Low Power Radio on YouTube
Posted on September 2, 2009
Some of our fellow experimenters have taken the time to post their experiences on YouTube – awesome! I found several that seemed to merit a share, and many more are likely there or soon to be added.
Anyone from here thinking about a vid?
Note: Click the YouTube logo to get the full size vid.
 | Assembly of the SSTRAN AMT3000 Radio Transmitter in time lapse with the Benny Hill music (AKA Yakkity Sax) |
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| All under construction. SSTRAN (a Low Power AM Radio Transmitter) add an LCD display, rotary encoder, automatic antenna tuner. | |
| Basic component flow chart and how to get set up. Basic operation with what you get in your order to more serious studio info for later expansion. Installation is not as difficult if you review the instructions carefully and plan accordingly. | |
| These roof mounts are excellent for flat roofs. Most situations one would add concrete blocks to hold down. Our other roof location we used u-bolts to attach to a short ladder mounted to the building. | |
| Get your transmitter set up properly after hardwiring, adding grounds, mounting unit and antenna. Careful attention increases sucess. Only use the included RF proof adjusting tool. Best to use a good analog volt meter. | |
| Here you see how our system sounds on the road. In the winter your peak transmitting window is limited but you see here late in the afternoon our unit breaks through the noise. | |
| In the late 50’s two young friends built and ran their own low power AM broadcast band radio station. The Voice of America doccumented this venture. This is that documentary. | |
| In this breadboard project I have the 555 running at about 600KHz and putting an audio signal on pin 5 and an antenna on pin 3, it becomes an AM transmitter. | |
| Here’s my adaptation of the K7NS zinc-oxide negative resistance oscillator in a crystal-controlled AM BC-band transmitter. |
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