Harry Krause wrote:
: wrote:
: Harry Krause wrote:
: : wrote:
: : Harry Krause wrote:
: :
: : : Got any ideas for an antenna I can put on top of my bookshelves that
: : : might do me some good in FM reception? A bit more data: car radio FM
: : : reception for DC stations ain't too swift out here, either.
: :
: : : Some of the stations are on the internet, but that limits me to PC type
: : : speakers...so that isn't a solution, either.
: :
: : Get a transmitter and transmit your PC audio to your stereo.
: :
: : Here's a neat way to do it:
: : http://www.montek.com/cart/catalog/U...L-p-27736.html
: :
: : Or you could go to Ramsey Electronics and buy one of their FM stereo
: : transmittters (about the same price).
: : b.
:
:
: : What do you suppose the range is?
:
: I have a similar transmitter from Ramsey Electronics. With a 24 inch
: piece of wire (and on the second story of the house) it transmitted about
: 1000 feet.
:
: b.


: What Ramsey unit do you have? Thanks!

I built the FM-10 which is an unsynthesized one. It's pretty stable. They
make a synthesized FM stereo transmitter but for the cost of the
pre assembled one in the link above and use with USB port, I feel it
is a better solution.

b.