RE: iPod with AM Radio answer

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis C. wrote:
> 
> This is a question for any of you that are into electronics.  The 
> question has been asked about attaching an iPod to an AM radio.
> 
> I found this:
> http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=AM25
> 
> 
> 
> It is a short range AM transmitter that will take an input from an iPod 
> or even CD player.  It runs on 12 VDC.  The drawback is that it is a 
> kit.
> 
> Anyone have any comments on this?
> 
> Dennis C.

There's one thing about this setup that might not be ideal.  From 
reading the description it sound like you have to set the transmitted 
frequency with jumpers.  So it's not readily tunable.  Now if you always 
drive your car in the same general area you can just find a blank 
frequency, set it, and forget it.  However if you do a little cruising 
and especially if you're in or near any decent sized metro area you 
might have trouble finding a clean frequency.  Or it may keep changing 
on you.  The other thing that is not handy but probably workable is that 
with modern radios and the little digital FM transmitters that you can 
buy specifically for this purpose, you can easily match the frequencies 
because they have digital read outs.  With the analog tuner on your 
original AM radio you'd have to do a little searching.  And as mentioned 
by others, there would be no stereo.
I recently got lucky and found a modern digital AM/FM Cassette deck at a 
garage sale for $2.  With just a 1/4" of trimming I got it to fit in the 
original opening.  I painted the face plate silver to blend in with the 
dash better.  I also purchased an Ipod and an FM transmitter so now I'm 
all set.  It really works well.  I really like my tunes, so I'm willing 
to go the extra step.  

p.s. when I visited the website for the AM transmitter it was red 
flagged by my McAfee site advisor.  It said after entering their email 
address they got more than 6 spam emails/week generated by the site.

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html


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