 255 MHz band.

Pretty groovy to say at least!

Enjoy reading and watching you tube video story!

Here's the link...

Hunting for Space Radio Pirates on the US Military Fleet Satcom Satellites

In the 70's and 80's the US government launched a fleet of satellites called 'FLTSATCOM', which were simple radio repeaters up in geostationary orbit. This allowed the US military to easily communicate with each other all over the world. However, the technology of the time could not implement...

www.rtl-sdr.com

 

[Comptech]

Been going on for 30 years plus, no news here. Get a SDR and listen to them all day

 

[FTA4PA]

It was news to me! Guess I must live a sheltered life. Thanks for posting N5XZS!

 

[arlo]

What's worse is a handful of components can convert a transceiver to make you a pirate also.
I haven't watched the 'tube video but I sure can identify the Brazilians speaking Portuguese.
I lay my phone on my radio with a speech to text translator. Pretty slick.

 

[Comptech]

I hope this is allowed, if not please delete. Scroll throught to see the pirates. SATCOM - Space and Satellite Monitoring Forum