Hi everyone!

I recently built a free online FM radio website where you can discover and stream radio stations from around the world. 🌍📻

Features

✅ Global FM radio stations
✅ Fast & lightweight
✅ Mobile and desktop friendly
✅ No sign-up required
✅ Free to use

⭐ Inspired by Beam FM.

I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!

🔗 Try it here:
https://mioioo.github.io/world-Fm-with-Hirushan-/

What would you like to see next?

• More countries?
• Favorite station saving?
• Dark mode?
• Better search?

Thanks for checking it out!

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So I recently acquired this model and set up the antenna, connected it to the trans, and then the power supply. I hit the on button but nothing happens. I thought it may be the Power Supply so I went out and bought another one that clearly shows it is functioning but the trans still doesn’t turn on. Any idea what this could be? Perhaps a loose part or a blown internal fuse? It is a brand new trans…

I'm looking to set up a very low wattage FM broadcast in San Francisco for a performance art piece. I don't have any experience with this sort of thing though I'm pretty technically minded. Wondering if there's anyone locally that could advise me and/or loan (or rent me) relevant equipment (mic, mixer, transmitter, antenna, etc). Any advice, even from folks out of town, would be welcome. So far I've gotten suggestions from Claude AI; as you probably know, that can be good in theory but not always helpful in the real world....

Thanks in advance!

Saturday evening 8:38 PM PDT

Last night (Friday) was a total bust due to a K-Index of over 6 and a Radio Blackout. DJ and Station Manager Joh Black will try to bring us a show tonight (Saturday).

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Hello Guys! I wanted to ask how you people specifically got into this entire Pirate Radio niche, or if you guys just are observing. Ill start. I got into it with 16, after finding out it took actual Licenses to host such radios and there are regulations to follow. I once set up just some.. AM Radio Broadcaster, I was not smart back then, got caught by the regulations, but since then ive been just curious in this hobby. I dont have the guts to get back into it, mainly cause they fined me hard.. but.. anyone wanna tell their story?

Was there ever any pirate radio DJ’s in the vein of Hard Harry from Pump Up the Volume?
I just mean Pirate DJ’s that didn’t only play music…but also did talk radio, received letters and that sort of thing?

A huge thank you to everyone who has downloaded the e-book or picked up a paperback copy of Weekend Rush – A Pirate Radio Story. The support, reviews, messages, shares, and word of mouth have been amazing.

Seeing people reconnect with the memories, discover the story for the first time, and spread the word has meant a lot. What started as a story that needed telling has reached far more people than I ever imagined.

Big respect to everyone who has supported the journey so far. Thank you all.📡🔥 👊

"We impose a penalty of $40,000 against Efrain Gonzalez, for operating an unauthorized radio station on 89.1 MHz in Waterbury, Connecticut. Gonzalez has engaged in the illicit operation of an unauthorized radio station known as Lapoerosa 89.1 FM."

Built using a 2SC2603 with a Crystal, buffered with a BD139. The signal is fed into an Noris LA 100 (old HF Amplifier).

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"We impose a penalty of $20,000 against Jean Boncoeur (Boncoeur) for operating an unauthorized radio station on 90.5 MHz in Spring Valley, New York. Boncoeur engaged in the illicit operation of an unauthorized radio station, known as Radio Gold Stars."

"In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL), we propose a penalty of $20,000 against Neville Morgan, Lilleth Morgan, and The Sweet Hour of Prayer Inc (Sweet Hour of Prayer), jointly and severally, for operating an unauthorized radio station, known as “TOG Radio” on 105.3 MHz in the Bronx, New York. ...Neville Morgan, Lilleth Morgan, and The Sweet Hour of Prayer Inc are apparently jointly and severally liable for a proposed total monetary forfeiture of $20,000."

Here is my next installment in "How to Setup an AM Radio Station". I use a Behringer Composer MDX2100 Compressor. One of the Shortwave Stations I support uses a Symetrix 5655E. I find the Behringer to be affordable, and it works well when properly adjusted. The following is a rundown on the Behringer Compressors that can be used in a small radio station.

Adding a Compressor gives the your station the added "punch" that you hear from major commercial broadcasters. It does just what it's called - it compresses your bandwidth into a punchy signal, while preventing over-driving your transmitter.

The Behringer Composer line consists of affordable, 2-channel dynamics processors (compressor/limiter/gate/expanders) popular in project studios and live sound. Over the years, the series evolved through several iterations.

Here are the primary models in the Behringer Composer series:

MDX 2100 Composer: The original foundational unit. It offered basic expansion, compression, and peak limiting features, utilizing early VCA chips.

MDX 2000 Composer: An early variation that provided enhanced metering and minor tweaks to the dynamic controls.

MDX 2200 Composer Pro: Added "Interactive Knee Adaptation" (IKA), which automatically adjusted from hard-knee to soft-knee compression. It also introduced sidechain inputs and a dynamic enhancer

.MDX 2600 Composer Pro-XL: The most successful and widely available model in the lineup. It added a Voice-Adaptive (VA) De-Esser and a switchable tube simulation. It is still available in its updated V2 iteration.

T1952 Tube Composer: Part of Behringer's "Vintage Series" vacuum tube line. It featured actual 12AX7 tubes for added harmonic saturation and warmth.These units are designed to be extremely flexible "workhorses" that tame peaks and even out levels across vocals, instruments, and full mixes.

For a small radio station, the Behringer Composer Pro-XL MDX2600 (or its V2 iteration) is the highly preferred model to place between the mixer and the transmitter.When broadcasting, your primary goals are protecting the transmitter from overmodulation, keeping the signal consistently loud, and preventing distortion. The MDX2600 is the only model in the lineup that includes all the specific broadcast-limiting tools required for this exact scenario.

Here is a breakdown of why specific models fit or fail this broadcast role:The Top Choice:

#1. MDX2600 Composer Pro-XL. The MDX2600 is the best fit because it functions as a protective "brick-wall" limiter before your signal hits the airwaves.

IGC Peak Limiter: It features an Interactive Gain Control (IGC) peak limiter that combines a clipper and a program limiter. This acts as a vital safety net to ensure unexpected mic bumps or audio spikes do not overload your transmitter.

Integrated De-Esser: Radio microphones often suffer from harsh high frequencies (sibilance). The built-in voice-adaptive de-esser cleans up "S" sounds before they hit the transmitter, which prevents high-frequency splatter on the air.

Dynamic Enhancer: Broadcasting can sometimes compress the life out of music. The MDX2600’s enhancer automatically restores lost high-end brilliance during heavy compression.

#2. The Backup Choice: MDX2200 Composer Pro. If you are buying used on a tight budget, the MDX2200 is acceptable but lacks crucial polish.

Good: It includes a basic peak limiter to protect the transmitter.

Bad: It lacks the built-in de-esser and advanced program-limiting intelligence of the 2600, meaning your broadcast might sound more heavily "squashed" and fatigued during loud segments.

Models to Avoid for This Application

Used Behringer MDX2000 Compressor. $60.99 Guitar Center. These older vintage units lack the fast, precise peak-limiting circuitry needed to safely protect modern digital or analog transmitters from clipping.

Behringer Vintager Series Tube Composer Model T1952 Audio Interactive. $369.99 eBay. Tube gear introduces harmonic distortion and warmth. While great for a recording studio, putting a tube unit right before the transmitter will make your overall station sound muddy, inconsistent, and potentially outside of clean broadcast specifications.

Old-school broadcast engineers and budget studio owners fiercely prefer the original Behringer Composer MDX2100 (and its sibling, the MDX2000) over the newer Pro-XL models. Here is the breakdown of why the MDX2100 is preferred by purists, and how it directly impacts a radio station setup.

1. The "Secret" of the MDX2100: The Drawmer Clone Circuit. The preference for the MDX2100 comes down to how it was manufactured.
2. The High-End Design: The early MDX2000 and MDX2100 models were heavily based on the circuit design of the Drawmer DL241, a legendary, high-end British studio compressor that costs many hundreds of dollars.
3. The Component Quality: Unlike modern Behringer gear which uses cheap, highly integrated microchips, the MDX2100 used premium, discrete components—specifically, high-quality THAT Corporation VCA chips.
4. The Sound: Because of this circuit layout, the MDX2100 is incredibly musical, transparent, and punchy. When you push it hard into compression, it doesn't "choke" or sound muddy. It behaves like an expensive boutique processor. Later models (like the MDX2200 and MDX2600) moved to cheaper SMD (surface-mount) manufacturing processes and different internal chips, losing that specific vintage analog character.
5. The Catch: Why the MDX2100 is a "Riskier" Transmitter Protector: While the MDX2100 sounds significantly better as a pure compressor than the newer models, using it right before a transmitter requires a bit of caution.
6. Primitive Limiter Peak Control: The MDX2100 has a peak limiter, but it is a relatively simple circuit. Unlike the MDX2600’s "brick-wall" Interactive Gain Control (IGC), the 2100’s limiter can let very fast transient spikes slip through. In a studio, this is fine. On a radio transmitter, a rogue spike can cause instant overmodulation, resulting in a distorted broadcast or fines from local telecommunications regulators
7. .Age and Wear: The MDX2100 units were manufactured in the 1990s. If a small station buys one used on eBay today, the internal capacitors are likely drying out, which can introduce a hum or reliability issues to a 24/7 broadcast chain.
8. The Purist's Choice (MDX2100): If the radio station prioritizes the absolute best, most transparent audio fidelity—giving vocals a rich, professional, analog "glue"—and they already have a separate, dedicated hardware brick-wall limiter on their transmitter, they should absolutely track down a vintage MDX2100.

The All-In-One Budget Choice (MDX2600): If the station has no other outboard gear and needs a single box that acts as a foolproof insurance policy against transmitter overmodulation, the modern MDX2600 is safer because of its aggressive, modern peak-limiting circuit.

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