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
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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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