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I had seen that video before. The creator was somewhat confused about Canadian rules and the role of the power boost but other than that it appears pretty accurate.
I like the WH3 for its size, and sound-wise it is very pleasant. Although the Decade reproduces the original material fed to it more accurately, with better highs, the WH3 still sounds great, with a bit more lower end frequencies (which I prefer - easier on the ears).
Downsides include necessary audio processing (as the AVC doesn't do much), harmonics (although it is certified both in the U.S. and Canada, so don't know how much you really have to worry) and not being able to pass through RDS/RDBS frequencies.
In Canada it's only certified for RSS210, which theoretically means (in our weird low power radio universe) that you can't use it for broadcasting. Since I only know of one listener (myself), and don't advertise the station's existence locally, I don't worry particularly about it when I do use it.
Look out for the harmonics on that one! I once posted readings on analyzer. 2nd 3rd and 4th near the same signal strength as your frequency. If I can go back and find I will repost. When the second harmonic went above the fundamental the display showed the second not yours! Scary!
Other than that, it's not bad and has a lot of features.
@mark But it was certified, and here in Canada where it's much stricter. Maybe it was just the transmitter you had. I'm looking at getting one of those tiny spectrum analyzers, and when I do, I'll see what mine looks like.
The other thing that's interesting is that when I was using the WH3, the genre type (from the RDBS signal I generate) did show up on my car radio. Maybe I just need to experiment with the signal levels on my RDBS encoding software and I would get RDBS info.
Here's the Wholehouse 3 at 89.9 compared to the Decade MS-100 at the same frequency, from my past post. A few feet from the antenna over the air.
https://www.part15.org/community/transmitter-talk/wholehouse-3-transmitter-advisory/
Mentioning the Wholehouse series of FM Transmitter, I just tried to fire-up my Wholehouse 2.0 to use it as an audio detection device during setup of my Audio Engine Wi-Fi Audio Receiver to see whether anything is being received. But the ON/OFF button refuses to latch ON. I press it, the LCD screen lights up, but when I take my finger away it shuts off. To repair the problem I'll need to open the case. But hallelujah, there is a C.Crane FM2 on hand as a back-up transmitter. When a part 15er has all the equipment he needs, he can feel smart until something silly goes wrong.
It might be worthwhile to check your WH3 in the middle and top end of the FM band as well. It's difficult to imagine the device getting certified with harmonics like that at the low end, but maybe they only check certain frequencies.
@artisan-radio This was a year or so ago when I bought the Wholehouse 3 from Amazon and returned it when I saw this, around the same time I got the Retekess from Long and Mcquade and returned that when I saw not really certified here as had been advertised. But the Retekess checked out as good as the Decade and Broadcastvision. Good point about different frequencies. I wonder myself if the lab here tests different parts of the band.
I'll have to find out about that and report back.
@mark No problem. I'll be getting the tiny sa from amazon and trying it out on the various transmitters I have.