39 Brazillian pirates arrested

fez · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 23:11

As there was a recent discussion about satcom pirates I saw this news and thought I'd post it.

http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2009/03/3 ... ested.html

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According to Paulo T and the Hearsat newsgroup, a major bust has occured down in Brazil. For many years pirates have hijacked transponders on the various military UHF satellites for their own use. I have received hundreds of reports on these illegal operations over the last couple of decades. And now for the first time DoD has struck back to gain control of their radio assets.

Paulo T posted the following to Hearsat yesterday afternoon:
"It came to my attention that our brazilian friends on Fleetsat and UFO frequencies got a nasty surprise today, from their federal police and Brazil´s comunications authority.

"According to the news, 39 persons got busted, one was arrested and large amounts of equipement seized. All of them are licenced amateur radio operators whose operating location was determined by the U.S. Department of Defense, in cooperation with Brazilian federal police and other U.S. agencies. Besides all of these equipment seizures, the authorities have identified the manufacturers of some of the hardware used, one of them actually was arrested."

5thElement · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 23:53

Interesting read! i wonder if the frequencies we've been monitoring will suddenly be quieter lol

MuddyFox · **Joined:** 21 Nov 2007, 01:09 **Posts:** 579

OOOerr
I think it will definatly go quiet!
Excellent find there Fez, nice one for posting

normal · **Joined:** 07 Oct 2007, 23:18 **Posts:** 307

I recall seeing an FCC field report on the web somewhere giving some details of someone who was caught in the USA. They heard his uplink a couple of miles from his house and managed to direction find him, it took them a while to find him. The guy was using about 20watts if I remember rightly.

If you ask me you would have to be daft or complacent to pirate on a military satellite from home regularly.

asd · **Posted:** 20 Mar 2009, 08:13

Guess it's back to 27 MHz for them lads now...

What's the Brazillian for "Woosh, we' gone look!" ?

:twisted:

MuddyFox · **Joined:** 21 Nov 2007, 01:09 **Posts:** 579

asd wrote:

Guess it's back to 27 MHz for them lads now...

What's the Brazillian for "Woosh, we' gone look!" ?

:twisted:

HAHAHAHAHAHA classic! LMAO

MrWeetabix · **Posted:** 20 Mar 2009, 16:58

Leaves the airwaves free for the rest of us.... :twisted:

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bigbloke · **Posted:** 22 Mar 2009, 15:14

Well,

they continue to be on there

and on the skynet 5 tpx's

so a few more arrests need to happen yet

fez · **Posted:** 22 Mar 2009, 21:16

Video of one of the busts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iambfYX3PaU

Nice collection of antennas there.

5thElement · **Posted:** 22 Mar 2009, 22:13

Cool video, cheers for posting it!

MuddyFox · **Joined:** 21 Nov 2007, 01:09 **Posts:** 579

THEY ARE BACK!
255.5500!
how long before the bust then guys? :lol:

MuddyFox · **Joined:** 21 Nov 2007, 01:09 **Posts:** 579

They are transmitting now on 255.5500mhz

Transmission1 · **Posted:** 26 Mar 2009, 19:11

Good find with the video Fez.

Here's another one I've just found showing some converted Kenwood gear and what looks like a chair converted into an antenna!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FKgRtZ- ... re=related

Yeti · **Joined:** 14 Nov 2007, 01:31 **Posts:** 2556

39 Brazillian pirates arrested

G.W.Bush wrote:

Holy crap! 39 Brazillion? Where are we going to put that many pirates?

normal · **Joined:** 07 Oct 2007, 23:18 **Posts:** 307

Wired has a article about FLTSATCOM use in Brazil with a few interesting details.

Blog entry listing a few frequencies

39 Brazillian pirates arrested

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