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Connolly
1st November 2007, 03:20
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Guides for starting a Radio Station

How to be an FM Pirate:
http://c6.org/archive/radio/pirate-fm.html & http://www.irational.org/sic/radio/pirate-fm.html

Pirate Radio Survival Guide:
http://www.frn.net/special/prsg/

SO YOU WANT TO SET UP A FREE RADIO STATION?:
http://www.dojo.ie/active/bomb2.htm

Micro Broadcasting - A Technical Primer (PDF):
http://www.freeradio.org/images/primer.pdf

Intro to Advanced Anti-organizational Science in Theory and Practice:
http://www.roguecom.com/rogueradio/hoistin...jollyroger.html (http://www.roguecom.com/rogueradio/hoistingthejollyroger.html)

DIY Mass Media:
http://www.mycal.net/old/projects/mpr/diy.htm

How to make a pirate radio station:
http://www.textfiles.com/hamradio/pir.txt

GUIDE TO HASSLE-FREE OPERATION OF A PIRATE RADIO STATION:
http://www.textfiles.com/hamradio/caught.txt

Beginner's Guide to Low Power Broadcasting:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041011100455/...ower/guide.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20041011100455/http://free.freespeech.org/lowpower/guide.html)

First steps in Radio:
http://www.diymedia.net/stuff/firststeps.pdf

A Beginner's Guide to Low-Power FM Broadcasting:
http://home.att.net/%7Eoptcamel/fmradio.htm

A Guide to Setting Up Your Own FM Station:
http://members.tripod.com/%7EAMN92/how_to.htm

Low Power AM Broadcasting Manual:
http://www.diymedia.net/stuff/lpamhandbook.pdf

So what do you need to get on the air?:
http://www.pirateradioinfo.com/info.html

How to Do Community Radio(PDF):
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/file_downlo...7cCom_radio.pdf (http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/file_download.php/9f3aef45c6447010890b417095e3a27cCom_radio.pdf)

A Guide to Setting Up Your Own FM Station:
http://members.tripod.com/~AMN92/how_to.htm

How To Start an FM Community Radio Station:
http://www.community-media.com/startfm.html




Free Radio Automation Software

Zara Radio Automation Software:
http://www.zararadio.com/




Guides on Radio Electronics and the 'Science' behind:

VHF Community Radio Electronics - An Introduction:
http://www.irational.org/sic/radio/tech.html

ANTENNA THEORY AND BASICS:
http://www.ac6v.com/antprojects.htm#theory

Simpleton's Guide to: Transmitter Range:
http://www.artscipub.com/simpleton/simp.range.html

The Official Pirate Radio Kit Site:
http://members.tripod.com/~transmitters/

Theory Discussion Index:
http://members.tripod.com/~AMN92/Theory_Idx.htm




Guides on DIY construction of Electronics and Parts

Introduction to Soldering:
http://www.irational.org/sic/radio/solder.html

The Basic Soldering guide:
http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/solderfaq.htm

A Design for a 40W broadband VHF RF Power Amplifier for FM broadcast:
http://www.irational.org/sic/radio/40w-no-tune-amp.html

How to make a Weatherproof Vertically Polarised Omnidirectional Aerial:
http://www.irational.org/sic/radio/omni-aerial.html

Advice on Building from Plans from the Web:
http://www.irational.org/sic/radio/build-advice.html

AC6V's HOMEBREW ANTENNAS:
http://www.ac6v.com/antprojects.htm

Technical Library:
http://www.freeradio.org/documents/index.html?viewas=list&

HOMEBREW STEALTH ANTENNAS:
http://www.ac6v.com/antprojects.htm#STANT

Low Power FM Transmitter Circuits:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3736/

Folded Dipoles for VHF/UHF Yagis:
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=4323

J-Pole Antenna Plans:
http://www.mycal.net/old/projects/mpr/jpole.htm

Rollin' Your Own Parts:
http://www.piratenationradio.org/build.html

Lots of Home Build info:
http://www.piratenationradio.org/

Electronic Construction from A to Z:
http://www.morsex.com/building/atoz.htm

GBPPR Projects:
http://www.reject.org/tsd/liz/gbppr/

Broadcast-Quality FM Transmitter Designs Index:
http://members.tripod.com/~AMN92/Radio.htm




Discussion Forums who can help

Grape Vines:
http://www.frn.net/vines/

Radiowaves Forum (Ireland):
http://www.radiowavesforum.com/rw/




Freeware Sound Software Utilities which may be useful:

Super Converter:
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Cross-Platform Sound Editor:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Cool Edit 2000:
http://www.mp3-converter.com/cool_edit_2000.htm

AudioBlast:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/audioblast.html

MP3Trim:
http://www.download.com/MP3Trim/3000-2169_4-10026746.html

MP3 Direct Cut:
http://www.toggle.com/lv/group/view/kl3664..._Direct_Cut.htm (http://www.toggle.com/lv/group/view/kl36648/MP3_Direct_Cut.htm)

Shuang Audio Editor:
http://www.download3000.com/download-Shuan...-reg-21101.html (http://www.download3000.com/download-Shuangs_Audio_Editor-count-reg-21101.html)

Kristal Audio Engine:
http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

Mixere Audio Mixer:
http://mixere.sourceforge.net/




Legal and Strategy Guides

Confronting the FCC and Defending your Microstation from Being Shut Down:
http://www.freeradio.org/legal/fccdefense.pdf

A Field Guide to FCC Thugs:
http://www.infoshop.org/fccthugs.html

What to Do when the FCC knock on your Door:
http://www.roguecom.com/rogueradio/fccknocks.html

Risks and Strategies You Should Know Before You Broadcast:
http://www.roguecom.com/rogueradio/risks-strategies.html

FCC and the LAW:
http://www.mycal.net/old/projects/mpr/fcclaw.htm




Suppliers of Transmitters and other Equipment

Veronica (UK):
http://www.veronica.co.uk/

Broadcast warehouse:
http://www.broadcastwarehouse.com/index.php

NRG Kits (UK):
http://www.nrgkits.co.uk/

Portable broadcasting units:
http://www.wantokent.com/index.htm



Other Reading and Media

Clandestine Radio and the Rise of Fidel Castro:
Part 1: http://donmoore.tripod.com/central/cuba/rebel1.html
Part 2: http://donmoore.tripod.com/central/cuba/rebel2.html

IRISH RADIO HISTORY:
http://www.dojo.ie/active/bomb.htm

Video: TOWER BLOCK DREAMS Part1 -Part7:
Part 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=X7FldOQ2DwQ

Herding Cats: Anarchism, Organization, and Free Radio:
http://www.roguecom.com/rogueradio/herdingcats.html

Indymedia Ireland Discussion about radio:
http://indymedia.ie/article/71892

Duncans Anorak Corner - Pirate Radio Website:
http://www.anorakcorner.com/profiles.htm

The Irish Era - Frequency Lists of the Past:
http://193.63.162.100/lists.htm

An Unreadable amount of information and texts on radio:
http://www.textfiles.com/hamradio/

The Political Economy Of Radio:
http://www.infoshop.org/texts/seizing/mches.html

Free to Use Radio shows (updated daily):
http://www.radio4all.net/

Wiki:
Pirate Radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_radio
Transmitter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_transmitter
Dipole antenna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna
FM Broadcasting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcasting

DIY Media:
http://www.diymedia.net/