For the past few days I've been working with a friend and colleague, Adam Jensen, on getting an operable AM signal out of a Hamilton RangeMaster 1000. This short range radio transmitter is a few days of troubleshooting away from broadcasting La Roche College's first ever "present" radio signal. I say "present" because that is the issue we are currently trying to figure out. If you want to be technical, it has already broadcast a "radio" signal, just not a good one. I came into this project late in it's chain of events but the experience has been interesting and I'm definitely intrigued to find the solution to it's final broadcasting state.
Adam Jensen, for those of you who don't know, has worked rather relentlessly for the past few months on establishing a solid foundation for the Electric Bean radio station, click here, at La Roche College. The RangeMaster 1000 project will hopefully be the icing on the cake for his run as General Manager at the station before he graduates in May.
Enough about that though. This transmitter is supposed to be the "Cadillac" of all AM transmitters. I have to admit, it looks pretty freaking sweet if you're into this kind of thing, but I believe that when they say "Cadillac" it's in reference to the quality of the device. Honestly, it's just a metal box with a 102" antennae sticking out of it, but in this case it's what's inside that counts.
Check out the Hamilton RangeMaster AM1000 here, and get your broadcast on.
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