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Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by henrythedog » Mon Mar 10, 2025 9:57 am

Hi Pirates

I am looking for a station that wants to be broadcasted in the Cardiff Area on FM. I have made the transmitter and Dipole. Just working out what frquencies we will use. In Wales we have these big brown things called Mountains. They are great for Transmitters at 1000 Meters above sea level. I predict we can cover the whole of Cardiff on 15 Watts. Getting DJ's here that want to do Pirate is not easy so we are going to start with a couple of hours Friday night and then stream a London Station for the rest of the weekend. However it would be good if the station can cooperate so they know they will get shout outs from Cardiff and are transmitting there. Its got to be good for your station to advertise that you are broadcasting in England and Wales.

Looking at starting in 3 weeks time to allow for test transmittions.

Looking at the area in relation to the transmitter site we are going to be testing Yagi Beam, Horizontal Dipole and Vertical. I think the Vertical will waste 75% of the power going the wrong way. So will probably be a 3 element Yagi.

The uplink will be cellular so you will need an internet radio page.

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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by cloud54 » Mon Mar 10, 2025 8:17 pm

You might try Laser Hot Hits, great station, great shows, partners link for broadcasters on their website.

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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by King Croccy » Tue Mar 11, 2025 1:27 pm

Just out of curiosity, do these "big brown things" have power cables up them? Or are you carrying batteries up 1000m asl :lol:

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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by Wk-end » Tue Mar 11, 2025 7:39 pm

Hi henrythedog, In the nicest possible way mate what do you have to offer? 15 watts in Wales..
Not sure how this would benefit any station in London as you dont have a built up fan base fella.
Like i said no disrespect,
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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by mixfm » Wed Mar 12, 2025 1:11 pm

i remember cardiff a couple of 10 story blocks just outside the town centre. your gonna need more then 15 watts. maybe a fifty watt to start u off see how you get on.. not much has happened pirate wise in wales for years...

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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by SwitchFM » Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:52 pm

We would be up for it, i have messaged you.

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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by radionortheast » Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:52 am

This is a test for wave 108, newest dance station for Cardiff, :mrgreen: 'blue yellow purples hills plays', noticed it was pills not hills, good luck anyway, I would be interested in hearing the test transmission if it did have frequency announcements. Seems to me that pirates can not give out frequency announcements, have any relationship with the area their broadcasting in/running adverts, makes the fm transmitter abit null and void. The ones that seem to run forever are the ones that have no connection to the place their in/outside of uk jurisdiction, FIP been one, the power was also meant to be low 10w, wouldn’t overloaded nearby tv’s, had no adverts no connection, suppose wasn’t bothering anyone. There were boarder blasters in the past, no boarders close to wales so noway to transmit into it.

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Re: Wanted radio stream to broadcast in Cardiff between my shows

Post by shuffy » Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:30 pm

radionortheast wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:52 amThis is a test for wave 108, newest dance station for Cardiff, :mrgreen: 'blue yellow purples hills plays', noticed it was pills not hills
How did you hear this, is there an SDR down there? I'd be interested to hear it too as I worked down there when I was younger (early 90s) and never heard much pirate activity.
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