[BC] iPod FM transmitters (WAS:iPod and storage)

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In a message dated 12/02/2005 12:06:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ranchorobbo at hotmail.com writes:

 > what was the mod willie?   I smell a part 15 violation here -- may have to
 >  get on the horn to fcc about this...another pirate is born    :   )
I'll
 >  be looking for a car with a rototiller antenna poking up through the roof.
 >
 >  rob atkinson
 >
 >  <<<Of course, I had to modify the FM unit, because it didn't even have 4
 >  feet of range.>>>

LOL. Well, let me assure you, that without some type of outboard amplifier,
that little unit is not going to violate Part 15. At only 4 feet away, the
original signal was almost unusable. Now it makes it to 14 feet 
before fading into
oblivion. Before modifying it, I had considerable noise in the car radio.
Unless I held the thing up by the windshield, it wasn't very listenable.
Naturally, that just wasn't going to cut it.

What I did was disconnect the original antenna wire which ran inside the
audio input cable, (all of 8" long). I then added 12" of wire to the "Antenna"
pad, and 12" from the other end of the unit, to the gound foil. It 
extended the
unit's absolute range from 4 feet to about 14. Now, it can sit on the front
seat of the car and give a very clear signal to the radio. With a 
range of only
14 feet, that is even less than a "Mr Microphone" that I bought when I was
younger. (It reached about 20 feet.)

So, no, there won't be any P15 violations on this new toy. Thanks for your
concern, tho.

Willie...