On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> Radio Shack (and Mactown, too) sells a $20 or $30 item called iRock. You > plug it into your iPod or computer's speaker jack, tune your amplifier to > the appropriate channel (there are 4 to choose from) and tell iPod or iTunes > to play. The sound comes out through your stereo. The only problem is > proximity. The range is short. My computer is 12-15 ft from the stereo and > there's a fair amount of static. The closer you get to the tuner the better > the sound. > > Intriguing idea. I got one of these with my iPod. They have to run on one of 4 particular bandwidths. These are public bandwidths. So when journeying down to Mamooth caves in the car, we found that pirate radio, student radio, and god knows what else would barge in on our delicate music. So for the car they fail. It even rained heavily on the way down, which if anything made things better as I think radio travels a shorter distance in rain, or it interferes or something. At home I would imagine they are better [I've heard that building your own radio station in the basement is easy, providing you stay under a certain legal power level] as long as your home doesn't pick up the public radio stations. Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
