A wi-fi based solution is technically feasible. That is the transmitter broadcasts over Wi-Fi instead of FM. However, the challenge here will be that of a low cost receiver. I am not aware of one. Ram Bhatt was working on something like this a few months back. I do not have updates on it though.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:58 PM, sajan venniyoor <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Vickram, > > A group from one of the ubiquitous bastis of Delhi (one of those -- to > Sheila Dikshit's refined gaze -- unsightly settlements that were hidden > behind large billboards during the Commonwealth Games) met me today and > asked for a broadcast solution in their cramped basti: about 20,000 people > living in a couple of sq kms. > > Since all the 'available' CR frequencies in Delhi have been handed over to > media & management schools and other deserving communities, I told them that > getting another CR license in Delhi would be next to impossible, and that we > need to look for other solutions. Do you think a leaky feeder could be the > answer? I think 1400 dwellings were mentioned, but I don't think that > translates into more than a dozen very narrow alleys. > > Any other solutions you could suggest? > > Sajan > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mixed-signals-10000051/chilean-miners-saved-by-leaky-feeder-10020755/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+volweb%2FWRsA+%28News+from+openspectrum.info%29 >> >> >> One of the many applications that can be found for leaky feeder radio >> circuits, >> is providing a robust connection at multiple points in a mine. >> >> >> Another is, of course, providing a grassroots community radio service >> using only >> a standard cable adaptor and a deliberately damaged cable (that acts as a >> leaky >> feeder). It also takes a healthy attitude towards the development of rural >> communities using ubiquitous media. >> >> >> Vickram >> http://communicall.wordpress.com >> http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to >> www.crforum.in > > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in >
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