I'd bet it's one of this guys transmitters:
http://stores.ebay.com/FM-TV-Transmitters-and-RF-parts_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm
And here's a used one going in about 2 hours:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5730774971&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Larry
kz0e
Brett gazdzinski wrote:
No, its different from the one DC sells.
Its got no name on it, and I suspect it came out of some
very nice equipment.
The heat sink is very large, 4x3x3 inches, and from memory, its
a watt or 5 watts out, or maybe more.
I got it off Ebay, do a search for fm transmitter.
Best thing about it is its very clean in output, and high power.
It seems to be a good commercial piece of equipment, not a kit
or hobby type thing.
I use a small digital FM receiver to listen around the property,
and my transmitter does better than strong FM band stations in that
receiver.
I made an antenna out of a pl259 female chassis mount and coat hangers,
in the ground plane configuration.
its mounted to a vent pipe on my roof, well below the peak of the roof.
The ramsy kit on the same antenna had dead spots, and did not go more
than a few houses away on the car radio.
I have not tried the range of the new transmitter past about 500 feet,
but it was fine that far out.
Brett
N2DTS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Carling
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:57 AM
To: Discussion of AM Radio
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] NPR, one solution for lousy radio
On 13 Nov 2004 at 21:52, Brett gazdzinski wrote:
I got a real nice 1 watt synthesized transmitter with a digital
frequency readout, nice stereo separation and good fidelity.
With an outside antenna, it goes blocks, never tried to figure
out just how far.
1 watt with a good antenna should go miles.
I tried cordless headphones, the ramsey stuff, and other FM
transmitter kits, and the range was lousy.
I like to wander around while listening, go out back of the house and
smoke,
make some tea, etc (plenty of old buzzards on the air!).
The transmitter was about $100.00 but its very well made, and very
clean.
Its not a kit, and has a very large heat sink.
It has no case, just the display mounted on a circuit board,
you push buttons to change frequency and other options, the back
of the board holds the heat sink.
There used to be a lot of the same things on ebay, I have not looked
lately.
A cordless mike with some sort of remote keying of the transmitter would
be
cool,
you could be out mowing the lawn and on the air...
Brett
N2DTS
Brett - is this the same thing as the DC Electronics one?
Or who makes it?
Where do we get one?
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