Wanted: FM Converter
 

Hi All,

I was recently given a Yaesu FRG-7. It is in good working shape and it's
kind of nice to have this classic as my bed side receiver. But, I have
gotten spoiled over the past few years by having FM broadcast available on
my bed side radios. I am trying to find one of the 12 volt FM converters
that used to be available from Radio Shack and others which you would put
between your car antenna and your AM radio. You would tune your AM radio to
a specified frequency and then turn on the converter using its tuning dial
to tune the FM band. I would like to try one of these on the Yaesu. If
anyone has one, please let me know what you would need for it.

Thanks very much.


--

Kevin :)
Amateur Radio: K7RX
Navy Marine Corps MARS: NNN0SHS

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:05:38 -0700, "Kevin Nathan"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was recently given a Yaesu FRG-7. It is in good working shape and it's
kind of nice to have this classic as my bed side receiver. But, I have
gotten spoiled over the past few years by having FM broadcast available on
my bed side radios. I am trying to find one of the 12 volt FM converters
that used to be available from Radio Shack and others which you would put
between your car antenna and your AM radio. You would tune your AM radio to
a specified frequency and then turn on the converter using its tuning dial
to tune the FM band. I would like to try one of these on the Yaesu. If
anyone has one, please let me know what you would need for it.

Thanks very much.

I can understand how a converter can put FM-band signals on a lower
range of frequencies, but how does it make an amplitude-modulated
receiver access frequency-modulated signals?

bob
k5qwg

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:05:38 -0700, "Kevin Nathan"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was recently given a Yaesu FRG-7. It is in good working shape and it's
kind of nice to have this classic as my bed side receiver. But, I have
gotten spoiled over the past few years by having FM broadcast available
on
my bed side radios. I am trying to find one of the 12 volt FM converters
that used to be available from Radio Shack and others which you would put
between your car antenna and your AM radio. You would tune your AM radio
to
a specified frequency and then turn on the converter using its tuning
dial
to tune the FM band. I would like to try one of these on the Yaesu. If
anyone has one, please let me know what you would need for it.

Thanks very much.

I can understand how a converter can put FM-band signals on a lower
range of frequencies, but how does it make an amplitude-modulated
receiver access frequency-modulated signals?



These converters are actually FM receivers with the demodulated output fed
to a low power AM modulator which can be set to transmit on the top end of
the AM band. Sort of a tiny low power repeater setup.

Do not know exactly how the units work, but I did own such a device and
used it in my 1978 Blazer that had only a AM radio.

Mike
KD4LLA

Bob Miller wrote:
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:05:38 -0700, "Kevin Nathan"
wrote:


Hi All,

I was recently given a Yaesu FRG-7. It is in good working shape and it's
kind of nice to have this classic as my bed side receiver. But, I have
gotten spoiled over the past few years by having FM broadcast available on
my bed side radios. I am trying to find one of the 12 volt FM converters
that used to be available from Radio Shack and others which you would put
between your car antenna and your AM radio. You would tune your AM radio to
a specified frequency and then turn on the converter using its tuning dial
to tune the FM band. I would like to try one of these on the Yaesu. If
anyone has one, please let me know what you would need for it.

Thanks very much.


I can understand how a converter can put FM-band signals on a lower
range of frequencies, but how does it make an amplitude-modulated
receiver access frequency-modulated signals?

bob
k5qwg