[Elecraft] KX3 Audio output

[Matt Zilmer]

Works great until you drive through a metro area with lots of
educational programming.  Ugh.  Vehicle playback was bad enough
without getting blasted picking up spotty coverage from outlets 50
miles away that overwhelm the Part 15-mandated "extremely low power"
from the TX output.

Been trying to use one of those (Belkin) for years.  Finally bought
the kit and wired in the external input to the stock AM/FM/CD unit
directly.  Works oh-so-much better!  Ipod, KX3, whatever - now is a CD
Changer as far as the stock radio knows.

I suppose the FM transmitter's performance depends on where you use
it.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Sat, 28 May 2011 07:32:07 -0500, you wrote:

>All of the low power FM transmitters for vehicle use I've seen are in
>the lower part of the band, usually a couple channels around 89 Mhz. My
>father has one set up on his Ipod at 89.5Mhz. Works great.
>
>
>On Fri, 27 May 2011 14:14:52 -0700
>Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>
> 
>> Rock and roll is crap?  :-)
>> 
>> My wife has a fake tape cassette that goes in the car's tape player
>> and a cable that plugs into her iPod.  She listens to a lot of audio
>> books and it works great and would likely work great for a radio
>> too.  She also got an FM Tx that finds a clear spot and transmits to
>> the radio. It doesn't work well, and not at all in populated areas.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Fred K6DGW