The cze 05b is finally on the air thanks for yalls help setting it up. My final question and I understand this wouldn’t ent really be pirate radio is how do I get music? I’ve been using mp3 files from YouTube but do I need copyright licensing? Where do I find music without licensing g

My cze 05b transmitter finally came in and I’m just starting to figure things out I’m currently downloading mp3 file of songs and mixing them through winamp. I was wondering if there was any tips for mixing my music OR how to amplify my broadcast to a wider range dispite it being .5w

how could i get a 7 mile range on a 88 to 90
frequency

So, I recently acquired an obsession with the idea of creating an analog TV station. I plan to operate it in a 5 km radius in a densly populated area. But I am pretty much a noob to this kind of broadcasting, so I don't know where to start.
I found a guide in which the author recommends using an HF modulator and several signal amplifiers, but I did not find any information about the effectiveness of this approach and how large its operating range is. I also checked out some second-hand transmitters from local tv channels, but I can't understand how any of them work and how to use them. They all have really non-standart ports, weird video and audio signal standarts and most of them don't have any useful documentation.
So the question is where can I find more info about all of this stuff? Are there any guides or articles about pirate TV stations that could be of any use?

P.S. Please don't educate me about the legality of this stuff, I know it's risky and illegal.

I am making an FM transmitter but i need power supply for it. Do i have to design my own or could i use one of those switching supplies from laptops? Will it create some noise?

What's the best resource for being notified of, or readily finding SW/MW pirate broadcasts?

Band conditions are usually prohibitive, and few stations post their plans. I see that there's a gaggle of SDR streams hosted around the globe, some of which are controllable remotely, so that can help get around band condition issues at home. But timing is still an issue. But what are your favorite listening tools to increase contacts from SW/MW pirates?

Tonight i'm going to broadcast Some olde recordings of the X factory on wild 98.7, these are old recordings of when it was wild 98.7 in Holmes Beach Tampa Bay. The broadcast will start at about 5:30 tonight. As of right now I have 48 recordings downloaded from YouTube, as well as Mixcloud. This weekend you'll hear from all the best DJs from that time, such as DJ Rose, DJ trauma, malicious Mike, DJ quest, three bad brothas, and more including guest DJs. It'll be rocking the best of breaks, trance, and some good old classics from back then. Broadcast location is in Columbus, Ohio on frequency 98.7, so plan to listen the whole weekend if you can receive it, and post a comment on your report. The broadcast will last throughout the weekend leading into even Monday morning, because that's how long I like to keep the party going. If you have a digitized recording from this from at least two decades ago or more, please be sure to DM me with your digitized recording via MediaFire, Google Drive or any cloud storage provider. Then I'll have them broadcasting throughout the weekend.

I wanted to start my own little radio station just for kicks I was hopping to spend under 100 bucks because I’m broke and in highschool. I found a cze 05b on eBay for around 50 bucks. Would this be a good deal , if not what about a retekess 509 . I was hoping to not get into any trouble from Charley as I live on the water in Tampa . Thanks

We have recently started up a new video mix series on Unity Radio FM.
Debuting the show we've got renowned artist and MC Slay, along side Manchester based DJ Yan.
Any love on this mix would be much appreciated, hope you all enjoy!

LINK TO MIX IS BELOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeBqg8MEZx0

I've found an article about it but not the info I wanted to know (also tried to find mention of it online in like forums but no luck). https://www.insideradio.com/free/fcc-issues-pirate-radio-warnings-to-pair-of-west-coast-property-owners/article_7a901714-9fd5-11ee-88fd-a31a0552274b.htm

I'm curious: what were the transmitting? How much power and what range?

They had to tick someone off (someone complained to the FCC) but I'm surprised, I'd expect that area wouldn't be good for broadcasting very far.

Anyways, I'm disappointed I missed it. Maybe I'll check out the 80-110 MHz section more on my SDR now.

yarrrr

https://brainbrothersradio.com/

I'm currently broadcasting on 98.7 playing old recordings of the X factory on the old wild 98.7 from Tampa Bay. You'll be hearing the best DJs from that time. Right now I have about 48 files that I downloaded, most of them were from YouTube, but also Mixcloud. You will be hearing mixes from DJ Rose, DJ quest, DJ trauma, Sharaz, three bad brothas, DJ X, and even malicious Mike. And there's a lot more! I'll be rocking this stuff on the radio all night and throughout the weekend, hell maybe even into Monday, whenever the files stop playing. If you have any more recordings of this stuff that isn't available on the Internet, send a link to your digitized recording via link to a File sharing service so I can download them and I'll use that for next weekend. Enjoy! For anyone wanting to know location, broadcasting in Columbus, Ohio. #MakeRadioGreatAgain

Hey there.

So, I am not super familiar with AM transmissions, but I have a few old radios and it would be cool to set up an AM transmitter that could transmit throughout the house, e.g. from an AUX input. There are no AM broadcasts in my country, so I cannot use them as is.

To be fair, I have looked at pretty cheap ones on e.g. AliExpress, but I see that most of these have a listed range of about 0.5m to 1m. Is this primarily due to the power output, or the need for a very large antenna (I know that e.g. longwave and medium wave have the need for a very long antenna)? Could I be able to transmit further if I connect a longer antenna?

I don't need a super high quality transmitter, but it should be something that produces intelligble sound at least.

And this may sound stupid, but does the transmitting antenna need to be perfectly straight?

Hi there, I was wondering whether anyone could tell me if I could use a seedbox to host a Shoutcast server and provide shoutcast streams?

Hello, I'm new here and frankly I doubt anyone here knows me, but i have been dreaming up a idea that I want to turn into a project but the issue is that I have literally no intelligence on this topic, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me figure out away to have a small scale radio transmission set up inside a van now as I said I'm new to this so I don't know if it is even possible I hope everyone has a wonderful day

(Edit: keep in mind I don't know a lot about this as I have said before, I am also only trying to transmit to at most a 3mile radius as I plan on using this for alternative music for festival goers at music festivals)

(Edit 2: i forgot to add im trying to do fm transmission)

Hi, i'm looking for a cheap transmitter, stereo is optional but it would be nice, and so it will work with rds generated externally (from a usb sound card connected to a rpi running MicroRDS), it should output atleast a watt of power and have good audio quality

Wanting to join the discord server

Hi Gang, I've been looking for a doc that I watched a few years ago. I will do my best to explain it: It was certainly a doc from the early 2000's, it was a couple talking about pirate radio,. It had a left bent political angle. It was couple with the dude doing most of the narration and the lady jumping in from time to time. It seemed like they were running a fake studio for the filming. They were from the US for sure. It was a really fun Doc and I cant find it anymore, any help would be awesome.

so i know "it depends" but like .. if i was a betting kind of fella, seems like weekend evenings when conditions tend to be better and operators tend to have more free time.

generally i leave my yagi antenna pointed at florida from calgary/edm, so that should give me a fair shot at catching something

Hi guys i'm finishing making a vacuum tube shortwave pirate TX and since i never worked with HF (only VHF) i don't know which antenna types i should use. I should be getting 1000km range with the power levels i have right now.

So what would be a good antenna type (small if possible) for my project?

I searched a bit and i see that the inverted V antenna could be a great option, but i just wanted to get some feedback from someone here before doing anything.

Thanks guys