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by gravypod 3901 days ago
Is this someone's attempt at marketing SDR to the masses? This is nothing new, and I'm surprised to see how little information they put forward about it.
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It's just a low power FM station with a raspberry pi in it as a controller. It would be highly illegal to use this device in most modern nations without a license.
The Nokia N900 could broadcast short-range FM with RDS, I'm not sure what advantages this has.
higher power. The n900's transmitter was 15nW (1.5e-8 W), which is why it was legal. For a claimed 6km radius, I would assume this is about 3-7W output.
A 6km radius would fit quite well with schemes like Community Radio in the UK:

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio/radio/a-guide-to-comm...

...still need a licence, of course.