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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic New Artisan Radio Live! in the forum General Discussion 5 days, 9 hours ago

    I should probably have described our hosted shows in the above post.

    Wilson Beach Radio – All things Beach Boys, Brian Wilson & friends

    Teenage Dreams – Teen doowop music from the late 50s & early 60s

    Beautiful Music – Easy listening tunes from the 60s & 70s

    Surfin’ The New Wave – Post punk & new wave music from the late 70s & 80s

    Rock Around…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio started the topic New Artisan Radio Live! in the forum General Discussion 5 days, 10 hours ago

    We ran with our new schedule in test mode for 2 weeks with few glitches, so now we are cutting over to be official first thing Monday morning.

    I wanted to let everyone know that there are still people that are innovating and running true Part 15-type stations (or, at least, the Canadian variety).

    We are currently running 5 ‘live’ shows…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio started the topic Artisan Radio in the forum General Discussion 2 weeks, 6 days ago

    Artisan Radio is now licensed with SOCAN, the Society of Composers , Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, as a non commercial radio station.  SOCAN is the regulatory body that licenses the use of underlying music and lyrics of copyrighted songs; they also interface with other regulatory organizations around the world re copyright fees.

    We are…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Public Domain Programming Sources in the forum Content / Media 10 months ago

    Continued – Part 3

    When you think about it, literature of all types, fiction and non fiction, makes perfect sense as broadcast programming.  Certainly, the folks in the Golden Age of Radio recognized that, creating shorter versions of numerous stories, from Lux Radio Theater to Sam Spade.

    There is one inherent problem.  Many books are quite l…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Public Domain Programming Sources in the forum Content / Media 10 months ago

    … Continued

    OTR (Old Time Radio) is another source of public domain programming.

    Now, opinions on the public domain-ness (sic) of OTR are like a**h***s.  Everyone has one.

    The facts are that the courts, as usual, are the last resort when it comes to deciding this, and not very many cases have made it that far.  When they have, the courts g…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio started the topic Public Domain Programming Sources in the forum Content / Media 10 months ago

    Artisan Radio plays only public domain (in Canada and the U.S.) recordings.

    While it might seem that that might be extremely limiting, it really isn’t.  There are many sources available and I thought I’d share some with the Forum over the next little while.

    The public domain changed rather drastically in the U.S. as of January 1, 2022.  On t…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic WHAT IS PLAYING ON YOUR STATION RIGHT NOW? in the forum Content / Media 11 months ago

    <p style=”text-align: left;”>8:25 PDT April 28, Suspense starring Bela Lugosi</p>

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic WHAT IS PLAYING ON YOUR STATION RIGHT NOW? in the forum Content / Media 11 months ago

    An ad for Tums in the Bulldog Drummond OTR show @ 1:53 PDT Tuesday April 26

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Infospot (Talking House) Transmitter Version TH-5 in the forum Transmitter Talk 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    It may be that the transmitter is defective.  But that’s the easy answer.

    I’ve been doing this since 2006, and have found that there’s very little forgiveness in using 100mw and a short, untuned antenna.  There are several factors that dwarf the miniscule differences between transmitters.

    To give a couple of concrete examples.  Ground co…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear (Sort Of) in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    You’re missing the point.

    I’ll say it again.  AM is not inherently better than FM or vice versa.  It all depends on what you’re trying to do with your Part 15 station.  Who your listeners are (if any other than yourself).  And where you’re located.

    Sometimes AM is the right way to go.  Sometimes FM.  You have to do the research, and then, even…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear (Sort Of) in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    I really have to disagree that Part 15 AM is better than FM, or even vice versa.  There is no one absolute right way or better way.  Like most things in life, it all depends on what you’re trying to do, and where you’re trying to do it.

    Those kinds of statements are similar to ones I’ve run into in the computer industry.  ‘Experts’ saying that UN…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic MY COVERAGE IN THE DAYTIME ON A SONY ICF-38 WITH A PROCASTER ON 1630 in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 1 month ago

    I assume that’s outside. What does a car radio give you?

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic MY COVERAGE IN THE DAYTIME ON A SONY ICF-38 WITH A PROCASTER ON 1630 in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 1 month ago

    I assume that’s outside. What does a car radio give you?

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Whole House Transmitter V3 Mini Review in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    Ebay

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Whole House Transmitter V3 Mini Review in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    I forgot to mention.  One of the tests I still need to do is to measure performance on different parts of the FM band.  The antenna for the WHT V3 is just a short piece of wire encased in rubber, so it may perform better on the upper part of the FM band (where the antenna is shorter).  Logical, right?

    That being said, I found that my CM-10 (m…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio started the topic Whole House Transmitter V3 Mini Review in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    I just purchased one of these on the evil auction site.  Got a really great deal, which is why I did.  After using it for a couple of days, I thought I’d put up this mini review.

    First, I’m not going to talk about the legality of this transmitter.  It has a Part 15 & Industry Canada certification sticker, and that’s good enough for me (and it sh…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear (Sort Of) in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    It took me a few minutes, but I believe I understand this graph.

    It is giving field strength readings at various antenna heights at a distance of 3 meters (the blue line) and 30 meters (the red line).

    First, a couple of comments.

    This is theoretical, and the values will change based on ground conductivity (if there is one) and potentially other…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear (Sort Of) in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    What you’re saying doesn’t make much sense.

    If that were true, then the sky would be uniformly bright with the light from stars.  After all, light is a wave (as well as a particle).

    A Radio wave expands (much like a wave in water), and there is a fixed amount of energy in it.  The field strength would therefore decrease as the distance from t…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio started the topic Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear (Sort Of) in the forum Transmitter Talk 1 year, 1 month ago

    I saw a reference to Part 15 FM signal loss elsewhere today.

    Unfortunately, this topic is subject to much misinformation, used by those who are biased against this form of Part 15 use.

    Field strength is linearly proportional to the distance between the transmitting antenna and receiving antenna.  250uv/m at 3m (the Part 15 limit) becomes 25uv/m…[Read more]

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    ArtisanRadio replied to the topic Part 15 going to micro-waves? in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 1 month ago

    I don’t think we all need to start wearing tin foil hats to protect ourselves from errant radio waves.

    There are many and varied reasons to utilize wifi and/or bluetooth within the world of Part 15 broadcasting.

    The only viable way of distributing an identical broadcast to another transmitter physically located some distance away is to use…[Read more]

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