{"id":8912,"date":"2014-03-07T20:44:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T00:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8912"},"modified":"2014-03-07T20:44:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T00:44:24","slug":"make-a-raspberry-pirate-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/make-a-raspberry-pirate-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Raspberry Pirate Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8913\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Raspberry-Pirate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8913\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8913\" alt=\"Sorry, I just couldn't resist the urge to make a pirate graphic.\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Raspberry-Pirate.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Raspberry-Pirate.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Raspberry-Pirate-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Raspberry-Pirate-100x71.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorry, I just couldn&#8217;t resist the urge to make a Raspberry Pi-rate graphic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Paul, for this <a title=\"Makezine!\" href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/projects\/make-38-cameras-and-av\/raspberry-pirate-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">article on Make Magazine<\/a> that teaches you how to turn your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009SQQF9C\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B009SQQF9C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20\">Raspberry Pi<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=swlcom01-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B009SQQF9C\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0into an FM transmitter. Make Magazine states that this FM transmitter\u00a0&#8220;has enough range to cover your home, DIY drive-in movie, a high school ball game, or\u00a0even a bike parade (depending on the stragglers).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What a simple hack:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBb8BN0dqoQ?list=PLEEF560C574189DCA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(If the embedded video above doesn&#8217;t appear, simply <a title=\"Make Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/projects\/make-38-cameras-and-av\/raspberry-pirate-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here to watch at Makezine.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009SQQF9C\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B009SQQF9C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20\">Raspberry Pi&#8217;s are very inexpensive (less than $40 US on Amazon)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=swlcom01-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B009SQQF9C\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0and a fun tool to have around the shack anyway. I plan to try this project as early as this weekend. I have many hours of shortwave radio recordings that I would love to pipe through the house via FM. I only wish the Raspberry Pi could broadcast in AM. Perhaps one day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Paul, for this article on Make Magazine that teaches you how to turn your Raspberry Pi\u00a0into an FM transmitter. Make Magazine states that this FM transmitter\u00a0&#8220;has enough range to cover your home, DIY drive-in movie, a high school ball game, or\u00a0even a bike parade (depending on the stragglers).&#8221; What [&hellip;]<\/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":[627,3,297],"tags":[1584,2628,4105,2631,2629,2627,2630],"class_list":["post-8912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-fm","tag-fm-transmitter","tag-how-to","tag-how-to-make-an-fm-transmitter","tag-make-a-raspberry-pirate-radio","tag-raspberry-pi","tag-raspberry-pirate-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2jK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9052,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/my-raspberry-pirate-is-now-radio-active\/","url_meta":{"origin":8912,"position":0},"title":"My Raspberry Pirate is now radio-active","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Two weeks ago,\u00a0Make Magazine published\u00a0a simple hack that turns your\u00a0Raspberry Pi into a low-powered and portable FM transmitter\/radio station. 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