This is a simple tutorial that tells you how to start your own pirate FM station using a Raspberry Pi. Take a look and broadcast your music – anytime, anywhere.
If you like to experiment and work on interesting projects, here we have something special for you. Using your Raspberry Pi, you can start your own pirate radio station and broadcast whatever you want.
You can use it as a covert radio for your university after investing a little time and money. This powerful radio transmitter can cover an entire house, a few classrooms, and more. This can be done using the PiFM software, originally created by Oliver Mattos and Oskar Weigl and updated by Ryan Grassel.
Make has created an easy-to-understand video that walks us through doing it ourselves. Make also contributed to this project by writing the PirateRadio.py script that allows playback without using the command line.
Before you get started with this project, let me list everything you're going to need:
- Raspberry Pi single-board computer
– The complete Raspberry Pi starter kit - SD Card, 4GB or more
- Female jumper cables
- Heat shrink tube
- FM radio to tune in and listen to your station
- Batteries, 4xAA, with USB connector for portable operation (optional)
The process explained by Make is very simple and the whole process takes about an hour. You can check out the website for a complete tutorial. For more help, watch the video below:
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Caution: Keep the Raspberry Pi's transmitting frequency between 1Mhz and 250MHz to avoid interference with government bands. Please limit your transmissions to the standard FM range of 87.5MHz–107.9MHz and choose a frequency that is not already in use!
