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]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Can this iTrip connect to any 3.5mm jack
>or is it iPod specific?

Probably iPod specific if you change frequencies using the iPod.

Yes, you could silence the ghetto-angst with birds chirping or something, but why not take advantage of the subwoofers already in place and play something... I don't know, techno-ish? :-)]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
For the technically inclined, the problems associated with this approach are numerous. For those of you who don't immediately see them -

A: Power source. (The gearhead used one-shot capacitors)
B: Tuning the EMP (You don't want to blow out everything in range, now do you?)
C: Fragile Modern Electronics (Consumer Electronics in the 1970's were quite robust. Not necessarily so today.)
D: Safety (It's an EMP. Enough Said.)

The lesson here is this - If the annoyance is loud enough to be an annoyance, it's loud enough to be generating plenty of RF - RF that can be isolated and identified by the correct electronics. RF that can be re-modulated real time - by the correct *coughBoseQuietHeadSetcough* equipment...

Of course, this is all hypothetical. I wouldn't suggest anyone actually employ anything discussed here.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
plugs into your car's electric circuit to power the amplifier. boxed, portable 4*AA battery version anyone?

cheers]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
Anyways, after reading this the question about if the normal iTrip's signal could be amplified as in the iTrip mini comes to my mind (same as a few that I've read on the comments). It would be so great if there is a way to do the things that were mentioned on this article using a 3G iPod (15/20/40) and a normal iTrip.

Awesome article.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
oh, and I don't think people need very nice system to play loudly enough to be irritating]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
Why spend $500 when you can spend only $19.95, and if you act now you can get TWO for the same price!]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
Why spend $500 when you can spend only $19.95, and if you act now you can get TWO for the same price!]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
And silencing the boom-cars: don't most guys play a CD, instead of listening to the radio?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
Also at RadioShack: a build-your-own FM bug kit! It has a range of 3-4 feet when assembled and connected to a single N-size battery. Try wiring that microphone to a headphone plug instead, add some amplification to the output, attach an antenna and you should have something at least as good. Except it's in mono, but who needs chirpy bird sounds in stereo?
(If you just leave it with a microphone, you can talk over it in real-time, sending those SOBs in SUVs individualized messages. Or hold the thing so the microphone picks up the blasting sound and re-broadcasts it on the same frequency, and they'll start hearing feedback.)

I also have an old electronic learning kit that includes instructions for an AM broadcaster, though that wouldn't be much use nowadays.

Here's an idea for use in cars: Open the thing up and see if you can build something to amplify the signal entering the antenna and then attach it to a big external antenna.


Another use: RF wireless game controllers and non-infrared remotes use FM, though it isn't in the regular range. You'll have to modify an FM broadcaster to mess with those. I've seen radio controlled cars using 27 and 44 MHz, so I'd check around that range. (Many broadcasting devices use a knob instead of software tuning. Depending on how it's made, the mod might be as simple as replacing a potentiometer or a base-frequency clock crystal, or might involve a software hack.)]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
http://www.ipodessentials.co.uk/products/accessories/index.html

full VAT invoice and been around for years

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It would be interesting to see how much of a signal can go from some given area.

For example on tech tv they were designing away to use a old direct tv dish or a coffee can as wireless internet. Maybe if a signal is strong enough it could do some things.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
1.Take the iTrip and rip off that ugly white plasitc.

2. With your intelligence, attatch a modern antenna onto your iPod, either by making a new exoskeleton (which would be tedious) or just bolt or tape it on.

3. Make sure your connection from the antenna to the iTrip is insulated and secure.

4. I guess that is it.

Summary: All you are doing is attatching your own antenna onto the iTrip. RTFMs on it, and you'll figure it out. -PRIMATE]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
Take the tip on building an antenna from PRIMATE
Go to the local drive-in movies
Recieve frequency at the ticket stand
Now you can go one of two ways with this.

During an action movie play some golden girls audio, or, during a family film - porn audio.

Enjoy]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
We have a 1 to 1.5 watt broadband FM amplifer kit which will increase the 10-50 milliwatt or so output to a level sufficient for several miles of coverage. A 7 element low pass filter must be used between the amplifier and antenna to reduce the harmonics.

You will need to remove the internal antenna and attach a short length of RG174 coax to the pad where the antenna was soldered. Center conductor to the pad, shield to ground side of the circuit board. You can connect a BNC connector to the other end of the coax and use a BNC panel jack for the input to the amplifier and filter which should be housed in separate metal enclosure. The output from the filter is connected to a standard UHF SO239 bulkhead connector (same type as on the back of CB and amateur radio gear).

As far antennas go, your best bet is either a dipole for fixed locations or a 1/4 wave whip attached to a magnetic mount base which is placed in the center of your vehicle's roof.

Such endeavors are not encouraged by the FCC which takes exception to such expressions of free speech rights. After all, the airwaves are supposed to be a common property not a profit center for corporate pirates.

Dowload our Microower Broadcasting Primer from our web site - http://www.freeradio.org. Contact us for further information - xmtrman@pacbell.net]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
check out the site:
http://www.binaryelysium.com/itrip_amp/

It is an abstract, with detailed images.
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Subject: I-Trip Mini Amp

Thanks in advance]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
http://www.ccrane.com/fm-transmitter.aspx

This comes with a car power adapter and broadcasts arount 50 feet.

Have PHUN....]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
p.s. When I think "pirate radio" I think of London circa 92-94 and stations like Kool FM and Dream FM. Big up ya chest! Booyakah! ;)]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
it doesn't work like that. you will be on the wrong frequency to take out any link between the studio and transmitter (which could be on another fm band, or even on a UHF or microwave band depending on country etc..), and your iTrip will never be strong enough to jam the stations fm signal.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=160718]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/-=] Zer0 [=-]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/
i now get clear reception in my car and can even walk with the ipod away from the car and still get reception. Touching the antenna creates some distortion, i would really like to make a telescopic antenna on top of the itrip, anyone get that far yet?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM