Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter
by userbinator on Saturday November 12, 2022 @05:41PM
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They do that with very carefully optimised equipment.
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Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter
by simfree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @07:36PM
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And when certain atmospheric conditions exist.
Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter
by Johnythree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @07:50PM
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Except this discussion is about possible interference across town, or even more locally.
No need for "certain atmospheric conditions".
The point was that very low power signals can go a long, long way.
Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter
by simfree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @08:23PM
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You explicitly brought up long distance communication in this thread:
> And even a few micro-watts is sufficient to communicate across town.
> Many years ago the record was "1000 miles per milliwatt" using CW.
Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter
by Johnythree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @08:38PM
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Except that both can be true. A few millwats can reach across town, or across the world. The original claim was that "weak signals don't go very far", or some such.
Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter
by Johnythree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @07:48PM
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They also do it with very simple transmitters using perhaps just one transistor. All it takes is a few mill-watts and a reasonably efficient antenna.