[NJARC] FM Station Progress

[Matt Reynolds]

I hope some day the majority of consumer demand switches back to a desire to want things to be fixable\upgrade-able.  IT and tech are my bread and butter but I hate how fast the stuff I support ends up in a landfill.  We can't sustain it forever.

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From: radiograveyard at aol.com <radiograveyard at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:04:43 AM
To: mattr04 at hotmail.com; ark at ar88.net; NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET
Subject: Re: [NJARC] FM Station Progress

Yes it is indeed amazing how cheap it can be made. But as I listen to my 1936 RCA 15K I realize it was not Cheap even then. But 81 years later I can still FIX it. My 1941 Buick runs and drives very well and I can fix it today. This cheap bargain is great BUT you cna't fix it throw it away. Todays new Corvette will not be driven to a car show 81 years from now it will be hauled as a static display cause you won't be able to fix it perhaps some old guy will drive his 1936 Packard to the show just to show em up. I was at a show this summer when someone drove an 1906 Packard in running fine HEY NO solid state parts.My wife went to Verizon recently with an issue with her smart phone the guy said its five years old an antique you need a new phone. My wife said just remove the app and it will be fine. He did and she is still using it but the pitch was junk it. Give me tubes wires not PC boards.



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From: Matt Reynolds <mattr04 at hotmail.com>
To: Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>; NJARC <NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET>
Sent: Wed, Nov 29, 2017 8:46 am
Subject: Re: [NJARC] FM Station Progress

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It's still amazing to me that an entire electronic device like an FM transmitter can be made so cheaply.  I can't imagine what those of you who have been in the hobby for years think either, when individual components like transistors cost a ton of cash.

It's getting close to looking a lot like black magic.

Matt
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From: njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:bounces at mailman.qth.net> <njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:bounces at mailman.qth.net>> on behalf of Al Klase <ark at ar88.net<mailto:ark at ar88.net>>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:04:16 PM
To: NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET<mailto:NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET>
Subject: [NJARC] FM Station Progress

FM Followers,

I hot-glued the transmitter to a piece of perf board:

[cid:part1.1FD97915.5A88E9CE at ar88.net]

Mounted it in a Pomona box that surely cost 3 or 4 times as much as the TX:

[cid:part2.2399C4F5.F0BC134F at ar88.net]

Power and audio via USB from my office PC.

Hooked it to my homebrew disk-cone antenna in the attic.  (aprox. 100 feet of coax.)  Quick survey showed it covers the neighborhood for about 100 yards before co-channel interference from WRHU, in Hempstead, 25 miles, 500 watts, takes over.

I'm declaring this a success.

Al

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Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/



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