On Sunday 25 January 2004 10:51 am, Olin Lathrop scribbled:
> I'm no expert on this, but I rather doubt the FCC will let you transmit
> enough power to go a couple hundred feet right in the middle of the
> commercial FM band.


Of course they will, if you stay under the wattage limit, which IIRC is
250 milliwats.  I built a legal 250mW transmitter years ago and ran a
powerline radio station in my college dorm. Two capacitors coupled it to
the power mains, and it transmitted to the whole building (250 residents)
with ease.   I could get the signal on a pocket radio for a couple of
blocks.  It was sweet until I tried to boost the power a little and fried
it.

I had a roomate who was a quiet, withdrawn, rumpled and shy geek, but hand
him a mike and he became EMCEE KOVAR.  I had enough stereo equipment to
set him up with a simple mixer, two turntables and a tape deck, and that
boy could rock the mike.  It was great fun.  Good thing for my vinyl
collection that nobody had heard of scratching yet.

Often you will see For Sale signs in front of houses, with a note that
says "Tune your radio to XYZ to hear more"  these are 250mW transmitters
with a tape loop, unlicensed I believe.

Harold Hallikanen will pipe in soon enough and straighten us all out on
the FCC rules about this.

-Lawrence

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