Oh dear I don't like this much cross posting, so I have only posted to
rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
I hope you get this.
There is a forum for kits and all Ramsey stuff at

http://www.ramseyelectronics.com

mndflmr wrote in message . ..
Hello all,
Recently I purchased a low-power VHF transmitter kit from Ramsey.
After building this kit, I have discovered that it will not work for
my purpose. I am trying to transmit audio and video about 20 feet from
a satellite receiver to my bedroom. The power output from the
transmitter is so low that the picture quality is very poor. I am a
novice and I am hoping the experts that use these newsgroups can help
me. I will post a link to the Ramsey kit manual. Will some of you
guys please take a look at this manual, and suggest some simple
(hopefully) methods to increase the power of this transmitter? There
is no chance of interference with the neighbors, as my nearest
neighbor is far away. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you
want to email the response, please send it to

Here is the link to the kit manual:
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/dow...anuals/TV6.pdf



Something is broken. Either at the transmitter or receiver. A
mis-matched antenna couldn't possibly account for a poor quality
picture at 20 feet. I presume this transmitter is designed to transmit
a signal via antenna to source and not over transmission line. Here
are some probable causes:

1) The transmitter output stage is broken.
2) The receiver is not working (see how well it picks up other
stations).
3) The antenna at either end is disconnected.
4) There is Radio-frequency interference (RFI) such as from a
computer.

Frank Raffaeli
http://www.aomwireless.com/

On Wednesday 06 October 2004 01:17 pm, Jamie did deign to grace us with the
following:



Frank Raffaeli wrote:

mndflmr wrote in message
. ..

Hello all,
Recently I purchased a low-power VHF transmitter kit from Ramsey.
After building this kit, I have discovered that it will not work for
my purpose. I am trying to transmit audio and video about 20 feet from
a satellite receiver to my bedroom. The power output from the
transmitter is so low that the picture quality is very poor. I am a
novice and I am hoping the experts that use these newsgroups can help
me. I will post a link to the Ramsey kit manual. Will some of you
guys please take a look at this manual, and suggest some simple
(hopefully) methods to increase the power of this transmitter? There
is no chance of interference with the neighbors, as my nearest
neighbor is far away. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you
want to email the response, please send it to

Here is the link to the kit manual:
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/dow...anuals/TV6.pdf




Something is broken. Either at the transmitter or receiver. A
mis-matched antenna couldn't possibly account for a poor quality
picture at 20 feet. I presume this transmitter is designed to transmit
a signal via antenna to source and not over transmission line. Here
are some probable causes:

1) The transmitter output stage is broken.
2) The receiver is not working (see how well it picks up other
stations).
3) The antenna at either end is disconnected.
4) There is Radio-frequency interference (RFI) such as from a
computer.

Frank Raffaeli

Its my guess that the Transmitter has insufficient bandwidth and power
for that broad of a signal.
one must not forget the amount of band space a single channel takes.

Did the OP go through the alignment procedure? Did the OP bother with
antennas at all?

Did either of you read the kit doc?

Thanks,
Rich

Frank Raffaeli wrote:

mndflmr wrote in message . ..

Hello all,
Recently I purchased a low-power VHF transmitter kit from Ramsey.
After building this kit, I have discovered that it will not work for
my purpose. I am trying to transmit audio and video about 20 feet from
a satellite receiver to my bedroom. The power output from the
transmitter is so low that the picture quality is very poor. I am a
novice and I am hoping the experts that use these newsgroups can help
me. I will post a link to the Ramsey kit manual. Will some of you
guys please take a look at this manual, and suggest some simple
(hopefully) methods to increase the power of this transmitter? There
is no chance of interference with the neighbors, as my nearest
neighbor is far away. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you
want to email the response, please send it to

Here is the link to the kit manual:
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/dow...anuals/TV6.pdf




Something is broken. Either at the transmitter or receiver. A
mis-matched antenna couldn't possibly account for a poor quality
picture at 20 feet. I presume this transmitter is designed to transmit
a signal via antenna to source and not over transmission line. Here
are some probable causes:

1) The transmitter output stage is broken.
2) The receiver is not working (see how well it picks up other
stations).
3) The antenna at either end is disconnected.
4) There is Radio-frequency interference (RFI) such as from a
computer.

Frank Raffaeli

Its my guess that the Transmitter has insufficient bandwidth and power
for that broad of a signal.
one must not forget the amount of band space a single channel takes.

Rich Grise wrote in message news:TXW8d.6697$r3.5502@trnddc05...
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 01:17 pm, Jamie did deign to grace us with the
following:



Frank Raffaeli wrote:

mndflmr wrote in message
. ..

Hello all,
Recently I purchased a low-power VHF transmitter kit from Ramsey.
After building this kit, I have discovered that it will not work for
my purpose. I am trying to transmit audio and video about 20 feet from
a satellite receiver to my bedroom. The power output from the
transmitter is so low that the picture quality is very poor. I am a
novice and I am hoping the experts that use these newsgroups can help
me. I will post a link to the Ramsey kit manual. Will some of you
guys please take a look at this manual, and suggest some simple
(hopefully) methods to increase the power of this transmitter? There
is no chance of interference with the neighbors, as my nearest
neighbor is far away. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you
want to email the response, please send it to

Here is the link to the kit manual:
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/dow...anuals/TV6.pdf




Something is broken. Either at the transmitter or receiver. A
mis-matched antenna couldn't possibly account for a poor quality
picture at 20 feet. I presume this transmitter is designed to transmit
a signal via antenna to source and not over transmission line. Here
are some probable causes:

1) The transmitter output stage is broken.
2) The receiver is not working (see how well it picks up other
stations).
3) The antenna at either end is disconnected.
4) There is Radio-frequency interference (RFI) such as from a
computer.

Frank Raffaeli

Its my guess that the Transmitter has insufficient bandwidth and power
for that broad of a signal.
one must not forget the amount of band space a single channel takes.

Did the OP go through the alignment procedure? Did the OP bother with
antennas at all?

Did either of you read the kit doc?

Thanks,
Rich

I didn't read the kit doc until just now. Not trivial for a beginner
to construct. Looks like fun, though. There are a lot of missteps in
the assembly / test procedure that could cause a "fuzzy" picture.
There are some useful hints for debugging though. Maybe there would be
a market for a better kit ...

I wonder if this transmitter complies with Part 15 regs?

Frank Raffaeli
http://www.aomwireless.com/