OK, just a thought.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: FM Transmitter
> Hi John,
>
> None of your conditions apply.
>
> 1. My house is a shake shingle cape cod with no metal at all in the
> inner
> walls.
> 2. I have never had any issues with other wireless devices.
> 3. I operate hand held with rubber ducky (dummy load antennas) with full
> scale into local repeaters.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: FM Transmitter
>
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>> Signature:
>> They ask me if I'm happy.
>> I say yes.
>> They ask me: "how happy are you?"
>> I say: "I'm as happy as a stowaway chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
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