Yep, here it is again.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7W-Car-FM-Transmitter-Stereo-PLL-Broadcast-Radio-Sta
tion-Antenna-Power-Supply-/200856536497?_trksid=p2047675.m1982&_trkparms=aid
%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D119%26meid%3D4049712988607840353
%26pid%3D100009%26prg%3D1089%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D260730971978%26#mainContent
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On
Tue, 11 Dec 2012, Howard Traxler wrote:
> Butch, did you post the URL for the transmitter you have? If so, I must
> have missed it. Could you repeat, please? Thanks.
> Howard, WA(RYF
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Fm transmitters
>
>
>> Butch,
>>
>> Please post the link to the list; inquiring minds want to know. Thanks.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 22:07
>> Subject: Re: Fm transmitters
>>
>>
>>> Well, don't bother telling this is't legal. I haven't put it on an
>>> aantenna yet, just a dummyload. It is $55 or so on ebay. Runs on 12
>>> volts. I put it on the ifr and they rate it 1 or 5 watts, I show seven
>>> on my service monitor. It says don't plug it in without an antenna.
>>> Comes in a nice metal box and has input for mike and line and a gain for
>>> each. I will dig up the link if anyone wants it.
>>> Doesn't come with any instructions, so I don'w know how to reduce power.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 9 Dec 2012, Gary
>>> Ketler wrote:
>>>
>>>> The one I had only went about 15 or 20 feet. I'd like to find one that
>>>> would
>>>> cover somewhere around 1000 square feet.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jim Gammon
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 8:23 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Fm transmitters
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ron, does yours broadcast in stereo? The one I have from c
>>>> Crane costs I think $59.00 but they've sold their fm transmitters
>>>> for as much as $79.00 in the past. The newest one isn't supposed
>>>> to forget the frequency you have it set on when the batteries run
>>>> out or you lose power from the AC adapter. It has an on-off
>>>> button, up and down frequency buttons, and an audio gain control
>>>> on the side. Jim WA6EKS
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date sent: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 20:04:55 -0600
>>>> Subject: Re: Another Gadget!
>>>>
>>>> I use a different little FM transmitter to transmit my XM/SIRIUS
>>>> radio,
>>>> computer, or other devices all over the house or my Victor Reader
>>>> Stream
>>>> into my car's FM radio. It seems to have pretty good distance
>>>> and is really
>>>> easy to use. It operates on batteries or AC with an adaptor that
>>>> comes with
>>>> it or it will also work from the car's battery using the
>>>> cigarette
>>>> lighter's power outlet. It is called the WholeHouse FM
>>>> Transmitter. It
>>>> costs quite a bit more than the one from Wal-Mart, but it
>>>> transmits about 3
>>>> times as far. The audio quality is excellent.
>>>>
>>>> Ron, K8HSY
>>>>
>>>> At 07:18 PM 12/9/2012 -0600, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>>>> I thought some on this list may be interested in this little part
>>>> 15
>>>> FM BC transmitter from Wally World.
>>>>
>>>> Before talking book players became more portable, I often used
>>>> such a
>>>> device plugged into either the NLS cassette player, or the old
>>>> Talking
>>>> Book machine, so that I wouldn't have to wag the thing around the
>>>> house.
>>>>
>>>> The first one I used for that purpose was an old Knight kit AM
>>>> transmitter.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Duke
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dyarnes" <[log in to unmask]
>>>> To: "QRP-L" <[log in to unmask]
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 6:53 PM
>>>> Subject: [QRP-L] Another Gadget!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> We just completed a 3 day drive back to Tucson from Oregon. Our
>>>> route
>>>> included nearly the entire state of Nevada from north to south.
>>>> It's
>>>> really
>>>> boring, but great roads and not much traffic. Anyway, before
>>>> leaving
>>>> Oregon
>>>> I ran across a relatively inexpensive FM transmitting device at
>>>> Walmart. I
>>>> decided to try it and use it to take the output from my QRP rig
>>>> and
>>>> play it
>>>> through the car radio. It worked great! That way I didn't have
>>>> to
>>>> have
>>>> earphones stuck in my ears, which is sort of illegal in most
>>>> places
>>>> anyway
>>>> if you are the driver. I tried it with both my KX3 and with my
>>>> ATS-3B.
>>>> Both were hooked up to my mobile antenna. So, at least I could
>>>> do a
>>>> little
>>>> casual "SWLing" along the way.
>>>>
>>>> I've used devices like this quite often--some work fairly well,
>>>> and
>>>> some
>>>> don't. This one seems to work pretty well, and it was
>>>> cheap--only
>>>> about
>>>> $15. There are all sorts of applications for a device like
>>>> this--you
>>>> can
>>>> decide if you could make use of something like this or not. I
>>>> even
>>>> use them
>>>> at home sometimes when, for example, I need to refill the coffee
>>>> cup.
>>>> I
>>>> just listen on a small portable radio while the other guy is
>>>> transmitting,
>>>> and he never knows I was away from the radio. It seems to work
>>>> pretty
>>>> well
>>>> from even 40 or 50 feet away.
>>>>
>>>> This device is a Scoche model FMT4. It takes two AAA batteries,
>>>> but
>>>> the
>>>> unit itself is not much bigger than 2 AA batteries. By pressing
>>>> a
>>>> button
>>>> you can change to any of 20 different FM band channels, 10 at
>>>> each end
>>>> of
>>>> the band. So, except in really large metro areas, you probably
>>>> won't
>>>> have a
>>>> problem finding a clear frequency on which to operate the unit.
>>>> It
>>>> was no
>>>> problem in Nevada until we got to Las Vegas! Even there I
>>>> finally
>>>> found a
>>>> couple of clear channels.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, FWIW, somebody else might find something like this
>>>> useful.
>>>>
>>>> Dave W7AQK
>>>>
>>>>
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