The Pirate Radio Survival Guide

Click on the logo to read everything you need to know about setting up and operating a shortwave pirate radio station. Written by Cap'n Eddy of The Radio Airplane and Nemesis of Radio Doomsday sometime in 1994. A bit dated now, but is good for an idea or two and it's FREE! You can download the ASCII text version here.

The FRN Does Kulpsville!
We came, we saw, we took photographic evidence. What more can I say, the pictures speak for themselves, literally. Keep a sharp eye out for Ed Rausch!

Wednesday, January 17th, about 11:30 in the morning, John Cruzan received "The Knock", click here to read his story. Updated and now includes the details of Kirk Trummel's Official Amateur Station Inspection on January 18th.

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April 1, 1998, a day that will long be remembered in the Free Radio scene. We were looking for a day to change over to our new look, this one seemed as good as any and we wanted to have a little fun with it. Click here to see the page that everyone saw when trying to access this site and read some of the comments we fished out of alt.radio.pirate

SAMPLE LETTER TO U.S. SENATORS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES by Don Schellhardt

  Up Against the Wall Radio has produced several different "Digital QSLs". You can download the FRN Special or the Original UATWR version.

We also have some odd pictures, here is a JPEG of the Wired Magazine mention of North Americas Top Ten Pirates and finally, World Parody Net Delivers a QSL to the FCC.


Petition for for a Microstation Radio Broadcasting Service RM9208 in Adobe PDF Format
Proposal for the creation of the Low Power FM (LPFM) Broadcasting Service RM9242

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FRN and The Free Radio Network are registered trademarks of no-one and would probably be stolen and used by someone else if they had any real value (but they don't). Void where prohibited by law, not valid in most states, tag should only be removed by the consumer, dont drink and drive in front of cops, use no hooks, keep out of reach of miners or other people who work underground, shake before use, pass gas with caution, keep all hands and appendages inside the vehicle at all times, do not stand up until the ride has come to a complete stop, post no bills, enter at your own risk, no parking in the white zone, slow traffic use right lane, no U turn, please add $4.95 for shipping and handling, no CODs , Visa, Mastercard and American Express are credit cards. caution filling is hot, please flush after each use, do not flush plastic applicator down the toilet, rinse and repeat, spread evenly over affected area, prolonged use may cause urinary discomfort, dispose of properly.