I actually have a Talking house, too... the kind Patrick describes, that look like a VCR.
Using a portable radio.... if you run the wire antenna up the wall, you'll get about 500 feet or so. On a car radio, you'll see 1000 feet or so. If you have lots of obstructions in your way (unlike me) or poor ground conductivity (unlike me), your signal will be even worse. If you can put the Talking House next to a window and snake the wire antenna outside you'll fare much better. I've looked all over for those Range Extender kids, with the antenna tuning unit and antenna.. and can't find them. They would improve your range quite a bit. HOWEVER.. Talking House, etc et al.. will NOT sell them to you if you didn't get your unit directly from them The audio on them is OK, not great.. but Ive heard worse. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW < am-d...@webtv.net> wrote: > I have a talking house (Radio Realty brand) that I have had for quite a > few years. It has front panel digital frequency selection. I used it to > tune my analog GE SRIII to a specific frequency since the slide rule > dial on the SRIII was just a guessing game. I'd set the transmitter to > the frequency I wanted, peak tune the SRIII to the center of the > frequency, turn the transmitter off, and the SRIII was perfectly tuned. > The transmitter has a front panel peaking capacitor and a meter to allow > you to tune to maximum output power on the selected frequency. It has a > thick flexible rubber coated wire antenna coming out of the back. > Ideally you would sit it near a window in the house you were selling, > hang the antenna over a curtain rod, plug in a tape recorder, and let it > run. I actually considered starting a small part-time business of > renting these out to local realtors and setting them up on site about 10 > years ago when the housing market was good. I once saw one of these in > use at a self serve car wash to give instructions to the customers. > Anyone ever see them used in businesses other than real estate? > > Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO > Westminster CO > <http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/> _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com