Editing Pirate radio (section)

===Unlicensed operation===
Particularly associated with amateur radio and licensed personal communication services such as [[GMRS]], unlicensed operation refers to use of radio equipment on a section of spectrum for which the equipment is designed but on which the user is not licensed to operate (most such operators are informally known as "bubble pack pirates" from the sealed plastic retail packaging common to such walkie-talkies). 

While piracy on the US GMRS band, for example, is widespread (some estimates have the number of total GMRS users outstripping the number of licensed users by several orders of magnitude), such use is generally disciplined only in cases where the pirate's activity interferes with a licensee. A notable case is that of former United States amateur operator [[Jack Gerritsen]] operating under the revoked [[call sign]] KG6IRO<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w5yi.org/ama_news_article.php?id=85 |title=W5YI Report |publisher=W5yi.org |access-date=2011-06-16}}</ref> who was successfully prosecuted by the FCC for unlicensed operation and malicious interference.<ref>{{cite news|title=Apologetic Radio Jammer Jack Gerritsen Gets Seven Years, Fines|url=http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/19/100/|work=ARRL Web|date=Sep 19, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402214226/http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/19/100/|archive-date=April 2, 2007}}</ref> A subcategory of this is free banding, the use of allocations nearby a legal allocation, most typically the 27&nbsp;MHz [[Citizen's Band]] using modified or purpose-built gear.