If you are using a c-Crane model, there's a pot inside the back
that you can turn up which will greatly increase the output
power, but not up to even 1 watt. I had the same issue when I
first got one afew years back and was going to return the product
until I learned how to increase the range. Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerry Learry <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:17:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Fm transmitters
Not mine,
I am lucky to get 10 or 15 feet out of it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: Fm transmitters
Hi, the c Crane transmitter has a range of at least 100 yards,
especially if you add on some wire of a calibrated length to the
antenna and put it near a window. Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Ketler <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 20:54:35 -0600
Subject: Re: Fm transmitters
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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