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From: snyderw@rpi.edu (Wilson P. Snyder II)
Subject: Re: TV transmitter in recent mag
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I purchased the transmitter, and found the project to be very good.
It took a while to get it tuned up right - the power output has to be
just right to get high quality video.

It is a 4" by 3" or so PCB, with parts for about $130.  I hacked it
into a 1" by 9" device so I could fit it onto a railroad car.  Coupled
with a Lionel Railscope (1" by 8" camera, in another car) the results
are pretty good.  There are only two problems.  One, it draws two
amps, and two, I can't fit the antenna into the railroad car because
it interferes with the transmitter.

Anyhow, it delivered what was promiced.  (There is also a version for
UHF channel 14 & 15, which is technically illegal if using the 2W version.)

It is available from North Country Radio in upstate NY.  Unfortunately
I don't have the address here, you'll have to look it up in the magazine.