Let’s assemble an AM Transmitter.

Since KZbin tag some of my video as “copywriter” I have to redo them over and over again until is acceptable by them.
So I decided to buy an AM Transmitter kit and put it together so can connect to the internet and play old music that is NOT a Copywriter.
Is this doable? I have no idea but we can try, have nothing to lose by trying “Right” ?
Darn! No schematic, here we go again! LOL
No more KZbin Copywriter on my videos. LOL
www.radio-diy.c...
archive.org/de...

[@My1925World]

That same website has tons of old radio programs too. I use an AM broadcaster to play the old shows on my radios. Fun video.

[@allenshirley1077]

You name it -- comedy, drama, scifi, westerns, soaps, ..... The Shadow (Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" ) Fibber McGee and Molly (Fibber McGee's closet) The Lone Ranger On and on

[@RadioFixer]

Hello, so good hearing from you! I did not know that, thanks for telling me. Definitely will check it out. Very excited to actually lessen old music and shows on my radios. Did not used my radios that much in the past because there is not that many stations are available. Have a great day! Regards, Jay

[@RadioFixer]

Allen, that is awesome! I am so excited to check them out. Thank you so much for letting me know. So good hearing from you Allen. Have a good day! Regards, Jay

[@awaismushtaq5719]

God! Sounds fun

[@jimnewman5596]

The transmitter sounds good Jay. I have built several AM transmitters over the years. I have my favorite one that I use and run it all the time with old music as I work on my radios. With a nine foot piece of hook-up wire, it should broadcast with in your house.

[@RadioFixer]

Jim, is so good hearing from you my friend. I did not know that you have AM transmitters, that is awesome. I definitely will try your suggestion since I want be able to broadcast it in my house. This little transmitter perform very well, finally can enjoy my radios, playing old shows and old music. As always, is so good hearing from you my friend. Have a good day Jim. Regards, Jay

[@terryblackman6217]

Congratulations on the construction of your AM transmitter. I hope you have as much enjoyment as I do with mine. Take care. Terry

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Terry, I am so excited to finally lesson to old shows and music on my old radios. I did not used them that much since there were not that many AM station around that play music as you know. So glad to hear that you do have transmitter and enjoying using it. So good hearing from you my friend. Have a good day! Regards, Jay

[@DERB_Seymour_Indiana]

Congrats Jay. Sounds good. You can just get a BNC connector and hook up about a 9 foot wire to the center conductor of the BNC for your antenna. :)

[@allenshirley1077]

You can also tack the wire to the pcb pad for the center connector. Not sure about this one but transmitters can be damaged by transmitting without an antenna.

[@myradiovideos]

Just a long wire antenna, say 15 feet long should provide a good load to the transmitter, BNC indicates 50 OHm, but who knows.. Just a long piece of wire should do the trick..

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Robert, Is good hearing from you my friend. I am so excited to test my other radios to see how far they can pick up from transmitter. This little transmitter performing awesome. Have a good day Robert. Regards, Jay

[@RadioFixer]

Allen, that is awesome! I am so excited to check them out. Thank you so much for letting me know. So good hearing from you Allen. Have a good day! Regards, Jay

[@RadioFixer]

Doug, I am thinking to upgrade this unit if is possible so it can broadcast much longer distances. Added about 15 feet long wire for antenna and now it broadcast about 20 to 30 feet but would like if is possible to broadcast it to entire house. Is it possible to upgrade this unit so I can control how far it can broadcast? Not adding more antenna but upgrading the parts. What do you think? Thanks

[@LoveRadios]

JZ, I have learned so much form you. You explain things so clear and effective that the new person without electronic background can understand and not get overwhelmed. I watched other KZbin channels and was so confused since their presentation is focused on individual with electronic background. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time making these videos.

[@RadioFixer]

I am happy and glad that you enjoy watching and learning. Thank you very much! I really appreciate your time taking time to send me such a uplifting comments. I am doing this as a hobby with no electronic background, trying my best to create detailed videos to encourage others without electronic background that are new to this hobby so they can understand and not get overwhelmed. So happy to know that is working for you. Have a good day! Regards, JZ

[@hestheMaster]

When buying stuff from foreign lands on the web it helps to have Windows to translate the page to English! You must also convert the prices in Thai Bhat to US dollar. 1 US dollar is .029 THB . I found the link to get three pages to get a copy of the parts list and schematic. One warns of the limitation of transmitting freqencies to only 1500-1600 KHz. At a mere 50mW power you must put it close to the receiver. Stick a solid piece of 18 gauge wire in the center of the BNC connector (output where antenna goes). It can be up to 9 feet long. That mouse is going to have huge biceps!

[@RadioFixer]

Hello Steve, I wished that I bought more off these transmitter when I bought mine on eBay several years ago. I checked ebay and is not there anymore. I definitely will try your suggestion. I am so excited that finally can lessen to old shows and music on my radios. Since you have the schematic, is there a way I can make this transmitter transmit much longer distance? If yes, what part should I replace or upgrade? You saw the mouse... LOL. that means that you watched my entire video instead of scanning through it... LOL. As always is so good hearing from you my friend. Have a a great day! regards, Jay

[@hestheMaster]

@@RadioFixer The power of the transmitter is limited by the supply voltage and the components used in it. It is possible if it had a better gain control like the one in my Whole House AM transmitter which tunes a wider amount of frequencies thanks to a special tuner common in old car radios. With an antenna14 feet long it can transmit 1/2 block but don't tell the FCC on me! I can plug in the input from my Sirius/XM radio output into it and retransmit it to the Whole House AM transmitter that goes out on any radio station less AM frequency available. I tune my Sirius radio to the Radio Classics channel and it goes out to any AM only tube radio I have working. I will one day get a large wood cabinet Motorola tube set to work and I would love hearing Fibber McGee and Molly coming out of it.

[@watcher818]

KZbin has many videos with music that is not copyrighted. I'm on the radio groups and know of you. :)

[@RadioFixer]

Hello, good hearing from you. You are correct, KZbin have many music that can be used for background sound, but unfortunately that doesn't help when you are showcasing the radios so subscriber can hear how well the radio is planning, most songs that radio stations are playing are copyrighted. Many times I have to redo the videos over and over aging or changed the station to talk show or sport until KZbin accept it. Thank you for taking time to message me. Please feel free to watch other videos, each is so unique and different and took different approach to solve the problem. Have a great day! Regards, Jay

[@allenshirley1077]

Fun video! I think your music clips were too long. Seems others limit theirs to about 5 seconds before tuning/turning off. Copyrighted music is all right to play but not for very long at one time.

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Allen. I did not know that, some videos of mine I have to redo them so many times since it was tagged as "Copywrite" now I do not need to worry about that anymore. The last a few day I am having fun lessening to old shows and music on my old radios. Finally I can enjoy my radios. It is so good hearing from you Allen and thank you for reaching out and leaving messages. Have a good day! Regards, Jay

[@user-zd6kx5ll8p]

Thanks for posting!!!!

[@RadioFixer]

Ray, thank you very much! I really appreciate your time watching my videos and sending uplifting comments. I am doing this as a hobby with no electronic background, trying my best to create detailed videos to encourage others without electronic background that are new to this hobby so they can understand and not get overwhelmed. The goal is to encourage others to rescue old rusty, dusty and poor condition radios for future generation can enjoy the unique designs and the beauty of old technology. You might enjoy watching “Rat House Radio” on my channel. Good hearing from you Ray and have a great day Ray! Regards from Jacksonville Florida, Jay

[@jeffreybarna6543]

HELPFUL! Thank you!

[@RadioFixer]

Jeffrey, so happy and glad that you enjoyed the video. Was struggling on my AM radio to find radio station to enjoy lessening too. Finally I can lesson to old radio shows and old music on my AM radios. Thank you for reaching out and sending me a message. Have a good day! Regards, Jay from Florida

[@myradiovideos]

Reminds me of when I got in trouble with the FCC! So back in 1965, still in high school, I took a Heathkit 160 Meter 100 watt ham radio transmitter. Then I purchased a 1200 KHz crystal and tweaked the transmitter to broadcast 100 Watts on the AM broadcast band. In upstate New York, , it seems like the local radio station would only play Italian and Polish music Friday night, but the kids in high school wanted rock and roll... So I basically started an ILLEGAL AM radio station and was on the air for over 8 months, just let my Reel To Reel tape deck play lots of songs. Then the local radio station, with a Lot OF Loss listeners turned me in to the FCC. They did not like the competition!! The FCC showed up and they were both Ham Operators and understood what I did and why.. They laughed it off, but told me to give them the 1200 Crystal and dont do it again!!! That was my kickoff into electronics and radios!! OH, the Good Old Days when the FCC was not politicized!! 🙂Robert 2 Years later I got my LEGAL Ham Radio license and only followed the rules, did not want to loose my license... 🙂 I know folks who look for these AM transmitters that are Solid State and put out 60-80 Watts... Geeeeeeeee, I wonder what they are doing with those??? LOL

[@RadioFixer]

Robert, that is great story. I always want to do that, broadcast my own station since I was very young but had no electronic background and did not know how to do that. Still learning about this fascinating most rewarding hobby. Finally I can lesson to some awesome old shows and music my old radios. That will be so much fun. Thank you so much for telling me such a great story, you are right about those good old days. Have a great day my friend! Regards, Jay

[@myradiovideos]

@@RadioFixer BTW, I never thought about playing old music!! Clever Idea for sure!! When I sell a radio or FM-AM tuner, on eBay I always add a video showing that the radio is working. Sometimes I stop on a local FM station to demonstrate tone quality, but doing that will alert KZbin to the music being played, and then I get that NASTY email telling me I am in copyright violation.. I learned that if I dont stay on the station for more then 10 seconds, it escapes their tool they are WATCHING US WITH!!! 😞 Also, being near Mexico, if I do stop on a FM channel, I usually tune in a Mexican music station! That seems to make KZbin happy!! 🙂

[@awaismushtaq5719]

Good old days I miss in my life. I designed a 50 mW power short wave transmitter for AM. I used 50 yards of wire piece as antenna. Soon, frequency allocation board (FAB) guys showed up because I was at 7.2 MHz which in region 1 'n' 2 is 40 meters ham band. I also happened to interfere with my scruffy neighbour's SWL who actually reported me. He didn't like me playing songs from 1980s and all. FAB guys confiscated the transmitter. Alas!

[@RadioFixer]

Good hearing from you. Such great story, thank you for sharing. To much control on everything we do these days. I added about 10' of wire to my transmitter and now is broadcasting to most of my house. It is fun project. Thank you for taking time to message me. Have a great day! Regards, Jay

[@awaismushtaq5719]

@@RadioFixer excellent! You might have noticed that if you walk away from the unit, signal becomes weak and you start getting noise. Ah! Quite the experience AM is.

[@Coco-vx2nr]

So great!!!😊😊😊

[@RadioFixer]

Hello Coco, glad that you enjoyed watching this video. Feel free to watch other videos on my channel, each are so unique and different. Have a great day. Regards, Jay

[@LarryDeSilva64]

I built one of those same kits Jay they work great. I never play music on my channel. When I was at a car show filming they were playing music a,dnd i got a copyright strike. But I just went back and muted that part of the video. Have a great day.

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Larry, so glad that you have one of these transmitter, I bought mine a few years ago on eBay but did not put it together until a few days ago. I work great as you know, wish it could broadcast longer range. I am going to add antenna as others suggested to see how far it can broadcast. Check that website, it is awesome, have so many old radio show and old music. So good to hear from you! have a great day my friend. Regards, Jay

[@LarryDeSilva64]

@@RadioFixer yes a longer antenna will definitely give you more range. I go in next Monday for my last Chemo session and this saturday We go to the Minden Amateur Radio Swap meet. There was one last week in Sacramento but didnt make it to that one. Working on getting rifles to work.

[@RadioFixer]

Glad to hear that this will be the last Chemo 🙏. Have fun in radio swap meeting. Wish we had swap meetings in my are, I am all here on my own. I am sure you will fix those guns, looking forward to see some videos of swap meetings and more targets shooting. 👍

[@michaeloleary1867]

Great video!

[@RadioFixer]

Michael, is so good to hear from you and thank you for taking time to message me. So glad that you enjoyed watching this video. I have ordered some attachment for this transmitter that hopefully can broadcast to entire house, so stay tuned for upcoming video regarding that. Please feel free to watch other videos, each is so unique and different and took different approach to solve the problem. Have a great day! Regards, Jay

[@wa2mo]

Nice build Jay sounds good. That wall wart is probably not regulated and with no load you will see 15 volts. Once under load it will more than likely go to the stated output voltage. I've seen this a lot with those supplies.

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Mark, I did not know that, thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know. I will plug it in and test the charger when radio is on. Glad that I did not modify the charger yet! Have a great day Mark. Regards, Jay

[@DanielBerzinskas]

For antenna use a short piece of wire, longer = better

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Daniel, so good hearing from you. Thank you for taking time to message me. You are definitely correct. I added about 6 feet of wire and it broadcast almost the entire house. I also bought from amazon an antenna for it and that one also worked very well. Have a great weekend. Regards, Jay

[@DanielBerzinskas]

@@RadioFixer Nice, don't go too powerful though

[@arismadakis492]

Nice.

[@RadioFixer]

Aris, thank you very much for taking time to message me. You might enjoy watching “Rat House Radio” on my channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q37JfWd7ltCtpMk Have a great day! Regards from Jacksonville Florida, Jay

[@stephenmusch56]

Hello; enjoyed your video on the AM transmitter and would like to purchase one. Went to the link you provided, but I can't read the language on the site. Is there a way to translate? Also, how far will this transmitter go? Thanks!!

[@RadioFixer]

Hello Stephen, so glad that you enjoyed the video. I added antenna and is broadcasting about 20 to 30 feet away. It is a low range. I used Chrome search engine, it gives the ability to change the language, I discussed it on this video where the language change is located. I bought mine a few years ago on eBay. Unfortunately is not available on eBay any more. I send him and email and hope he will respond to my email. He sell it from his website and lazada website. Not sure how safe they are since I did not buy it from those website, I noticed that he is selling them on this link but again I am not sure about this place as well. www.lazada.co.th/shop/radio-diy Hope this helps. Have a great day. Regards, Jay

[@EastAngliaUK]

I have an AM but just cannot get much range on it so not really use it.. I have a few FM ones one plays podcasts to my radios and one can play any music I like it takes 32 gig sd cards as well. I wanted to play podcast on AM but the sound is just no good.

[@RadioFixer]

Hello EastAngliaUK, is so good to hear from you. I know what you mean about AM, most my radios are AM and was struggling to find radio station to enjoy lessening too. This little transformer broadcast so well and clear, it has a short range, wished could cover the entire house. But I am happy to lessen to the website that I mentioned on the video. Finally I can lesson to old radio shows and old music on my old radios. It is very fun. Thank you for reaching out and sending me a message. Have a good day! Regards, Jay from Florida USA

[@cdjj5404]

Awesome this is all so interesting. Sounds amazing. I had not heard the music of that area till now, so beautiful. BTW loved your mouse video 😂

[@RadioFixer]

Hi Sis, omg you are the first person to send me a message. You notice the mouse 🐁 trying to figure how to scape from the trap. 😂😂. Let’s see how many people watch all the videos instead scanning through the video. 😂. So glad that you enjoyed the video, no more KZbin “copyright” limitation for me. The problem is solved. 😂 Have a great holiday weekend. 😍

[@cdjj5404]

@@RadioFixer First time being first😃. You and family as well🤗😘🤗

[@a1wireless1964]

Can you put a link to the ebay seller please

[@RadioFixer]

Hello, I checked my eBay purchasing list to find the seller but unfortunately eBay removed it. They have the last 3 years purchased. Guess I bought it longer than 3 years. I checked their website and he still selling them on his website but not on eBay. I bought mine for $13 include shipping to USA. So good hearing from you! Have a day! Jay

[@cyklop1977]

Thx

[@RadioFixer]

Good to hear from you and thank you for taking time to message me. So glad that you enjoyed watching this video. Please feel free to watch other videos, you might enjoy watching this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/q37JfWd7ltCtpMk, it was 100% restoration. Each are so unique and different and I tried to take different approach to solve the problem. Have a great day! Regards, Jay