What do I need to do to start an underground radio station?
1. A FM or AM radio transmitter that will broadcast in the commercial AM/FM bands is the most obvious start. 2. An antenna appropriate to the frequency you want to use. 3. A SWR meter to check signal being sent to the antenna. 4. A good microphone and mixer board if you want to broadcast music. 5. Any CD/LP/tape player you will use for music. 6. A good lawyer on retainer for when the FCC rolls in to seize your equipment and charge you with illegal use of commercial airwaves. Y’see, almost all of the AM/FM frequencies are in the hands of very, very few media conglomerates. There isn’t anymore bandwidth that can be allocated to the commercial AM/FM window, so media conglomerates have to pay a lot to get even a sliver of bandwith in almost any urban market. In many cities, the separation between FM stations is as small as 0.2 Mhz, barely small enough to keep stations from stepping on each other. When you start broadcasting, the odds are you will step on a commercial channel’s signal. If p
