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Tiny FM transmitters deliver news and entertainment inside Syria

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appearance (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-01-01 14:11 (#ZB1K)

Kudos to the developers, but really, it looks like a piece of military or ham gear with heat sink fins on three sides of the case. I'm assuming that operating one of these in hostile territory is asking for trouble -- like a swat team through your door. Couldn't they have made it look like a boom box or really almost anything else that looks less incriminating?.
Other points the article didn't mention -- output power (probably illegal if over 100mW?)
Also, isn't it easy to locate a transmitter with some minimal sleuthing gear, like a dipole antenna?

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Time Reason Points Voter
2016-01-01 22:08 Interesting +1 fishybell@pipedot.org

Junk Status

Marked as [Not Junk] by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2016-01-29 08:06