Artie Bigley, Crystal Ship, and WBNY - Poet Says Bunny Manufactured E-Mails

In a shocking turn of facts involving the FCC's action against John Poet's "Crystal Ship", WBNY has allegedly provided "evidence" that an individual named Artie Bigley was the "Confidential Informant" to the FCC. Poet states that Bigley was already a natural fall guy for this whole scheme due to a history of filling out one FOIA request with the FCC to learn of the WEAK Radio operator's name. This effort is said to have been a failed endeavor because of allegations that the FCC did not have that information available. What is absolutely known is that Free Radio Cafe was not registered anywhere near April 9th as proven by a domain search. We know now that the FCC did not use any direction finding equipment to find John Poet and issue him a notice of unlicensed operation. The FCC got a direct address either from Artie himself or someone else who had a direct address for Poet. Bunny would have been the only person with this information.

The FCC does not have any field agents or other personnel with the e-mail address that Artie supposedly used to communicate with the FCC. A search for "Tesla Motorhome" shows only results for a "Tesla Forum" and other links for motor home related items, but no company with that name.

One good theory that is quite possible is that the FCC used Poet's internet service provider to get his address since Poet used an e-mail address for his QSL cards and other communication with Crystal Ship fans. Poet also used the FRN and Free Radio Cafe and they could have traced him that way.

Here are the respective e-mails to and from the FCC allegedly involving Artie, courtesy of WBNY:

Shortwave America readers can verify the autheticity of these e-mails HERE

are these e-mails REALLY authentic though? the answer is sadly that they ARE NOT and here is further proof:

Here is the LINK TO A WHOIS SEARCH for anyone wanting to verify the authenticity of the captured image above. WHO would fake e-mails to and from the FCC using the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)? Check here for secondary and more detailed verification of the above.

A statement and detailed investigative findings done by the Crystal Ship themselves (maybe John Poet himself)

Commander Bunny has been exposed by Radio Paranoia by way of a show of evidence

Artie Bigley has a Facebook account at which he has not been active or said a peep. . 

There is a MYLife account with the name Artie Bigley on it who claims to be from Columbus, Ohio. See, if THIS IS the right Artie and not someone else with the same name, then Artie still could not have sent that e-mail because FCC personnel have official FCC.gov e-mail addresses.

Examining the alleged return e-mail to Artie, there are two e-mail addresses used. Shortwave America was able to identify James Bridgewater as an FCC Agent and also as the FCC Michigan Office Emergency Contact. Neither of these e-mail addresses could be verified, another sign of a very badly faked e-mail. The only TRUE thing about this whole game is that James Bridgewater is employed by the FCC.

Maybe WBNY should have thought about his actions, but now he joins Kracker in the snitch ranks, never to be trusted again! Pirate operators, DXer's and everyone else take note that Bunny's game is to use his E-Bay sales list as his personal "hit list" in such fashion that he gives his information to the FCC when he wants to win a war he couldn't win otherwise! BAD BUNNY!!! Bad bunnies don't get no carrots, they don't get no trust, and definitely don't get no attention!!!

Shortwave America is proud to help give the Jack Ass Award to WBNY!

Co - signed by Shortwave America!

Free Radio Cafe' HF Frequency Breakdown

John Poet at the Free Radio Cafe has put together a great worldwide radio frequency reference.

Frequency breakdown is as follows:

153 to 279 kHz

279 to 530 kHz

530 to 1600 kHz

1600 to 1710 kHz

1710 to 1800 kHz

1800 to 2000 kHz

2000 to 2300 kHz

2300 to 2495 kHz

2498 to 2850 kHz

2850 to 3155 kHz

3150 to 3200 kHz

3200 to 3400 kHz

3400 to 3500 kHz

3500 to 3800 kHz

3800 to 3950 kHz

3950 to 4000 kHz

4000 to 4063 kHz

4063 to 4438 kHz

4438 to 4650 kHz

4650 to 4750 kHz

4750 to 5060 kHz

5060 to 5450 kHz

5450 to 5730 kHz

5730 to 5950 kHz

5950 to 6295 kHz

6295 to 6525 kHz

6525 to 6765 kHz

6765 to 7000 kHz

7000 to 7100 kHz

7100 to 7350 kHz

7350 to 8195 kHz

8195 to 8815 kHz

8815 to 9040 kHz

9040 to 9400 kHz

9400 to 9900 kHz

9900 to 9995 kHz

9995 to 10005 kHz

10005 to 10100 kHz

10100 to 10150 kHz

10150 to 11170 kHz

11170 to 11400 kHz

11400 to 11650 kHz

11600 to 12100 kHz

12100 to 12330 kHz

12330 to 13200 kHz

13200 to 13360 kHz

13360 to 13570 kHz

13570 to 13870 kHz

13870 to 14000 kHz

14000 to 14350 kHz

14350 to 14490 kHz

14990 to 15010 kHz

15010 to 15100 kHz

15100 to 15800 kHz

15800 to 16460 kHz

16460 to 17360 kHz

17360 to 17480 kHz

17480 to 17900 kHz

17900 to 18030 kHz

18030 to 18068 kHz

18068 to 18168 kHz

18168 to 18900 kHz

18900 to 19020 kHz

19020 to 19990 kHz

19990 to 20010 kHz

20010 to 21000 kHz

21000 to 21450 kHz

21450 to 21850 kHz

21850 to 21870 kHz

21870 to 22000 kHz

22000 to 22855 kHz

22855 to 23200 kHz

23200 to 23350 kHz

23350 to 24890 kHz

24890 to 24990 kHz

24990 to 25010 kHz

25010 to 25550 kHz

25550 to 25670 kHz

25670 to 26100 kHz

26100 to 26965 kHz

26965 to 27405 Khz

27405 to 28000 kHz

28000 to 29700 kHz

29700 to 30000 kHz

FCC Crack Down Threatens To End Pirate Radio

John Poet bring us news from televisionbroadcast.com stating that the United States FCC has been operating an active crack down on unlicensed radio operations, and fines have been issued...HUGE FINES!! The most troubling violation is "Inadequate Record Keeping". If hams aren't required to keep records and hold most of the radio spectrum for their operations, being allowed to broadcast things like "Amateur Radio Newsline", "The Rain Report", and "Space Shuttle Audio", why should broadcasters have to keep records?

Again, we see the hypocritical regulations at the FCC being allowed to generate revenue for radio operations that have not harmed anyone. This crack down highlights the need to return the airwaves to the people without archaic licensing requirements for broadcasting.

With the June 3rd Broadcast Board Of Governors conference coming up, one can only come to the conclusion that the FCC is showboating so as to make it appear that they still have a relevant place in American society. WHO CARES if someone is broadcasting without a license at whatever power level IF no broadcast in progress is interfered with and if no one is interfering with land navigation, amateur radio, aeronautical frequencies, public safety bands, satellite services, wildlife tracking freqs, and other important experimental service communications bands?

These are not the only bands that pirates should stay out of, but you get the picture. The FCC is simply enforcing more - or - less, the "anti-competition" stance that holds BIG BUSINESS in protective hands when big business should be told to fend for themselves since they can afford it!

Re-write the broadcast regs, FCC! STOP picking on pirates who don't harm anyone, and go after those who interfere with truly critical communications!

John Poet: Confessions Of A Pirate

It has recently been discovered that "The Poet" has a blog for TCS (The Crystal Ship). On it, Poet gives us an honest peek into why he does pirate radio. Confessions Of A Pirate is perhaps the BEST statement made against the powers that be in American radio, perhaps even worldwide since all of these people hold each others hands to begin with.

The first TCS blog post was on 7 August, 2010 and the newest post came on 7 May 2011. From all appearances at this present time in pirate radio, a war seems to be occurring between TCS and  Radio Jamba International. Shortwave America will contact The Poet and ask for an interview on what The Crystal Ship is focusing on today, future plans, and the war with Radio Jamba.

After looking at the blog for Radio Jamba, it needs to be said that the ability to spell correctly, use good grammar, and construct sentences properly is paramount to running a publication just for starters. Posting your own SINPO reports from FRN is not good practice! Do something original! Seriously, Jamba! Here's a screenshot of Jamba's lameness:

BTW, that bowling alley sign photo, if real, is a great way for the FCC to find you....universally stupid! Why? Because it tells them about the area your sigs are possibly coming out of.  We doubt you know anything about using photoshop. Shortwave America won't even give the link to Jamba for fear of insulting the entire radio community. Another thing Jamba, clean up your signal! Audio doesn't count when the signal is so bad!

Poet, if you're reading this....you run a great station! Keep up the good work! Salute!