Here's a "stupid Internet trick" that is easy to do and offers a bit of fun away from the studio.
Using a free or cheap Internet telephony service like Skype or Gizmo Project, you can set up a computer to answer the phone automatically when your number is dialed. Hook up your studio audio to the input of the computer running the Internet telephony program, configure it to auto-answer, and then you or your listeners can dial in and listen to your station when away from your listening area, or away from the Internet (if you are streaming).
Here's a "stupid Internet trick" that is easy to do and offers a bit of fun away from the studio.
Using a free or cheap Internet telephony service like Skype or Gizmo Project, you can set up a computer to answer the phone automatically when your number is dialed. Hook up your studio audio to the input of the computer running the Internet telephony program, configure it to auto-answer, and then you or your listeners can dial in and listen to your station when away from your listening area, or away from the Internet (if you are streaming).
You can only have one caller at a time, unless you connect up to some kind of conference system and publish the conference access information.
I find this useful if I want to listen to my station on my cell phone while out shopping or waiting in the car.
You could also set this up as a way to take phone calls without having to buy a second line from the phone company. You could also use your phone as a remote microphone into your studio.
If you want to try it out with my station, call 1-402-603-4488 and listen to my studio audio.
Regards,
Scott
Robin Valley Community Radio
AM 1690
Omaha, Nebraska
http://robinvalley.org/