RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-07 Thread Brett gazdzinski
speaker in the front, the cabinet makes a good speaker cabinet. Brett > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald Chester > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 3:14 AM > To: amradio@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [AMRad

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-05 Thread Jim Candela
Steve, Mack in the early 1970's I did something similar to your six meter signal blanking the guys FM radio. I was a novice, wn8pep, and was experimenting with old computer circuit boards (RTL logic). The transistors were silicon 2N706, and would often oscillate when testing in my transistor t

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-05 Thread SBJohnston
> So sometimes others find our contacts interesting. True - when I was a teenager in Ohio I ran a lot of 6m AM. I didn't know it but my 2E26-based 3 watt signal was getting into the local cable-TV system and being amplified and carried all around the neighborhood - or perhaps even all over

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-04 Thread Rev. Don Sanders
i" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of AM Radio'" Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:54 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > They might appreciate hearing the other side of the QSO though... > > Brett > > > > -Original Message-

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-04 Thread Donald Chester
They did monitor for the local oscillators. I saw them on more than one occasion patrolling with their highly directional antenna. It was a rotatable dipole with lots of loading inductance along the element. It was conical shaped tapering to a narrow outer end, and was about 4-6 feet in length.

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Brett gazdzinski
hould check the range. Brett > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald Chester > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:22 PM > To: amradio@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > > >Be very car

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Donald Chester
Be very careful - keep your FM transmitters under the Part 15 limits or you might get busted! Putting a big antenna on even a low power unit will exceed the allowed limits I won't worry about it as long as the signal is not audible beyond the boundaries of my property. I live on 100 acres,

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Brian Carling
On 4 Mar 2006 at 4:03, Donald Chester wrote: > > >From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >(This actually refers to the British licensing of radio and TV > >receivers. Both require a license and they actually go around > >in vans to "ctach" and punish persons listening without a license!)

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Donald Chester
From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (This actually refers to the British licensing of radio and TV receivers. Both require a license and they actually go around in vans to "ctach" and punish persons listening without a license!) I have been told that those vans were purely "psychologi

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Phil Galasso
- Original Message - Subject: RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > Yet another choice is the 900 mhz cordless head phones. I remoted the > transmitter in my attic and fed the audio up to it via shielded wire. > > I increased my range enough to cover most of my yard while mowing an

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Miller WB5OXQ
YES - Original Message - From: "Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter Is it not against regulations to broadcast music etc. on the HAM Bands? Warren - Or

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Brett gazdzinski
adio > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > > Just trying to keep you out of trouble! ; ) > I am sure my neighbors don't need a fm radio to hear my > station especially > when I am on AM! > > - Original Message - > From: "Brian Carling" <[E

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Mike Dorworth, K4XM
Yup. He is talking about rebroadcasting hambands to hambands for HIMSELF.. Permitted under aux stations in FCC rules.. Mike - Original Message - From: "Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:32 PM Subject: Re

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Warren
Is it not against regulations to broadcast music etc. on the HAM Bands? Warren - Original Message - From: "Rev. Don Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [A

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Miller WB5OXQ
ch 03, 2006 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter But if you use wireless speakers you don't get to introduce your neighbors who roam the FM dial to the joys of amateur radio! On 2 Mar 2006 at 21:28, Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote: Get some wireless speakers. They come with a small 900mhz tra

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Rev. Don Sanders
- Original Message - From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 7:26 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > Yipes - for $399.00 it better be DARN good, LOL! > > On 2 Mar 2006 at 21:53, Bob Pet

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Brian Carling
work well. The Ramsey is > very expensive.. > > Bob W1PE > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Miller WB5OXQ > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:28 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio > Subject: Re: [AMRadio

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-03 Thread Brian Carling
But if you use wireless speakers you don't get to introduce your neighbors who roam the FM dial to the joys of amateur radio! On 2 Mar 2006 at 21:28, Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote: > Get some wireless speakers. They come with a small 900mhz transmitter and > usually work up to 150' though they claim

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Jim Miller WB5OXQ
Get some wireless speakers. They come with a small 900mhz transmitter and usually work up to 150' though they claim 300. Around $60 a pair at radio shack - Original Message - From: "Donald Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:40 PM

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Brett gazdzinski
sion of AM Radio > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > > > - Original Message - > > > I made a 1/4 wave dipole out of a PL259 and coat hangers, > and stuck it on > > my vent pipe on the roof. > > I never checked the range, its on 90.4 MHz. > > A

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread SBJohnston
Be very careful - keep your FM transmitters under the Part 15 limits or you might get busted! Putting a big antenna on even a low power unit will exceed the allowed limits Here's a link to some very stable, PLL synthesized FM transmitter kits. http://www.dckits.com/index.htm I recommend th

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread WA9VRH
Yet another choice is the 900 mhz cordless head phones. I remoted the transmitter in my attic and fed the audio up to it via shielded wire. I increased my range enough to cover most of my yard while mowing and it isn't a small yard. The other choice was to remote the transmitter t the top of t

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Brian Carling
Moral of the story is this: Keep your eyes peeled for the "Cat Detector Van." http://mzonline.com/bin/view/Python/FishLicenseSketch (This actually refers to the British licensing of radio and TV receivers. Both require a license and they actually go around in vans to "ctach" and punish persons

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Gary Schafer
> If you want to hear your AM roundtable while you are called away to the > telephone or using the bathroom, get a good speaker, attach it to your > receiver, and turn up the volume. > An old cordless phone would do the trick. 73 Gary K4FMX

Re: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Phil Galasso
- Original Message - > > I made a 1/4 wave dipole out of a PL259 and coat hangers, and stuck it on > my vent pipe on the roof. > I never checked the range, its on 90.4 MHz. > A good antenna would likely get me in trouble. > > 4 watts and a good antenna would likely go many miles. That's a

RE: [AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Brett gazdzinski
and sound poor. Brett N2DTS > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald Chester > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:40 PM > To: amradio@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [AMRadio] FM transmitter > > > > &g

[AMRadio] FM transmitter

2006-03-02 Thread Donald Chester
Hope they don't measure the FM broadcast transmitter I have, so I can listen while doing stuff around the house and yard with a walkman, its over a watt I think... What kind of FM transmitter do you use? I have been looking for something so I can use to feed streaming audio from my desktop