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Title: fm transmitter
Post by: kernal on October 16, 2013,

Searching for a transmitter.  I went to radio shack and the stores around me dont carry any.  Anybody looking to sell one for an upgrade?  Opinions and options greatly appreciated!

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: Made2Rock on October 16, 2013,

you can order some from here.

http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/hk/default.asp?page=amfm (http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/hk/default.asp?page=amfm)

Mine came from there has worked fine for the past 3-4 years. I couldn't tell which model I have.

Joe

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: keitha43 on October 16, 2013,

EDM also makes some good ones.

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: taybrynn on October 16, 2013,

EDM is the best and a very simple kit and come with RDS support.

RAMSEY is a full fledged kit and fidelity is a little less than EDM.

This one is getting decent reviews and is fairly cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/0-5-Fail-Safe-Long-Range-Transmitter/dp/B003FO4UHW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381960927&sr=8-2&keywords=fm+transmitter+.5w

Other have had luck with mobile black box, but I believe its mono.

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: arw01 on October 16, 2013,

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I had read earlier in the year that a certain crane unit with a little tweak of the pot inside was also a good unit for use.  The EDM run about 3x the amazon linked one, but it would be nice to put some text on the radios that support it.

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: winwin on October 16, 2013,

You may want to check the wiki http://www.diylightanimation.com/wiki/index.php?title=FM_Transmitters

I got the CZH-05B-B last year. Nothing fancy, easy to set up and works great http://www.elecsky.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=7

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: Jeffl on October 16, 2013,

EDM is by far the easiest and technically best.  I myself wouldn't trade my Ramsey FM100B for anything and I have owned an two EDM's, it must be the lights.  I have built an FM100B from a kit and it's a challenge.

Those CZH models you can get off eBay and Amazon work good considering you don't need an external antenna.  They are easy to use and cheap.  All in all if money is an issue I would go with one of them.  Actually, two of them, one for a backup.

As long as you stay away from the whole house model you should be in good shape.

I think sound is half the show and it's so easy to get it right with the help from people around here.  I credit taybrynn who helped me out a few years back and we get compliments all the time on our sound quality. 

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: Nonamefril on October 17, 2013,

I just upgraded to a radio with RDS ,so I have one if your interested for sale.I can send ya pics.

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: arw01 on October 17, 2013,

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I just upgraded to a radio with RDS ,so I have one if your interested for sale.I can send ya pics.

Curious why you decided to upgrade to the mac daddy of transmitters?

Title: Re: fm transmitter
Post by: Nonamefril on October 18, 2013,

Im a tech junkie and I had a little extra funds  :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/christmas-house-lights-music-christmas-lights-synchronized-music-FM-Transmitter/251331187249?_trksid=p2047675.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%3DSOI.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D18348%26meid%3D2067933544523150522%26pid%3D100012%26prg%3D8402%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D251203923409%26 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/christmas-house-lights-music-christmas-lights-synchronized-music-FM-Transmitter/251331187249?_trksid=p2047675.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%3DSOI.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D18348%26meid%3D2067933544523150522%26pid%3D100012%26prg%3D8402%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D251203923409%26)
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Curious why you decided to upgrade to the mac daddy of transmitters?
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