[sudoroom] Sudo Radio Status

[Andrew]

Hey Mischa,

I would be interested in helping out with this. Definitely getting a show
together. I 'd also help with other aspects like building the antenna. I'm
pretty much a complete FM radio newb though.

--Andrew


On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Mischa Spiegelmock
<thadwooster at gmail.com>wrote:

> Good news is, SUDO RADIO is now a thing. We have an icecast2 radio stream
> on a machine with 100Mbit unmetered bandwidth as well as part of the
> required setup for FM transmission as well. Check it out:
> http://sudoradio.com/
>
> There is a FM 0.5watt PLL transmitter and signal filter on long-term loan
> to the space, along with some very rudimentary audio equipment. It's
> currently set to 95.1 FM, although we can change that if we can find a more
> suitable unused frequency. It does in fact transmit radio waves, but they
> only go about 15ft at the moment. In order to get it fully operational we
> will need to acquire a signal amplifier (I believe a 15watt amp kit from
> Free Radio Berkeley should run about $60, which I can probably cover), and
> an antenna.
> The antenna can be constructed for very cheap, if anyone wants to take the
> lead on that we could be in business very soon. The directions are here:
> http://www.angelfire.com/planet/als_space/ham/PVC_Jpole.pdf
> A friend of mine has a very nice signal analyzer we can use to tune the
> antenna while constructing it, which should be of enormous help.
> It's been said we may be able to put the antenna on the roof of our
> building, if not sticking it out the window may work. FM is line-of-sight,
> so the higher up it is the better.
>
> The icecast2 stream is operational, and I can give anyone access to anyone
> who wants to try it out. If you wish to do a show or just want to fuck
> around, please see http://sudoradio.com/dj_info
> I have an IRC bot that I wrote that announces shows and current tracks, I
> can stick it in the channel if people don't think it'll be too annoying
>
> I am imagining a setup in which there is a dedicated linux machine at the
> space which has an audio input jack and a switch to stream to the icecast
> server, and the FM transmitter will just play whatever is going to the
> stream, but there may be other options. We have a small soundproofed studio
> in the back of the random shit closet which we can stick some microphones
> and stuff in. I think at minimum we need a dedicated linux machine to
> handle the streaming stuff, and a mixer. Nice microphones and headphones
> and preamps and a real computer for doing shows would be great, but not
> cheap.
>
> My dream would be to have a script triggered by mount point changes (which
> is a feature of icecast2) that automatically records every show and
> syndicates an RSS feed of shows (aka a podcast) so that people can
> subscribe to the radio feed and automatically download any shows they may
> have missed.
>
> If you want to be involved, you can respond to this email or get on the
> IRC channel. We need equipment, people to do shows, people to write
> scripts, people to make hardware appear and a crew to make the antenna
> happen and put together an amp.
>
>
>
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