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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The late 90's saw a flurry of pirate radio activity
in Seattle and elsewhere in the country, with several local groups
broadcasting. Two of them were Free Seattle Radio at 87.9, and
Central Seattle Grassroots Radio at 99.5, but there were a number of others
also. I helped with a bunch of the engineering on these, and one of the
main issues is what frequency to use (87.9 being the best overall, but a
few others too depending on your location). The other issue is that of
frequency stability. You want to use a PLL type of transmitter as it
will not drift at all (as opposed to a VCO which moves around, often onto
another station), and you want a low-pass filter between the transmitter and the
antenna (many xmtrs have this built-in). There are a number of transmitter
brands & models, but the best in my opinion is the PLL Pro-3 from
nrgkits.co.uk (<A
href="http://www.nrgkits.co.uk/cart_new/contents/en-uk/p3.html">http://www.nrgkits.co.uk/cart_new/contents/en-uk/p3.html</A>),
and comes in kit or preassembled form. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eventually the FCC came knocking, but it was nice
for a few years at least to have some alternative news & political
commentary on the radio, and maybe it'll pick up again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=syzygystudios@yahoo.com href="mailto:syzygystudios@yahoo.com">syzygy
studios</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=dorkbotsea-blabber@music.columbia.edu
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 29, 2007 1:56 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For
Sale - Books, Software, project material</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hey Ryan,<BR> I'm interested in the
pirate radio kit if it's still available. Please give me a call at
(206)335-9660.<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Adam<BR><BR><B><I>Ryan Schoelerman <<A
href="mailto:labworks@remix-lab.com">labworks@remix-lab.com</A>></I></B>
wrote:
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<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>If anyone is interested I have some dork appropriate material that I
want to get rid of for cheap.</DIV>
<DIV>I am located in Wallingford</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV><B>Software: $75</B></DIV>
<DIV>Pic Basic Pro compiler version 2.45 w/ manual -- software on 3"
disk</DIV>
<DIV>a new version 2.47 costs $250 -- you can have this version for
$75</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV><B>Books: $5 each</B></DIV>
<DIV>Programming PIC Microcontroller with PicBasic (CD included), Chuck
Hellebuyuck, ISBN 1-58995-001-1</DIV>
<DIV>PIC Robotics, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-137324-1</DIV>
<DIV>PIC Microcontroller Project Book, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-135479-4</DIV>
<DIV>Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks, Scott Fullam, ISBN
0-596-00314-5</DIV>
<DIV>Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty,
ISBN1-932266-83-6</DIV>
<DIV>101 Solderless Breadboarding Projects, Delta Horn, ISBN 0-8306-0385-9
(older book, mainly 555 timers, 741 op amps and logic)</DIV>
<DIV>The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, Gordon McComb, ISBN
0-8306-9390-4</DIV>
<DIV>Optoelectronics, Volume 1, Vaughn Martin, ISBN 0-7906-1091-4</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV><B>Material: visit link to see pictures - <SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><A
href="http://remix-lab.com/surplus.html">http://remix-lab.com/surplus.html</A></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV><B><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></B></DIV>
<DIV>$10 - A Crate of Speakers (literally!), See the attached image, I
have a recycling size crate full of radioshack midrange speakers ( 4"
& 8") also some filter choke coils in there -- approx 20+ speakers</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>$10 - 100feet of audio cable</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>$5 - Paia analog synth rack -- the text below the picture has a link to
the company website -- this is the 19" rack frame to build an analog synth
with their kits</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>$10 - Original Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit (have all the
paperwork too) - Back in the day (early to mid-90s) there was an attempt to
alter the mindset of the FCC. Free Radio Berkeley put out these analog
FM pirate radio station kits to try and start a movement. I was
foolish enough to drop the $ on it. You can have it for $10!
Make your Burning man radio station</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Ryan</DIV>........................................................................<BR>.........dorkbot:
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