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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