Mark

Was looking over some old posts and to add some new found info….1f you want to broadcast and have a transmitter not BETS-1 certified you not only have to apply for a broadcast certificate but NEED A LICENSE FROM THE CRTC! Good luck getting that.
The only way you avoid needing a CRTC license is if the transmitter like the MS-100 is already BETS-1…[Read more]

A VERY good idea!
I as a moderator will ask Admin about this to have a separate category for everyone to list their part 15 stations….format, location, transmitter and other gear, frequency, and where in particular in can be received in a certain town or city. Not just for N. America but any country where you may be. Anyone can go to see the…[Read more]

You are right….nothing like over the air radio! I am “old school” so to speak.

Another forum member who does Album Rock would have liked me to do what you are offering….just take the stream from my computer and transmit it locally. Promoting album Rock in my area.

It’s a good idea as someone wouldn’t need to compile their own playlist or…[Read more]

I think your electronics knowledge is better than mine so I can’t really help you with the audio quality being not so good, or what to do to get to the 100mW into the final amp, but as for trying to get to the volume of the other stations you need two things. The transmitter has to be able to get to 100% modulation and you need some kind of…[Read more]

Welcome! I’m sure any of us here can help you with the hobby.
Similar to you when the oldies stations got “younger” and went talk and weren’t real oldies any more, because advertisers want the 18 to 54 year old age group, I got into this hobby to keep my era on the radio.

Good luck in getting set up.

So you are saying that discussion should be more than just part 15 radio and related subjects even though it’s a hobby radio forum as per the example of Hobbybroadcaster?

It was done on the ALPB and it got a lot of posting but didn’t work out in the end. I liked it when it was like that with the political posts and such and we could talk about…[Read more]

Hello Artisan! Nice to see you on here again. Yes you are right about technical aspects is a turn off just being rehashed again and again. Me personally I can’t think of new topics to post as everything has been talked about, or so I think.
As for things have to change, can you give some examples?
As for moderation the same. What has to change?
I…[Read more]

I agree with you Tim, you wonder with all the members how come it’s dead.
It could be everyone is just like yourself running the stations and nothing new to talk about without rehashing a subject talked about in the past.
The same thing with Microbroadcasters(ALPB) and the Facebook ones although they get some action here and there.

I wouldn’t…[Read more]

keep experimenting!
Yeah the shield isn’t needed. That is the 5th wire. That is used if you have an outdoor install to stop lightning from coming into the house and is just connected at one side.
But it doesn’t stop lightning from going through the transmitter to ground via the antenna.

The automation I use is free version Play It Live. The Sean Cuthbert transmitter is not legal technically at all because it’s a marketed home built kit…..A- not approved and B- an unregistered business. If I was an engineer and designed what Sean Cuthbert does at home and started selling them on Ebay I would be in handcuffs if caught, well that…[Read more]

I have understood that transmitters like that Hurricane from the UK, The Asmax from Greece, the Sean Cuthbert, are OK to use even if they are not certified in the USA as they meet the rules although the certification varifies it meets the rules. A kit can be used also if it wasn’t marketed but the operator is responsible for it being legal.

In…[Read more]

Well, sounds like 1560 will be good for us especially here in Ontario as it won’t be heard in the day and won’t be booming in at night like it was before even if they come back from what you said. I am on 1630 but keep track of the other spots to go. Don’t want to go higher than 1630 as most analog radios before 1990 will still make it there but…[Read more]

I’m not familiar with what each IC function is, sorry. Probably controllers for certain functions like the display, PLL tuning, antenna tuner, etc as the majority is discrete components and the audio amp is most likely transistors.

That’s what I meant with the computer EQ. In the two computers I use for the broadcast one and other for all other…[Read more]

What’s happening is it’s boosting the bass to much and also affecting the mid to make it “muddy” as you are hearing. You can do two things, with your processing if you have EQ control lessen the bass a bit or with the windows EQ drop out 250Hz a bit by 5 or 6 dB.
Or try a 50nF cap instead of 100nF. As for boosting the bass with an equalizer or…[Read more]

Regarding above post. I had to delete a suggestion of ignoring the FCC with suggesting that they don’t have the resources to care about you and not worry about ground leads and it’s OK.
This being a legal part 15 forum we have to keep the discussion legal. I don’t make the rules but as moderator I wouldn’t be doing my job letting that go. And I…[Read more]