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FM Transmitters

eyg2181 said:
so wait, home taping is illegal? as in copying off the radio to cassette or tv to VHS or DVD, or cd to cassette?
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Well, the RIAA and the NAB have a problem with XM and Sirius users recording songs off their satellite radios for personal use. How that's different than taping a song off of FM radio, I don't know!
 
From AllAccess.com:

Oh Yeah, Almost Forgot: FCC Adds $7K To Pirate's Fine
The FCC fixes an oversight and reaffirms an additional $7,000 fine on BRONX FM pirate SHAWN DEROUX. The Commission's initial Forfeiture Order against DEROUX on OCTOBER 13 affirmed $10,000 in fines for operating the pirate station but left out an additional $7,000 for refusing to allow a station inspection.

The order released today (11/6) reaffirms all $17,000 in fines.
 
I used an AM radio Mr. Microphone one time to "just play a little". I took the telescopic antenna off, connected very lengthy wire to the terminal, strung it all over my bedroom, used a 9 volt battery in place of the two AA that it normally accepted, and stuck the microphone inside a headset. The music piped into the mic radiated strongly all over the house and out into all sides of the yard for about 25 feet. Then, I walked down my mom's 1000 foot driveway, got 2/3's of the ways down, and found a spot where the signal somehow skipped to. My station came back in.

Then, I got greedy. I connected five 9-volt battereis in series and had 45 volts passing through the Mr. Microphone. I also took the mic outside and strung the wire around the branches of a tree. The mic started spewing smoke; it fried the transmitter.

No major loss though. I bought the mic at a liquidation sale when Hills went out of business in Cincinnati in 1991.

Pretty cool!
 
thats freakin sweet!

stevenmcintosh2012 said:
I used an AM radio Mr. Microphone one time to "just play a little". I took the telescopic antenna off, connected very lengthy wire to the terminal, strung it all over my bedroom, used a 9 volt battery in place of the two AA that it normally accepted, and stuck the microphone inside a headset. The music piped into the mic radiated strongly all over the house and out into all sides of the yard for about 25 feet. Then, I walked down my mom's 1000 foot driveway, got 2/3's of the ways down, and found a spot where the signal somehow skipped to. My station came back in.

Then, I got greedy. I connected five 9-volt battereis in series and had 45 volts passing through the Mr. Microphone. I also took the mic outside and strung the wire around the branches of a tree. The mic started spewing smoke; it fried the transmitter.

No major loss though. I bought the mic at a liquidation sale when Hills went out of business in Cincinnati in 1991.

Pretty cool!
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Anyone got a Mister Microphone they'll sell me?::) (I'm serious)..
 
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