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October 14, 2004
Radio Re-volt
via Wired
The Walker Art Center is sponsoring Radio Re-Volt workshops all over Minneapolis through the month of October. At the workshops, people are given free radio-transmitter kits and are taught how to build their own mobile radio station and how to broadcast with it. The kits, which cost about $20, include a transmitter and circuit board about the size of a credit card, a built-in microphone and a jack to plug in a CD or MP3 player.Music from the device can be transmitted over the radio, or a broadcaster can talk, whistle, hum, sing or whatever into the microphone. The transmitters are powered by four AA batteries, and the entire setup can fit into a pocket or the palm of someone’s hand. There’s one catch: Broadcasts from the tiny transmitters can only be heard for about a city block—about 200 feet. … About 500 people in Minneapolis now have their own radio station.
This thread at the Walker’s project site talks more about the varaious FM tuner kit options.
Posted by Andrew at October 14, 2004 11:32 AM