zachtheterrible
Active Member
If an extra transistor would only double your output power it's not worth adding!, you should be looking at least ten times the power output (and only 1/10th the battery life) and giving about double the range.
ten times output power only = double range!?!?! wudup with that?? (thanx nigel)
It takes a lot of power to double the range because your antenna isn't directional (like NASA's very directional dishes) so your signal spreads over a complete half-circle (including upward if the antenna is not exactly vertical).
very interesting audio. whenever i have my transmitter, the antenna (a flimsy piece of wire) is laying on something horizontal. if i can stick it straight up in the air, or perpendicular to my receiver, i take it that would mean better range??
is there any way of making my transmitter directional without putting dishes and stuff on it? remember, this is a bug, and i am trying to squeeze all of the range out of it without making it huge :lol:
thanx theone, but thats a 9v transmitter, and from what ive heard, it doesn't sound like that would last too long, considering that 9v battery life is very short, and its a class A amplifier. thanx though :lol:
well i guess that ill stick with my design that i have made, and seems to work very well. i'm coming close to 24 hours of the transmitter being on continuously, and the audio is great, and it hasn't drifted a SINGLE bit.
thank you EVERYBODY!! you've made my dream that i've been dreaming for about 2 years become a reality :lol: . i've finally got a little FM transmitter that works!! I can't thank you enough