[liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Stefan Geens
A Syrian whom I trust and who I've helped with security-related issues before needs some help that I am not qualified to answer, so perhaps somebody on this list knows what to do or where to turn for expert help. I don't want to suggest anything to him that gets (even more) people killed... He

Re: [liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Joseph Lorenzo Hall
It would be fascinating to have a low-power FM mesh for this purpose... best, Joe On Mon Feb 4 10:17:08 2013, Stefan Geens wrote: A Syrian whom I trust and who I've helped with security-related issues before needs some help that I am not qualified to answer, so perhaps somebody on this

Re: [liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Yuval Adam
On Monday, February 4, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Stefan Geens wrote: So, what are our options and the details of the best solutions (using inside or outside Syria base)? Cheap FM broadcast is possible [1], but with limited range. The main goal should be to use disposable, low power, hard-to-detect TX,

Re: [liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
The approach taken would be: self contained IP-FM transmitter box that can be detected without any danger to people setting it up. If there was access to technology I would suggest a multiple of low cost computing devices (raspberry pi/etc) receiving IP audio stream, connected to a

Re: [liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013, Stefan Geens wrote: A Syrian whom I trust and who I've helped with security-related issues before needs some help that I am not qualified to answer, so perhaps somebody on this list knows what to do or where to turn for expert help. I don't want to suggest anything to

Re: [liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Stefan Geens
Thanks for the brainstorm, everyone. I've forwarded your collective intelligence to see if they can run with it. I'll update the list with any sharable news. Stefan -- stefan.ge...@gmail.com @stefangeens @ogleearth @dliberation +46 73 504 5261 Skype: stefan.geens PGP: 0x54ABD155F7CE9B68 --

Re: [liberationtech] digital to analog: Syria radio help needed

2013-02-04 Thread Andrew Lewis
I know some folks with telecomix had brainstormed some ideas for comms inside Syria awhile back as well. I'll try and dig that up, but my general advice is to stay off the internal telecom networks. Everything is centered in Damascus and centrally monitored, or can be cut off remotely. Andrew