View Single Post
  #14  
Old 11-02-2004, 04:03 AM
gonzothegreat's Avatar
gonzothegreat gonzothegreat is offline
Professional weirdo
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Madison,WI
Posts: 28
A decade ago I wasted $50 on the Ramsey kit to broadcast a VCR to my room upstairs. Just how miserably did it perform?

My bedroom is directly above the frontroom and the total distance was not more than TEN FEET. It could not produce a satisfactory picture! I even tried screwing around with a bigger antenna on the xmitter and rcvr to no avail.

While the various FM xmitter kits generally do a respectable job, I think part 15 (iirc) prevents TV transmitters from doing much more than what comes out of your average RF modulator.

Forget about the transmitter. Would be nice but the cash you blow for this project could be better spent elsewhere. Get a 300->75 ohm impedance transformer and enjoy some Soupy Sales reruns...
__________________
Voluntary 55mph speed limit - save gas & money
Reply With Quote