Desert Crossing Radio - Revision history

DimBulb at 20:02, 19 July 2010

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	*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com DefCon Caravan Main Page] (from archive.org; can be slow to load)		*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com DefCon Caravan Main Page] (from archive.org; can be slow to load)
	*[http://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1477 Desert Crossing Radio request thread on the Defcon Forums]		*[http://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1477 Desert Crossing Radio request thread on the Defcon Forums]
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Feedle at 20:53, 11 March 2008

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-	Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between ~~1999~~ and 2003 by hackers ~~travelling~~ from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people ~~travelling~~ in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.	+	Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between 1995 and 2003 by hackers traveling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people traveling in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.

	Although mainly intended for operation while the caravan was mobile, it wasn't uncommon for it to transmit occasionally while at the conference. During the remainder of the year, it could be heard on an equally sporadic schedule around the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The programming can most adequately be described as eclectic: musically everything from classical to punk rock was played with the odd drunken rant thrown in for variety when the station was non-mobile.		Although mainly intended for operation while the caravan was mobile, it wasn't uncommon for it to transmit occasionally while at the conference. During the remainder of the year, it could be heard on an equally sporadic schedule around the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The programming can most adequately be described as eclectic: musically everything from classical to punk rock was played with the odd drunken rant thrown in for variety when the station was non-mobile.
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		+	== Seven Sweaty Hackers in a Ford Escort (1995) ==
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		+	Desert Crossing Radio started as a project of the Los Angeles Research Coalition, a group of hackers and geeks who operated a pirate radio station called "The Voice of Mercury" in Orange (and later Los Alamitos), in suburban Los Angeles. For DEFCON III, a member of the group had started a caravan to the convention, and "Prof. Feedlebom" hastily assembled a modified Ramsey FM-10A and a 1-watt amplifier in his pickup truck for the broadcast. The first caravan (then called the Defcon Kaliforna Kar Karavan) wound up being two cars and nine people: "Prof. Feedlebom" and "Technopagan" in the pickup truck, and seven others packed into a Ford Escort.. "Too's Compliment" rode in the trunk. This was the result of the caravan organizer not accounting for the fact that only two people who expressed interest in the caravan actually possessed a motor vehicle capable of making the trip to Las Vegas.
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		+	== The Voice of Mercury Years (1996-2002) ==
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		+	After the initial disaster that was the first caravan, the LARC group took responsibility of organizing the caravan from start to finish.. the responsibility mainly falling to "Enigma" for the caravan logistics, and to "Prof. Feedlebom" and "Technopagan" for the radio station. A new transmitter was purchased in 1996 from Free Radio Berkeley, with a preamplifier and final amplifier being designed and built by "Technopagan."
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		+	In 1998, a second transmitter was added, based on a Ramsey FM-10A, which was a repeating tape loop of information about the DefCon convention.
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		+	In 2000, the caravan management was changed slightly. "Prof. Feedlebom" had moved to San Francisco, and operated The Voice of Mercury from onboard his Chevrolet Blazer from a caravan that departed Bakersfield, CA to meet the main caravan in Barstow.
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	==External links==		==External links==

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.defcon.org Defcon]		*[http://www.defcon.org Defcon]
-	*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com/?p=comms.2k3 Desert Crossing Radio Information Page] (from archive.org)	+	*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com/?p=comms.2k3 Desert Crossing Radio Information Page] (from archive.org; can be slow to load)
-	*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com DefCon Caravan Main Page] (from archive.org)	+	*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com DefCon Caravan Main Page] (from archive.org; can be slow to load)
	*[http://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1477 Desert Crossing Radio request thread on the Defcon Forums]		*[http://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1477 Desert Crossing Radio request thread on the Defcon Forums]

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-	~~==Desert Crossing Radio==~~
	Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between 1999 and 2003 by hackers travelling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people travelling in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.		Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between 1999 and 2003 by hackers travelling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people travelling in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.

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	==Desert Crossing Radio==		==Desert Crossing Radio==
-	Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between ~~1998~~ and 2003 by hackers travelling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people travelling in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.	+	Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between 1999 and 2003 by hackers travelling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people travelling in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.

	Although mainly intended for operation while the caravan was mobile, it wasn't uncommon for it to transmit occasionally while at the conference. During the remainder of the year, it could be heard on an equally sporadic schedule around the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The programming can most adequately be described as eclectic: musically everything from classical to punk rock was played with the odd drunken rant thrown in for variety when the station was non-mobile.		Although mainly intended for operation while the caravan was mobile, it wasn't uncommon for it to transmit occasionally while at the conference. During the remainder of the year, it could be heard on an equally sporadic schedule around the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The programming can most adequately be described as eclectic: musically everything from classical to punk rock was played with the odd drunken rant thrown in for variety when the station was non-mobile.

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New page: ==Desert Crossing Radio== Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between 1998 and 2003 by hackers travelling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las V...

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==Desert Crossing Radio==
Desert Crossing Radio was a mobile pirate station operated annually between 1998 and 2003 by hackers travelling from Los Angeles to the Defcon conference in Las Vegas as part of the DefCon Caravan. Transmitting on 104.7MHz FM (typically at around 20 watts), it played requests from people travelling in the caravan in addition to providing them with updates regarding the caravan's progress across the Mojave desert. Reception was generally quite good, though an abortive experiment with broadcasting in stereo in 2003 resulted in a switch back to mono half-an-hour before the caravan's departure.

Although mainly intended for operation while the caravan was mobile, it wasn't uncommon for it to transmit occasionally while at the conference. During the remainder of the year, it could be heard on an equally sporadic schedule around the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The programming can most adequately be described as eclectic: musically everything from classical to punk rock was played with the odd drunken rant thrown in for variety when the station was non-mobile.

==External links==
*[http://www.defcon.org Defcon]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com/?p=comms.2k3 Desert Crossing Radio Information Page] (from archive.org)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084039/http://deathrace2k.com DefCon Caravan Main Page] (from archive.org)
*[http://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1477 Desert Crossing Radio request thread on the Defcon Forums]