Max, Yeah, of course you're right, especially since you don't need the full possible output of the amplifier.
Have fun and let us know how it works. Tom Fowle On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:34:53PM -0600, Max Robinson wrote: > Impedance mismatches cause power loss. That matters if you are running > 100,000 watts or even 25 watts but all I expect to be putting out is a > couple of hundred milliwatts. Even if I use a 1/4 wave whip which has a > nominal impedance of 50 ohms and the TV booster has an output impedance of > 75 ohms the small mismatch and low power won't cause any trouble. > > The C Crain transmitter has nothing but a short whip. I would have to open > up the back, something I'm not afraid to do, and find the ground so I can > take off a coaxial line to the booster. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spiro" <sp...@iamspiro.com> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Music in my shed > > > > if max puts an antenna on a booster; would his trouble be the match > > between the output of the booster and the rca inputs of the transmitter? > > Don't the C-Cranes take rca input? > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Tom Fowle wrote: > > > >> 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: m...@maxsmusicplace.com > >>> > >>> Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > >>> Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > >>> Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >>> > >>> To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > >>> funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >>> > >>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > >>> funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> > >>> To: <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: 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: m...@maxsmusicplace.com > >>>> > >>>> Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > >>>> Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > >>>> Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >>>> > >>>> To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > >>>> funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >>>> > >>>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > >>>> funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "john schwery" <jschw...@embarqmail.com> > >>>> To: <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? 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