Balloon Pirate Radio (2007)

Here's the "whole other story" about superimposing text on an existing TV broadcast by emitting pulses synchronized with the scan.

* http://idlewords.com/2007/04/tv_solidarity.htm

I had the great fortune of knowing Andrzej Jesmanowicz, one of the participants in this story. He did MRI research at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was also a helicopter pilot, skydiver (how I met him), and total maniac in the best possible way. Andre died in 2016 and some of his friends got together to spread his ashes over Wisconsin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTZhCCohSBg

I like the story, but am even more curious as to their legal disclaimer at the bottom of the page.

Does anyone know whats up with "Note: by California state law, Title 17 U.S. Code § 1030, Rz. Pl. u.1994 nr 24 poz. 140, and binding international covenant it is forbidden to use the word "hack" in conjunction with this blog post."

Is this supposed to be in jest? Im not aware of any copyright laws that limit the manner in which I may refer to someone else's work.

I don't understand.

They broadcasted in the UHF band, far from the FM band and VHF bands. How could the general public even are able to tune in and listen? Only people who use walkie-talkies for their jobs and amateur radio operators are known to own UHF radios. So did they manage to find a way to broadcast an audio-only signal on a TV-frequency, or what?

A great story and one of the funniest writing style I've seen in a long time.

This part at the bottom caught my eye:

>Note: by California state law, Title 17 U.S. Code § 1030, Rz. Pl. u.1994 nr 24 poz. 140, and binding international covenant it is forbidden to use the word "hack" in conjunction with this blog post.

Remember the movie, “Pump Up The Volume?”