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T Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:36:38 -0500
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    Steve:

That's exactly what I'm thinking, plus I want one where it'll be easy to 
determine the exact frequency I'm on.

Will just have to start looking, I guess.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling


> Tom,
>
> Some transmitters operate over the entire FM band, so you may want one of
> those if you travel a lot.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 17:34
> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>
>
>>    Steve:
>>
>> Neither our family vehicle or the RV have a cassette player, so I'm 
>> afraid
>> that option is out.
>>
>> I guess that is what makes the FM transmitter possibility so compelling,
>> although, as Russ and some others have noted, this approach can lead to
>> some
>> problems, especially in densely-populated metropolitan areas where much 
>> of
>> the lower part of the FM spectrum is occupied.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 2:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> If your car has a cassette player, you can buy a device that fits into
>>> the
>>> cassette well and allows you to connect a player (Ipod, Stream, or
>>> whatever
>>> else floats your boat) by means of a 1/8-inch stereo plug.  The audio
>>> will
>>> come through your car's speakers just as if you were playing a cassette.
>>> Alternatively, you could buy a small FM transmitter from a company such
>>> as
>>> CCrane (www.ccrane.com).
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 13:09
>>> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, you can do both.  It is a totally accessible mp3 and WMA 9 player.
>>>>
>>>> As for listening in the car, Tom, you either need an external speaker 
>>>> or
>>>> if
>>>> you have an audio input on your car stereo then you can utilize that.
>>>>
>>>> There is no way the Stream will have enough volume on its internal
>>>> speaker
>>>> to
>>>> work in that kind of high ambient noise environment.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:40 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Tom.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a victor stream, but I am also told you can listen to 
>>>> music
>>>> by
>>>> use of SD cards with those Victor Stream readers, but I don't know much
>>>> about that.
>>>> Harvey
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 

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