Are you sure it's not the construction of your house? I've seen houses 
insulated with aluminum foil and the like and getting any rf signals through 
those houses is tough, to the point where one place I was on vacation at, 
the house we stayed in you could literally have full cell phone signal on 
the deck and almost none in the center of the house, and it was not a big 
house, I'm talking maybe 15 feet difference. They had a wireless router for 
internet as well there and same thing, in the same room with it or the next 
room with the door between the rooms open, fine, that extra 10-15 feet to my 
bedroom, an excellent signal went to good or on a bad day poor, and that 
router had high gain antennas on it. I could forget running an HT on vhf in 
there too, center of the house I'd be talking to myself, out on the deck, or 
the rec room which was an addition and it was fine, and that's the room the 
wireless router was as well, in the rec room. I don't believe the xm radio I 
used at the time could get it's fm radio signal through the house either, I 
think I had to be in about the same room with it which is the same thing as 
what you're doing, so I thought I'd ask if it's the construction of the 
building or not. I've seen that other places as well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:46 AM
Subject: FM Transmitter


> Hi List,
>
> I wonder if anyone is using an FM transmitter to send audio from a desktop
> computer to an FM radio somewhere within their home or apartment.  I have
> been looking for one for quite a while.  I asked Radio Shack and they only
> had one for vehicle usage that ran on a cigarette lighter.  I finally 
> called
> CCrane and they had one for 70 dollars and 90 cents.  They said it had a
> minimum range of 35 feet and a maximum of 70 feet.  Since my house is 
> small
> and I only need about 15 to 20 feet from the several points to my desktop, 
> I
> ordered it.  It was not what I expected.  It is supposed to operate at 10
> Miliwatts but I could only get clear reception about 5 feet away from the
> desktop.  It was reasonably accessible but hardly worth the 70 dollars and
> 90 cents--since I could barely hear it in my bedroom 15 feet away.
>
> Does anyone know of a similar product with superior performance?  If so 
> can
> you tell me where to purchase and approximate price?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
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