Re: A89: A Radio Link idea
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Re: A89: A Radio Link idea
Just because the FCC lets you run that transmitter doesn't make it leagal.
Pirate radio is shut down all the time because you are not authorized to
broadcast copyrighted music.
-Patrick
Daniel Wood wrote:
> how much would it cost to setup a radio station that would do at least a
> quarter mile(5 miles would be really good so I could broadcast to all my
> friends)
>
> BTW: I live 30 miles out of the city so I don't think more than 5-10 ppl
> would ever hear it
>
> -Dan
> thedew@usit.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miles Raymond <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: A Radio Link idea
>
> >
> > What? You have WinAmp play all of your mp3s on random repeat over a radio
> > station!?
> >
> > Please tell me how to do this! =P
> >
> > Seriously, the only good radio station left in Kansas City just changed to
> > that crap they call 'hit music'... you know the kind... Hanson and
> > Backstreet Boys... They used to be a kick-ass 'Modern Rock' station until
> > they sold out. Cheap Bastards... taking all of the good music off the
> air.
> >
> > -Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
> > ICQ: 13217756 IRC: Killer2 AIM: KilIer2 (kilier2)
> > http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: A89: A Radio Link idea
> >
> >
> > > >Ok, yes you have to have a broadcasters licence, and you get that
> through
> > > >the FCC, but only if it is above like 5 watts of power, and those
> little
> > > >things aren't even close.
> > >
> > > In the lower 48 states (in the US) the average allowable power without
> > > liscense is 50-100mW. A little under 5 watts, don't you think?
> > >
> > > In California your station has to have atleast 100watts to get a
> liscense.
> > > And space is very thin and hard to come by.
> > >
> > > In Alaska and Hawaii you can use up to 7watts without a liscense. The
> law
> > > states 10watts, but if you go too high...they will monitor you like mad.
> > >
> > > I operate a 7 1/2watt stero FM station on 89.7MHz in Anchorage, AK
> 24hrs
> > a
> > > day.
> > >
> > > Grant
> >
> >
> >
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