[LAU] Help with amateur radio setup

[Ali Polatel]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 07:16:38AM -0500, drew Roberts wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Ali Polatel <polatel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I and a couple of friends have decided to set up an amateur internet
>> radio. We have a relatively small budget thus we want to go step by step.
>
>Are all of the DJs going to operate from the same studio? Or will they
>be located somewhere else around the world?

The latter.

>> What we've thought so far is to have a devoted box with all the music
>> archived. Ideally we want to make the interface very simple for DJs to
>> use, even if this means increasing the maintenance cost of the system
>> administrator. They should be able to grab a microphone and use a
>> portable interface (yes, some DJs may be using windows) to choose music,
>> play and start talking right away.
>>
>> The devoted box will be running Linux and I plan to administer the
>> system. I have relatively good knowledge on Linux systems and
>> programming in general. I want the system to be flexible, be it at the
>> cost of difficulties in configuration or deployment.
>>
>> Please advice and share your experiences.
>>
>>                -alip
>
>all the best,
>
>drew
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