W. Watson wrote:

Yikes! I think you're right. I can probably cut them off at the pass
this morning. They said it would be shipped today. I was looking at the
picture thinking that was the whole unit. I see some other units, but
they seem to be quite high priced compared the the battery operated MW
unit I had. Of course, Crane is usually above the general price on
everything.

Their transmitter may cost more, but is a cut above the 2 or 3 others I
have owned previously. It's also one of the only ones I've purchased
that actually seems to put out something in the range of legal power and
deviation, as opposed to the Radio Shack ones (no longer on the market)
that will go REAL wide. It's also nice to have a fully synthed unit as
opposed to many that just are on a 4 or so freqs and that's all.

tom
K0TAR

Tom Ring wrote:

W. Watson wrote:

Yikes! I think you're right. I can probably cut them off at the pass
this morning. They said it would be shipped today. I was looking at
the picture thinking that was the whole unit. I see some other units,
but they seem to be quite high priced compared the the battery
operated MW unit I had. Of course, Crane is usually above the general
price on everything.


Their transmitter may cost more, but is a cut above the 2 or 3 others I
have owned previously. It's also one of the only ones I've purchased
that actually seems to put out something in the range of legal power and
deviation, as opposed to the Radio Shack ones (no longer on the market)
that will go REAL wide. It's also nice to have a fully synthed unit as
opposed to many that just are on a 4 or so freqs and that's all.

tom
K0TAR

I'm about to refuse delivery of the kit when it arrives, and I've ordered
the orphan. I think this should be a very helpful device. I cannot get a
distant station in SF, KGO, because I need a device in the bedroom where I
have the C. Crane radio that interferes with KGO. When I put it 30' away,
reception is fine. So I'll hook up the FM xmitter to the Crane and pick it
up on another radio in the bedroom. This will also help in an out building
where reception isn't so hot for a number of FM/AM stations.


Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
--
"I have made this letter [e-mail] a rather long one, only
because I didn't have the lesiure to make it shorter."
-- Blaise Pascal
Web Page: home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews

Well, the unit arrived Saturday and I tried it out. This must be a city
version where people are crowded together. It's range is 30-75'. I need it
about 30' away from where I'll receive the final signal. Generally, I can
hear it, but have to do some fussing with the FM rcvr. Well, I'm not done
with the testing yet. They suggest putting it up high and/or putting a piece
of metal sheet under the xmitter. I had hoped for a xmission range of 100'
or more to get the signal to an out building. Maybe they have a 'country'
version. Yikes.


Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
--
"I have made this letter [e-mail] a rather long one, only
because I didn't have the lesiure to make it shorter."
-- Blaise Pascal
Web Page: home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews

The CCrane version is a "full gallon" as far as the FCC is concerned.
I have one which covers my house, and 3 acre yard, with full quieting.
It is on the ground floor of a frame house, and sits on top of a metal
filing cabinet, and works equally well on top of the tuner/amp. I
have found that, as you would expect, the signal improves modestly as
you move to higher TX frequencies.


--
Alan
WA4SCA

Alan WA4SCA wrote:
The CCrane version is a "full gallon" as far as the FCC is concerned.
I have one which covers my house, and 3 acre yard, with full quieting.
It is on the ground floor of a frame house, and sits on top of a metal
filing cabinet, and works equally well on top of the tuner/amp. I
have found that, as you would expect, the signal improves modestly as
you move to higher TX frequencies.

Is it illegal to put an unconnected piece of aluminum
tape on the wall behind one of those units?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil,

Is it illegal to put an unconnected piece of aluminum tape on the wall behind one of those units?

Probably not, though it would require a careful reading to determine.
I doubt if a length of wire which just happened to be the right
length, and in the right place, would be an issue either.
--

--
Alan
WA4SCA

Alan WA4SCA wrote:

The CCrane version is a "full gallon" as far as the FCC is concerned.
I have one which covers my house, and 3 acre yard, with full quieting.
It is on the ground floor of a frame house, and sits on top of a metal
filing cabinet, and works equally well on top of the tuner/amp. I
have found that, as you would expect, the signal improves modestly as
you move to higher TX frequencies.


--
Alan
WA4SCA
Part of my problem is that the radio in the bedroom, where I do most of my
listening, is right near the noise source. I need the source on all night
(CPAP unit). The best reception of my favorite station is 30' away, across
the house, and I may not be able to find a better spot for the xmitter. Oh,
well, I'll keep playing with this. Higher tonight. (My rcvr is it a Crane's
getting repaired, and will be back this week I'm told. Until then I'm a bit
limited, since it gets the favorite station.)


Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
--
"I have made this letter [e-mail] a rather long one, only
because I didn't have the lesiure to make it shorter."
-- Blaise Pascal
Web Page: home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews

W. Watson wrote:

Alan WA4SCA wrote:

The CCrane version is a "full gallon" as far as the FCC is concerned.
I have one which covers my house, and 3 acre yard, with full quieting.
It is on the ground floor of a frame house, and sits on top of a metal
filing cabinet, and works equally well on top of the tuner/amp. I
have found that, as you would expect, the signal improves modestly as
you move to higher TX frequencies.


--
Alan
WA4SCA

Part of my problem is that the radio in the bedroom, where I do most of
my listening, is right near the noise source. I need the source on all
night (CPAP unit). The best reception of my favorite station is 30'
away, across the house, and I may not be able to find a better spot for
the xmitter. Oh, well, I'll keep playing with this. Higher tonight. (My
rcvr is it a Crane's getting repaired, and will be back this week I'm
told. Until then I'm a bit limited, since it gets the favorite station.)


Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Well, I did a fair amount of moving of receiver and xmitter around the
house, with modest success. My best spot is 35' away, and that's stretching
the limit of the xmitter. However, we now havd DSL after waiting 8 years.
Our den is much closer to the bedroom, and I can use RadioReplay to catch
the station. No interference at all, and I can sent it the short 20' to the
bedroom without much difficulty at all. I say much, because it seems like
the streaming audio runs amuck, and gets distorted somewhat like a too fast
or too slow conversation--alternating. However, most of the time all is
well. I can have the station going all day.