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# iPod Pirate Radio
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/ipod-pirate-radio/
- Published: 2003-08-01T21:00:19.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-04T21:27:27.000Z
- Description: UK bans iPod gadget that lets you send songs from Apple's iPod music player to an FM radio has fallen foul of UK laws. The $35…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

UK bans iPod gadget that lets you send songs from Apple's iPod music player to an FM radio has fallen foul of UK laws. The $35 cylindrical device, made by Griffin Technology in the US, is plugged into the iPod and can be tuned to any FM frequency.

![iTrip on an iPod](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39349000/jpg/_39349269_itrip203body.jpg)

A N Micro, the UK distributor of the iTrip, said use of the device was prohibited under the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949\. The act forbids the use of radio equipment without a license or an exemption. The iTrip transmits at very low power on an FM frequency and so in theory could interfere with broadcasts from a radio station. read [full article](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3115345.stm?ref=protein.xyz)