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News :: Miscellaneous |
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FTAA Radio - News from the streets of Quebec - |
Current rating: 0 |
by xxxxx
(No verified email address) |
20 Apr 2001
Modified: 26 Apr 2001 |
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Beginning Friday night will bring you live radio from the streets of Quebec City from the Indymedia & Microradio radio networks |
Beginning Friday night Free Radio xxxxxx will bring you live radio from the streets of Quebec City from the Indymedia & Microradio radio networks
If you can't hear the xxxxxx micropower signal, you can tune in on-line at the following links:
http://www.microradio.net
http://vermont.indymedia.org/vtimc.m3u |
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Excellent! |
by Wankstor X. Muzzlebutt
systemp (nospam) dog.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
20 Apr 2001
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Mang, y'all change frequencies like I change underwear. Good tactical move, if I may say so myself.
Up in cowland, we're running FTAA Radio 24/7 thru Sunday. Keep in mind that CMAQ is only planning webcasting until 7p Central (but I'm sure they'll keep going if there's news).
I'd also recommend Studio X for programming info if/when CMAQ goes dormant for the evening. Links also available thru Microradio.net
Keep up the excellent work - let's keep the fuqs @ the Fecal Candy Consumers busy!
In Solidarity,
-wxm |
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technical not tactical |
by Anarchistic Revolting Rebel Radio Gear Head
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20 Apr 2001
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Actually we're changing frequencies mainly because we're getting evil interference on the other frequencies we've tried and we're trying to find the optimal freq to broadcast on. We'll probably settle down when we find the magic frequency.
Comercial radio stations are _not_ operating within the technical specifications they are required to operate in. It is outrageous that there should be splatter on second adjacent channels from stations over 150 miles away....but there is.
A.R.R.G.H. - Broadcasting from the People's Republic of Urbana. Where the R is for Radio.
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Better Than Previous Freq |
by Urbana Commie
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Current rating: 0
21 Apr 2001
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The new freq is better than the previous one, but still far from optimal. More power is the solution.
Heard from east of Lincoln Square.
Good job; keep it up.
Death to the FTAA!
All power to the people.
Whose streets?
OUR streets!
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Techy tips, pointers and the like |
by Wankstor X. Muzzlebutt
systemp (nospam) dog.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
21 Apr 2001
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Hey y'all -
Have you used RecNet's channel finder to look for open freqs? And do you have a channel 6 tv station in your area? RecNet's LPFM channel search proggie is a bit more liberal than the FCC's channel search engine - and if there's no ch. 6 around (or if there's one nearby, but not close enough to be received on 'rabbit ears'), 87.9 may be an option...
87.9 is one step 'out of bounds' on the FM band, but yet nice 'n clear - when we switched to it, it was like night and day.
The only problem you may experience is interference to CABLE TV ch. 6, but that will only cause problems in the area of 'blanketing interference' near the immediate area of your transmitter/antenna setup....The area of 'blanketing interference' is usually measurable in the dozens/hundreds of feet range, but depends on the wattage you're using, which I don't know.
I can sympathize with the commercial station splatter - seems like many of the stations where we're at run at 125% modulation deviation levels, but hey, they've got licenses, so that must give them permission to break the rules, right?
Once you find the magic freq, height is key to increasing range, NOT power - u can run less watts with a taller antenna and get farther than with greater watts and a shorter stick. Also, mono is more easily receivable than stereo at microradio power levels, because people's radio receivers don't have to work as hard decoding the extra 19KHz stereo pilot signal if it's not there....People's stereo lights don't light up, but then, most folks can't tell the difference btwn mono or stereo anyway (so I've found).
If you decide to stay up in the upper portions of the FM band, invest in a low-pass filter - this will cut down on any potential spurs you have that may fall into the aircraft comms band, which is a big red flag. Fortunately, low pass filters are cheap. Even if yer rig comes with one 'built-in,' it never hurts to be redundant...
Sorry if I'm covering stuff you already know, just trying to be helpful - we've gotta do our part to kill that 'aircraft falling from the sky' myth once and for all.
Anyway, keep up the excellent work, and if you've got techy-spec questions of any kind, I'm more than willing to help you figger them out - how are you rebroadcasting from the web? We've got DSL here, which is cool - if you're using 56k, then you're more ballsy than I.
-wxm
P.S. - Free Radio Arrgh is one of the coolest names I've heard in quite some time. Extra bonus points for you! |
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Thanks, Wankstor |
by arrrgh
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21 Apr 2001
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Thanks for the tips. We used the REC channel finder to move to 104.5. Admittedly, the current bdcast is premature, we need to make a better antenna and get it higher. It's a case of the need coming on faster than the time to be completely prepared.
arrrgh s.b. |
