The Pirate Radio Mailing List !
02 June 1999 - 18 August 2001

For 2 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days, the Pirate Radio Mailing list was the place that over 280 transmiteers turned to for their daily fix of RF advise, depending on the roughly 20 active Elmers who shared their experiences in over 5500 e-mails.

Many thanks to Broadcast Warehouse, Marko, BiasComms, Norm B, those guys from Australia and many, many others for making this mailing list the Internet's liveliest, friendliest and most useful resource for getting technical queries on FM Transmitters answered. My apologies to those who thought my moderation style was Hitleresque, but the ends did justify the means. We did have the highest S/N, lowest spamming, lowest net rage and flames, most newbie-friendly place on the Net !!

Transmiteer (n) : Word coined in June 1999 by Web Surf to signify a Pirate Radio Broadcaster,
inspired by "Buccaneer".

Comments on the new ROHM BH 141x Chips
26 Aug 2000

HOW FAR WILL MY SIGNAL GO ???
11 Oct 1999

Second Opinion on that 28 Oct 1999

Yet another viewpoint ( The British are using miles again !!!) 08 May 2000

Mystereofied ?

See my article on "Stereo for Dummies" 24 Sept 1999

+ Review of the B/W DIGILOG coder 13 Oct 1999

+ Notes on NJM2035 Stereo Coder IC 20 Oct 1999

+ BA1404 BA1404, Black Chip !! 19 April 1999

Where do I begin ?
Review of simple 1-3 Transistor FM Transmitters and "Bugs"
09 June 1999

Mike Timmer's review of the B/W Limiter kit
20 May 1999

My review of the MIGHTY MAX-1 PLL Exciter kit 02 May 1999

Alt'F reviews the B/W DIGILOG
Stereo Multiplexer kit
08 April 1999

My review of the Wavemach FMS2 Stereo PLL Exciter kit
20 Dec 1998

My review of the Broadcast Warehouse 1W PLL Exciter with LCD
08 Aug 1998

Marconi's Kit Reviews

Marconi's review of B/W 1W PLL Exciter with LCD 20 Aug 1998

Marconi reviews the Broadcast Warehouse 1W PLL Exciter (without LCD) July 1998

Marconi looks at the Veronica 1W VCO Transmitter June 1998

Marconi looks down upon the Panaxis Exciter 01 Sept 98
My Review of Marconi's view of the Panaxis Exciter 23 Oct 98

Would you buy a kit that did not have a Circuit Dia ?

I cannot believe it, but some top manufacturers still sell kits without circuit diagrams along with the kit. How do you as a hobbyist decide what to buy ? How do you understand what you are building ? How do you repair it ? How do you get parts in case some are missing ? How do you attempt mods ?

But I would rather that Circuit dias were available BEFORE you buy.
Three Cheers to Smart Electronics for leading the way !!!

Feel strongly about this issue ? Send the manufacturer's mail !!!

Veronica always supplied dias, Smartkit always did, Wavemach always did :)
DIY Electronics has every kit's documentation PDF at web site :)
19 Sept 98 : Broadcast Warehouse promise to supply schema with all new kits !!