Hi Max, Please do let me or us know your findings. I have a home recording studio and tried feeding remote FM radios from an FM transmitter but was not satisfied with the result. This sounds like an alternative to running multi wires to headsets.
BTW, if any one is interested, you can hear excerpts from an album of cover tunes I did at www.kevindoucet.com/ At 02:46 PM 12/1/2009, you wrote: > > >I'll turn it down some so it won't be 2 watts. I just need to cover my >property not the entire neighborhood. > >Regards. > >Max. K 4 O D S. > >Email: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>m...@maxsmusicplace.com > >Transistor site ><http://www.funwithtransistors.net>http://www.funwithtransistors.net >Vacuum tube site: <http://www.funwithtubes.net>http://www.funwithtubes.net >Music site: <http://www.maxsmusicplace.com>http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. ><mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, ><mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom Fowle" <<mailto:fowle%40ski.org>fo...@ski.org> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:48 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed > > > Max, > > that will probably work, since those wide band boosters have to produce a > > relatively high amount of total power out, many low powered chanels added > > together with one input gives you one pretty big boom, you may get > > as much as 2 watts or so out of them. this according to our > > friend Richard Oehm who works in the TV and cable > > industries. > > > > this is highly illegal in the U.S. where the limit for unlicensed > > transmitters > > is a hundred milliwatts. However they gotta catch you and the FCC > > should have better things to do. > > > > Only problem you may have is providing a proper load for the xmitter since > > it was probably designed for a very low impedance whip antenna. > > > > have fun > > Tom WA6IVG > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:09:10PM -0600, Max Robinson wrote: > >> In the next few months I'm going to play with hanging a TV/FM booster on > >> the > >> C Crain. If it works I'll let everyone know. > >> > >> Regards. > >> > >> Max. K 4 O D S. > >> > >> Email: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>m...@maxsmusicplace.com > >> > >> Transistor site > <http://www.funwithtransistors.net>http://www.funwithtransistors.net > >> Vacuum tube site: <http://www.funwithtubes.net>http://www.funwithtubes.net > >> Music site: <http://www.maxsmusicplace.com>http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >> > >> To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > >> > <mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >> > >> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > >> > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Dale Leavens" <<mailto:dleavens%40puc.net>dleav...@puc.net> > >> To: > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:12 PM > >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed > >> > >> > >> > Mine does a lot better than that! > >> > > >> > What I do like about it over others I have used is the sound quality, > >> > it > >> > doesn't seem to lose the highs or lows say like my satellite car > >> > transmitter or the one I have from Radio Shack, brand unknown. It > >> > transmits more reliably than the RCA cordless headphones I have too. > >> > > >> > There is one corner though where it doesn't seem to reach no matter how > >> > I > >> > alter the antenna. > >> > > >> > If you know of a better transmitter I would be interested to hear of > >> > it. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: Max Robinson > >> > To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > >> > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:56 PM > >> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Don't mess with one of those C Crain transmitters. They have a range > >> > of > >> > about 10 feet line of sight. About 5 feet through a wall. > >> > > >> > Regards. > >> > > >> > Max. K 4 O D S. > >> > > >> > Email: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>m...@maxsmusicplace.com > >> > > >> > Transistor site > <http://www.funwithtransistors.net>http://www.funwithtransistors.net > >> > Vacuum tube site: > <http://www.funwithtubes.net>http://www.funwithtubes.net > >> > Music site: <http://www.maxsmusicplace.com>http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >> > > >> > To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > >> > > <mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >> > > >> > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > >> > > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "john schwery" > <<mailto:jschwery%40embarqmail.com>jschw...@embarqmail.com> > >> > To: > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > >> > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 5:37 AM > >> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed > >> > > >> > > Max, if you get an fm transmitter get what is > >> > > called a whole house transmitter. Another option would be wireless > >> > > speakers. > >> > > > >> > > earlier, Agent086b, wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >>not sure if this will be considered handyman stuff or not. > >> > >>I wish to set up a set of speakers in my shed so as I can listen to > >> > >>music when working on my projects. > >> > >>I am not able to run wires underground as I must go under a large > >> > area > >> > >>of concrete. > >> > >>I could run a conduit from the house to the shed several meters up > >> > in > >> > >>the air. > >> > >>My wife would not be to keen on this idea. Is it possible to find > >> > some > >> > >>sort of fm or similar transmitter to transmit from my computer to a > >> > >>radio frequency that I could tune in on my radio in the shed? I > >> > could > >> > >>then put a CD on the computer and listen to my heart's content. > >> > >>Thanks for any help on this one. > >> > >>Max. > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > John > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > ------------------------------------ > >> > > > >> > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > >> > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > >> > > To listen to the show archives go to link > >> > > > >> > > <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > >> > > Or > >> > > > <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >> > > > >> > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >> > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >> > > > >> > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > >> > Various > >> > > List Members At The Following address: > >> > > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >> > > > >> > > Visit the archives page at the following address > >> > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/>http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > >> > > > >> > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > >> > following > >> > > address for more information: > >> > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ > >> > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > >> > Man > >> > > list just send a blank message to: > >> > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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