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When considering Satellite radio equipment (and I'm just offering this suggestion for anyone reading this as part of the archives), it's a good idea to get a radio that has at least RCA jack outputs.
Having the built in FM transmitter is all fine in dandy, except for the fact that the FM exciters can't make it sound nearly as good as a direct line hook up would.
Legal power FM exciters run at one tenth of a watt, and that ain't a lot of power. Also, Stereo separation is usually only about 6 db between left and right, which is enough to hear some difference, but not much.
If you happen to live in a market that does have several FM stations, there's a good chance that any stations that happen to be on the same frequency as your short range FM transmitter will over power it. For this reason, it's important to lower the car's radio antenna when you are using your short range FM transmitter.
I'm currently working on a short range AM Stereo transmitter, similar to the FM ones. AM has an advantage that it is a lot more efficent then FM, so using a Legal low-power (which I'm going to exceed, but that's beside the point) will sound better then FM would. There is a lot less noise, and there isn't any static.
For kicks, check out my post I made a while back on how I converted my stock 8-TRACK player to get AM Stereo!
http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=864201
Few changes since that time... I've made several improvements. I can post about them to anyone that's interested.
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If you listen to the radio in Portland, OR, you may know me as 'Portland's Favorite Soul Brother!'
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