Just so everyone understands ...
Just so everyone understands ...
Myself and Friday Harbor Tiny Radio are NOT in Puerto Rico. In fact, Friday Harbor is about as far as you can get from San Juan, Puerto Rico and still be in the contiguous U.S.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Friday%20Harbor&state=WA
Heh-heh! Occasionally the cab company I drive for gets a call from San Juan, PR. I tell them we could do it, but they'd have to pay round trip each way from Friday Harbor, plus fare from their location to destination in San Juan, PR, and will take 4 days to get to them 🙂
My ignorance in putting the San Juan Islands in Puerto Rico, which I may have done on two Low Power Hour visits to Friday Harbor for the "Walkie Talkie Show", is probably the "small world effect", thinking that "San Juan" was one place and one place only. It's a small world.
Saint John, known in Spanish as San Juan, may not even be a saint. He may not be Spanish. He probably didn't write a book of the Bible.
I just want to flaunt my ignorance by saying more things I know nothing about.
Like a certain nominee whose cars take elevators while his workers get the shaft, I am proud of a long tradition of avoiding that freshman college knowledge, whatever it would have been, and being proud that I made it all the way to host of "The Low Power Hour".
Ken, I hope you get one of those long round trip fares. It would show me right.
'S OK ... probably safer here than PR, tho' 😉
Keep up the good work no matter what, your LPH shows have never failed to make me laugh and feel good!!
Thank you Ken!
Yesterday I had the most fun on your website for Friday Harbor Tiny Radio.
I clicked on the feature for watching Ferry Vessel arrivals and departures there in the islands.
It was like watching a good model train set, except the ferry vessels are real!
Gives me an idea. How about a controllable webby cam watching tumble weeds roll by and take bids on which one gets stuck in the fence first! 😉
Have a station contest and give away tumble weed Christmas trees. :p
RFB
A web cam could be a media asset for a part 15 radio station.
The big trick is finding something to show on camera.
Model railroaders have it easy, they have moving trains.
Being seen doing a live talk or DJ show is one solution that gets done by some web casters, but what about automated hours?
A turntable spinning?
A camera aimed at the backyard stick?
It's yet another thing to consider.
I was looking into that awhile back. I believe it's certainly doable, but the caveat is it would have to be viewed on an old-style TV ... so if you're thinking about it, hang onto that ol' analog TV.
Of course, there are other ways ... you can hook up a camera to one of those 2.4 gHz devices, but your audience would have to get a receiver/converter, or you could be happy with just Ustream worldwide, except you'd be in there with thousands of competitors for audience.
Next year, I hope to be streaming HS Sports on Ustream video, but the camera I want is financially out of range for now. The audio will still be available simultaneously on my AM 1650 station. I'm going to work towards possibly moving the audio from SHOUTcast, as I can't afford the no-ad Ustream at the same time, and I'm reluctant to give up SHOUTcast as it is well-established on Internet radio lists.
I think it's possible to run a video/camera stream right on your own website without a need for uStream or an external service.
My computer consultant had a surveillance cam on line for awhile, but changed it so it is seen only on his own monitor but not on the web.
"I think it's possible to run a video/camera stream right on your own website without a need for uStream or an external service."
Uses standard Shoutcast DNAS server.
RFB