if max puts an antenna on a booster; would his trouble be the match between the output of the booster and the rca inputs of the transmitter? Don't the C-Cranes take rca input?
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Tom Fowle wrote: > Max, > that will probably work, since those wide band boosters have to produce a > relatively high amount of total power out, many low powered chanels added > together with one input gives you one pretty big boom, you may get > as much as 2 watts or so out of them. this according to our > friend Richard Oehm who works in the TV and cable > industries. > > this is highly illegal in the U.S. where the limit for unlicensed transmitters > is a hundred milliwatts. However they gotta catch you and the FCC > should have better things to do. > > Only problem you may have is providing a proper load for the xmitter since > it was probably designed for a very low impedance whip antenna. > > have fun > Tom WA6IVG > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:09:10PM -0600, Max Robinson wrote: >> In the next few months I'm going to play with hanging a TV/FM booster on the >> C Crain. If it works I'll let everyone know. >> >> Regards. >> >> Max. K 4 O D S. >> >> Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com >> >> Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net >> Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net >> Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com >> >> To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. >> funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com >> >> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >> funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> >> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:12 PM >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed >> >> >>> Mine does a lot better than that! >>> >>> What I do like about it over others I have used is the sound quality, it >>> doesn't seem to lose the highs or lows say like my satellite car >>> transmitter or the one I have from Radio Shack, brand unknown. It >>> transmits more reliably than the RCA cordless headphones I have too. >>> >>> There is one corner though where it doesn't seem to reach no matter how I >>> alter the antenna. >>> >>> If you know of a better transmitter I would be interested to hear of it. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Max Robinson >>> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:56 PM >>> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed >>> >>> >>> >>> Don't mess with one of those C Crain transmitters. They have a range of >>> about 10 feet line of sight. About 5 feet through a wall. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Max. K 4 O D S. >>> >>> Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com >>> >>> Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net >>> Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net >>> Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com >>> >>> To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. >>> funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com >>> >>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >>> funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "john schwery" <jschw...@embarqmail.com> >>> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 5:37 AM >>> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed >>> >>> > Max, if you get an fm transmitter get what is >>> > called a whole house transmitter. Another option would be wireless >>> > speakers. >>> > >>> > earlier, Agent086b, wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>Hi all, >>> >>not sure if this will be considered handyman stuff or not. >>> >>I wish to set up a set of speakers in my shed so as I can listen to >>> >>music when working on my projects. >>> >>I am not able to run wires underground as I must go under a large area >>> >>of concrete. >>> >>I could run a conduit from the house to the shed several meters up in >>> >>the air. >>> >>My wife would not be to keen on this idea. Is it possible to find some >>> >>sort of fm or similar transmitter to transmit from my computer to a >>> >>radio frequency that I could tune in on my radio in the shed? 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