How to build a radio transmitter

1. 2023-10-10 at 9:37 PM UTC

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   totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
   I found an oldje satellite dish. I want to set up a pirate radio station or something or be able to use radio to contact the ISS or get free internet.
   
   Wut do I need? A ham radio?
   
   I also do not plan on getting a license and will be operating all of this illegally so if any of you got tips on doing that in 2023 I would love to know, thanks
   
   
   
   
2. 2023-10-10 at 10:26 PM UTC

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   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
3. 2023-10-10 at 11:44 PM UTC

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   Meikai Heck This Schlong
   You're like 15 years too late. Totse had a litty ham/pirate radio subforum. Maybe check the archives of that though.
4. 2023-10-11 at 1:05 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   post dish
   
   dish or gtfo
5. 2023-10-11 at 1:06 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   it's probably only good for receiving MEMRI
6. 2023-10-11 at 3:55 AM UTC

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   totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]

   Originally posted by aldra it's probably only good for receiving MEMRI

   
   its one of these things
   
   
   
   can I turn it into a radio or is that impossible
7. 2023-10-11 at 3:59 AM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole
   those are takers like goatse are takers.
   
   theyre the goatses of the antenna world.
8. 2023-10-11 at 6:40 AM UTC

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   totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
   what if I strap something to it?
9. 2023-10-11 at 7:18 AM UTC

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   A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
   all i know is when theres too many white people , sometimes i get nervous
10. 2023-10-11 at 12:48 PM UTC

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    Kawkasian African Astronaut
    You need an antenna to broadcast, not a dish dumbo.
11. 2023-10-11 at 12:53 PM UTC

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    totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
    pretty sure that long rod in the middle is an antenna
12. 2023-10-11 at 12:57 PM UTC

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    Kawkasian African Astronaut

    Originally posted by totse2118 pretty sure that long rod in the middle is an antenna

    
    
13. 2023-10-11 at 1:46 PM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by totse2118 pretty sure that long rod in the middle is an antenna

    
    yea but its the goatse type antenna.
14. 2023-10-11 at 2:10 PM UTC

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    Meikai Heck This Schlong

    Originally posted by totse2118 pretty sure that long rod in the middle is an antenna

    
    It's the receiver. The dish collects waves and focuses them on that. You could probably rig it to do some cool directional stuff tho - tight beam type shit. Not great for broadcasting, but cud probs do something neat. idk
    
    But really, a length of wire is "an antenna". You don't need anything special, really.
15. 2023-10-11 at 9:14 PM UTC

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    jerryb African Astronaut
    That dish only receives, you need to steal one of those sat internet dishes that also transmits.
    
    I use to watch me some Bev/Bell sat back in the day when I fixed cards.
16. 2023-10-11 at 9:48 PM UTC

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    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole
    I used to build crystal radios back in the '60s. It's very easy, and you hardly need anything at all to do it.
17. 2023-10-11 at 9:49 PM UTC

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    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

    • jerryb
18. 2023-10-11 at 10:30 PM UTC

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    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole
19. 2023-10-11 at 10:44 PM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    There was a chapter of the manga Dr. Stone about this. Just read that
20. 2023-10-12 at 4:27 PM UTC

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    totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
    http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-releases-em-national-broadband-plan-em
    
    
    

    Originally posted by Fox There was a chapter of the manga Dr. Stone about this. Just read that

    
    I already did. They just make a radio, not a radio internet
    
    
    
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/build-a-longdistance-data-network-using-ham-radio
    
    I think i need a setup like this