Low power VHF transmitters

[kbmuri]

Richard D,

I tried to PM you but your box is full.

Search that ePay place for "Blonder AM60*". Item 380051569880 will completely take care of you (no personal affiliation with the seller/item, and all the latest disclaimers to that effect), and it's priced really well, so if somebody else grabs it now, too bad your PM box wouldn't accept my message.

The reason you're not getting a lot of replies on this thread is because transmitting your own TV signals is a pretty "iffy" thing to do, FCC-wise. Use the modulator responsibly and at your own risk. Properly set the gain pot up front, and a very small antenna in back will suffice, to keep the radiated RF power low. Else expect a knock on the front door by Men in Black. I suspect if you fed a rooftop antenna at full gain it would go half a mile or so. I wouldn't go there. A little telescoping-rod antenna and a 1/3-gain setting, and you stay within your 4 walls and everybody's happy.

Advantages over the crap Ramsey box or the cheap "sender" ePay things, is it's a commercial-grade unit instead of a toy. It has sideband-filtering (aka "Broadcast Quality"), is crystal-controlled everywhere, is fully shielded, is fan-cooled for thermal stability, and it works. It's what you're looking for, and then some.

You can set whatever output channel you want, VHF or UHF. Dip switch settings on the front panel. Buying 3 or 4 of them will work like you want too.

My 2c. Give it a try.

- Kirk