On 4/26/2021 10:10 AM, Peter W. wrote:
First, I have a legacy Ramsey FM100B that I built from a kit almost 20 years ago. It has performed flawlessly throughout that time. Sadly, it is no longer made, although they do, occasionally, show up on eBay. Ramsey continues to support them.

Second, there is a LOT of Chinese Junque out there that is awfully cheap, and that is no better than it should be at the price. Those that I have come across have had nice extruded cases, and looked pretty simple. But have not performed anywhere as nicely as the Ramsey.

Third, I suspect that the unit you have that has failed has done so (in rank order) because of a connector failure (antenna, power or input), or because of a failed critical component - because, did I mention, they are cheap.

Fourth, you will notice that the Rangemaster is "FCC Certified". In the world of Part-15 FM transmitters, that does mean something.

You get what you pay for.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

I have a funny story about that. I also had a FM100B I built, I didn't
find it good, It seemed to drift a lot. I thought it was a piece of junk.

Anyway, years ago I had a booth at the Orlando Hamfest. I got into a
discussion with a couple of guys about FM transmitters and told them I
had the CZH-05B, guy A suggest that

it has a lot off frequency output. I countered with, well it worksÂ* a
lot better than that piece of junk Ramsey FM100B. Guy B ask me if I
realized that I was talking to Mr. Ramsey?

A little embarrassing, but I think he knew it was.

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