Could This Be A Pirate Radio Station In The Midway Area???

[BobMSmith1959]

For those who may live in the area of 63RD Street and Austin Ave, and you might think that you've tuned onto a Pirate Radio Station, just letting everyone know on this board that I have a micro power Part-15 radio transmitter.

My radio station which is a Part-15 micro powered radio transmitter, I will be conducting several transmitting tests for transmitting range and signal coverage, for throughout the mediate area of this neighborhood in the vicinity of 63RD Street and Austin Ave.

Broadcast tests will be heard during the evening hours during the weekdays and during daylight hours on the weekends, throughout the next few months. Dates and times for these broadcasts are NOT specified as of yet.

So please stay tune and turn your radio to:
99.1 MHz on the FM dial! And 1600 KHz on the AM radio band dial.

Thank you very much for listening

Bobby “Hale-Bop” Smith

Website: http://superrabbitradio.blogspot.com

PS
For those who may not know what the meaning definition is for Part-15 Broadcasting, please go to Google and do a search on: “http://part15.us”

 

[briankay]

Best of luck with this. I lived the first year of my life near 79th and St. Louis before moving to Ireland in 1973 for 21 years. There, in my late teens, I set up a few FM stereo pirate stations 70 watts ERP. It can be a very addictive hobby. Apart from optimizing the transmitter and antenna, the other cool stuff was optimizing the audio processing and stereo enhancement, amongst other things,....no computers then. Anyway been back in Chicago now for almost 16 years, so it's nice to have the perspective of both cultures.

What the farthest you can get with the AM and with the FM? What do you use to keep the audio levels in check. If I can get to the Midway area, I'll give you a listen.

Best of luck.

 

[BobMSmith1959]

Best of luck with this. I lived the first year of my life near 79th and St. Louis before moving to Ireland in 1973 for 21 years. There, in my late teens, I set up a few FM stereo pirate stations 70 watts ERP. It can be a very addictive hobby. Apart from optimizing the transmitter and antenna, the other cool stuff was optimizing the audio processing and stereo enhancement, amongst other things,....no computers then. Anyway been back in Chicago now for almost 16 years, so it's nice to have the perspective of both cultures.

What the farthest you can get with the AM and with the FM? What do you use to keep the audio levels in check. If I can get to the Midway area, I'll give you a listen.

Best of luck.

Well when I did a field test by using a pocket radio walked on foot, I've only achieved 1 block or if i'm lucky maybe 2 blocks the most, since I live down in the basement apartment building which is a 3 flat building. That was the FM transmitter I did it with.

My AM transmitter, I've only achieved 1 half of a block, Now if i'm lucky, maybe one full block the most....

 

[illinimatt81]

I ran a 100 watt pirate in La Grange back in the late 90s. Great times. Had a good following for the 2 years I ran it 24/7/365 before I went off to college. Covered several miles nicely.

Good luck and I'll try to give a listen if near Midway.

 

[BobMSmith1959]

UPDATE:
As of right now, I have been broadcasting on AM-600KHz, due to there is a lot of Interferences on the upper AM dial,
between 1500KHz to 1700KHz, because there are lots of small low powered AM ethnic radio stations all over that spectrum
of 1500KHz to 1700KHz. As of right now, I think that 600KHz work the best for me.

 

[LibertyNT]

Keep In Mind The Transmitter Will Work Best On The Higher Frequencies.
Simply Due To The Short Antenna.

1610 Is generally in the clear in most areas. 1620 for some also.
Nighttime is usually a problem for us Part 15ers

Have Fun!

For My FM I get roughly 2 or three blocks of reception. 4 or more of Detectable but hardly listenable coverage.

Just Find that "Sweet Spot" And you could make a little community leader!