Hi Paula,
Thanks for the nice words!
Yes, I have wondered about that too. The Ramsey kits were an option I was considering back when I started to restore my Philco. But then I found out about the "Radio DJ" and for only $20 it was worth a try. Well, the sound is so good, that I don't think it could be improved by costlier transmitters such as the Ramsey! Take my word for it. And it's available at the local ToysRUs! And if you don't like the appearance of it, you can always install the guts in a different case.
For FM, I found another $20 gadget called the "Soundfeeder SF-120" Wireless CD player adaptor. This is intended to broadcast the output of a CD player to any car FM radio. But it is just a flea sized FM Stereo transmitter on a chip. I bet it uses the same chip as the Ramsey transmitter.
The "Soundfeeder" is the size of a pack of cigarrettes and it's the black tiny box with a little antenna sticking out of it, sitting just on the left side of my Philco in my earlier pic (behind the Radio DJ).
I sometimes hook the output of the portable MP3 player to it, and broadcast music in the FM band. I thought the sound was marginal until I tuned the signal on my Fisher 500C. I was shocked at the quality of the sound! No, not professional standards but quite decent. A lot of hiss tho. And I am pretty sure the hiss is caused by the wide dynamic range of CD recordings sans compressing. Well worth giving it a try. Same for the Wild Planet Radio DJ.
Here is another shot of my bedroom showing the Fisher 500C:
Regards,
crooner