{"id":17561,"date":"2016-03-01T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17561"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T19:00:28","slug":"bbc-raspberry-pi-powered-transmitters-broadcast-syrian-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/bbc-raspberry-pi-powered-transmitters-broadcast-syrian-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC: Raspberry Pi-powered transmitters broadcast Syrian radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BBC-FM-Transmitter-Syria\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following:<\/p>\n

Latest item, which provides more information, on this previously mentioned news story<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-35690688<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

Raspberry Pi computers are being used to power “micro” radio transmitters in Syria.<\/em>
\nThe Pocket FMs, as they are called, were designed by a German organisation as a way of providing Syrians with independent radio.<\/em><\/p>\n

The devices have a range of between 4 to 6km (2.5 to 3.75 miles), which is enough to cover an entire town.<\/em><\/p>\n

At the heart of each is a Raspberry Pi, the credit card-sized single-board computers.<\/em>
\nAbout two dozen have been built, and the designer says they are intended to be as easy to set up as a piece of flat-pack furniture.<\/em><\/p>\n

“We lost one device in Kobane”, Philipp Hochleichter told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme.<\/em><\/p>\n

“But due to the bombing – not due to a malfunction.”[…]<\/em><\/p>\n

Continue reading on the BBC website…<\/a><\/p>\n

The Raspberry Pi is an amazing little computer; capable of so much at such a low cost. I just purchased a Raspberry Pi 3 yesterday<\/a>; hoping I can think of a clever way to use it for a little radio fun..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following: Latest item, which provides more information, on this previously mentioned news story: http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-35690688 Here’s an excerpt: Raspberry Pi computers are being used to power “micro” radio transmitters in Syria. The Pocket FMs, as they are called, were designed by a German organisation as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,3,139],"tags":[104,4567,2627,4801,3516,1924],"class_list":["post-17561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","category-radio-modifications","tag-bbc","tag-pocket-fm-radio-transmitters","tag-raspberry-pi","tag-raspberry-pi-3","tag-richard-langley","tag-syria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4zf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46357,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/the-new-raspberry-pi-400-all-in-one-keyboard-pc-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":17561,"position":0},"title":"The new Raspberry Pi 400 All-In-One Keyboard PC Released","author":"Thomas","date":"November 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday, I received the announcement about the new Raspberry Pi 400 via the Pi Hut. 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