oh, you are going the other way; transmitter to booster to antenna. Sorry.
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, 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: [email protected] > > 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. > [email protected] > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spiro" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > 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: [email protected] >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Dale Leavens" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> 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: [email protected] >>>>> 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: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "john schwery" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> 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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