Say I’m sick of the whole commercial music scene and want to start my own FM radio station. I know I need an FCC license, a big transmitter, and something to play.
Am I missing anything? What else do I need, and how much will it cost me?
Say I’m sick of the whole commercial music scene and want to start my own FM radio station. I know I need an FCC license, a big transmitter, and something to play.
Am I missing anything? What else do I need, and how much will it cost me?
Sometimes a link is just…destined…for a thread.
Lotsa good info, actually.
Hee.
I know more about amateur radio (not that I’m a ham, but I did look into becoming one once and bought a book), and I know that at least hams need to know more than a bit about the technical aspects of operating a radio and managing a transmission. You need to keep yourself within wattage and frequency restrictions and you need to know other technical matters just to get the license (yes, there’s a test), and if you don’t follow FCC regulations you’ll get your license pulled. And operating without a license is illegal.
It’s more complex than using a CB or a walkie-talkie (two examples of low-power devices which have dispensation to operate pretty much without limitation within certain frequencies), but I don’t think non-hams need to know Morse code (yes, some hams do have to, and no, I don’t) or the various other rules related to two-way communication over the air.
(As a hijack, I think the FCC is one of the most anal-retentive organizations it’s ever been my displeasure to closely examine the rules of. I think that, more than anything else, is why I am not a ham.)