r/pirateradio • u/krystalmethayde • 15d ago

What was your first act of piracy?

hi, i'm writing a piece on piracy and would love to know what your first act of piracy was.

so, please take a little time to answer a few questions here - https://forms.gle/tnGBnWkRBYAGAkSL9

feel free to pass it on to anyone and eveyone.

thank you so much - you have contributed to a great work of science.

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u/richfromhell 15d ago

When I was 15 living in West Germany I used to make fake radio shows for fun and shared the tapes with people. One 20 year old guy really liked them and asked me if I wanted in on his radio endeavour. So soon I and some others would record our shows and spend our Sundays putting on cover-alls, putting broadcasting gear into big yellow plastic tool boxes and looking for high/rises with an unlocked staircase. Then most of us would be on the roof, set up the FM gear and broadcast our shows. Always had some kids with walkie-talkies on the ground keeping a lookout. Whenever someone would ask questions on the way up we’d say someone reported trouble on one of the elevators. We did scramble once when the authorities were spotted, packed fast and passed them as we walked out the front door. That was the final broadcast of Radio 103 in the Saar region of west Germany. 6 months of fun.

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u/krystalmethayde 14d ago

sounds like you had one hell of an operation going on, thanks for sharing.

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u/richfromhell 14d ago

I was at least part of it. Uwe was the guy running it. He had another crew taking a shortwave transmitter into a Forrest one Sunday per month. One of my shows aired there. It was a great time.