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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