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--- projects:howtos:pirateradio [2014/06/26 23:50] – [PiFM] prometheus
+++ projects:howtos:pirateradio [2014/07/13 17:51] – [PiFM] prometheus
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 ===== Introduction =====
-===== Parts List =====
+Hacking is fun. Hardware and software tinkering in common even more! That's what the **Pirate Radio** is about. Combining a some parts with a few lines of codes and off you go to be your own radio station.
+Basically the Pirate Radio is not too much of magic as it may seem at a first glance. A Raspberry Pi, a few common electronic tinker parts and a software called PiFM, enable you to air whatever content you would like to over radio waves. Low in budget, short time in realization, wast effect(s).
+May be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs|Video Killed The Radio Star]], however the Pirate Radio is a hackers' answer, on how to reanimate the Radio culture!
+<note important>Please note, some frequencies are reserved for specific services **only**. Do not overmodule these services with the help of the Pirate Radio. Consider [4].</note>
+===== Parts / Tools List =====
+__Parts__
 ^ Item ^ Quantity ^
-| Raspberry Pi | 1 |
+| Raspberry Pi (Model A **or** B) | 1 |
+| Micro USB cable or adapter (5V 1200 mA) | 1 |
+| (Micro) SD Card (8GB recommended) | 1 |
+| Female Jumper Wire Connector (2.54mm) | 1 |
+| Heat Shrink Wire Cable | 1 |
-===== Make the antenna =====
+__Tools__
+^ Item ^ Quantity ^
+| Soldering Iron Station | 1 |
+| AWG 12 Cooper Wire | 1 |
 ===== Flash the SD card =====
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 ===== PiFM =====
-Log on to your system and download the relating software you need to transmit your messages!
+Log on to your system and download the [[https://download.c3l.lu/dlbase/scripts/Pifm.tar.gz|PiFM]] software you need to transmit your sound!
 <sxh bash>
+[user@hostname ~]$ mkdir pifm; cd pifm
 [user@hostname ~]$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.c3l.lu/dlbase/scripts/Pifm.tar.gz
 </sxh>
+Extract the content from its archive and enter the directory.
+<sxh bash>
+[user@hostname ~]$ tar xfv Pifm.tar.gz
+</sxh>
+Let's kick-off some waves!
+<sxh bash; title:Playing a wav file>
+[user@hostname ~]$ sudo ./pifm sound.wav 103.3 22050 stereo
+</sxh>
+<sxh bash; title:Playing a mp3 file>
+[user@hostname ~]$ ffmpeg -i sound.mp3 -f s16le -ar 22.05k -ac 1 - | sudo ./pifm -
+</sxh>
+===== Increase the range =====
+{{ :projects:howtos:pirateradio:rpi_all_gpios.png?nolink&250|}}
+{{:projects:howtos:pirateradio:rpi_p1_header.png?nolink&400 |}}
 ===== Tuning in! =====
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 [2] http://myhowtosandprojects.blogspot.com/2014/04/raspberry-pi-make-your-own-pirate-radio.html
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+[3]
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+[4] [[http://www.ilr.public.lu/services_frequences/planfrequences/NTFA_13May2014.pdf|Frequency distribution and attribution plan of Luxembourg]] provided by [[http://www.ilr.public.lu/services_frequences/planfrequences/index.html|Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation]] (ILR)