Anyone use this transmitter? I think it's been around for some time. Made in Canada. The only other Canadian company making transmitters.
Maybe Artisan is familiar with this? Seems to be the "forgotten" one!, it's never mentioned.
Called and was told it operates at low power....probably at Canadian "legal" limits but isn't certified because it's 10s of thousands of dollars to have it certified and then each unit would have to be at that exact power and would be much more expensive to have the meter to check all units.
Like to get Canadian if I can and it looks good but need an opinion on how it works if anyone has used. More affordable than MS-100.
Thanks
Mark
Unless I dozed off I couldn't see any mention of approximately how much power this transmitter puts out, nor is there a word about whether the output can be adjusted.
Doesn't tell what the pre-emphasis is (50 mS or 75 mS or none).
That company needs a copy writer who checks with their design engineer.
Hi Guys: I hope this helps you out, it's shows the approx range and is in a pdf file on there various transmitter equipment . Jeff
http://www.canakit.es/CanaKit_FMTransmitter_Series_UX-EX_Comparacion.pdf
They did have a certified transmitter at one point, can't remember the model number. I owned one (it cost just above $100) but I wasn't all that impressed.
I suspect that the reason this transmitter isn't certified is that it's field strength is far above the legal limit, even for Canada (that's why it's an export model). Probably similar to the Ramsey 100B and others. If you get one, you might be able to tune it down to meet Canadian requirements but you should probably talk to the manufacturer about that.
I would stick to the MS-100 (or it's cheaper Decade cousin).
I do experiment occasionally with other FM transmitters, and the nice thing about having that MS-100 is that I know that if I tune down these others to get approximately the same range as it, I'm at least meeting the field strength requirements. Still, I haven't found anything that would make me want to replace that MS-100. The cheaper transmitters all have issues, and if you're going to shell out dollars approaching the MS-100, why not just get the best?
Yup, these have been around for a
long time. I think building one would
be a lot of fun.
You could shorten the antenna to make
it fit into the Part 15.239 specs well enough
probably.
The thing I worry about is spectral purity.
You don't know what else it's putting out
or where. That's important.
I had forgotten about Canakits. I think they
make a lot of other fun kits, besides FM transmitters.
Bruce