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Has anyone ever thought about using a Wi-Fi access point to broadcast to other computers directly so that you could have your own “Wi-Fi” radio station, like we do on the AM and FM bands?

Has anyone ever thought about using a Wi-Fi access point to broadcast to other computers directly so that you could have your own “Wi-Fi” radio station, like we do on the AM and FM bands?

I’ve heard that some hobbyists have “hacked” router software to modify the transmission characteristics. Has anyone thought about how to do this for a relatively narrowband application like audio broadcasting? We don’t need to take up a 20 MHz wide chunk of spectrum like 802.11 to transmit an audio program.

I’m curious to know whether anyone has considered this, and what kind of range you could get. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a way to kick a router into a “radio receiver” mode that would allow you to tune in local broadcasts in your area?