Ramsey Electronics FM25A Assembly And Instruction Manual - page 4
FM25A
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INTRODUCTION
The Ramsey FM25A is a true SYNTHESIZED STEREO FM broadcast transmit-
ter, which any person may build and use in accordance with the rules of your
nation’s telecommunications authority. For U.S. residents, that authority is the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FM25A’s low-power broad-
casting capability and other practical uses can be fun and interesting for people
of all ages, but the FM25A is not a toy. We will refer to the FCC regulations fre-
quently in this manual and provide you with some information necessary to en-
joy the FM25A's capabilities in accordance with the law.
Typical uses for the FM25A include the following:
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Extension of home stereo system - without wires.
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Listening aid for auditoriums, churches.
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Student-operated school radio station.
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College dorm favorite music broadcast service.
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Short-range, two-channel experiments and demonstrations.
We think you will be very pleased with the transmitting range, audio quality, fre-
quency stability and stereo channel separation of this build-it-yourself synthe-
sized FM stereo transmitter. If you follow our assembly directions carefully and
use your FM25A in accordance with applicable FCC rules, a whole new world
of sharing music, news and views with friends and neighbors awaits you.
Since the sharing of music and information is vital to the culture of our late-
20th-century global community, we realized that our FM25A low-power Synthe-
sized FM Stereo Transmitter Kit was certain to attract worldwide interest among
hobbyists, students and "pioneers." While the use of the FM25A may need to
be limited to "wireless stereo extensions" in some USA households (to comply
with FCC Rules, Part 15), we have seen it serve very well as a serious, though
simple, broadcast station for remote villages throughout the world where low
cost AM-FM receivers are available to people of all economic levels. After
you're done building your kit, sitting back and listening to your handiwork, con-
sider this: many other FM25A's just like yours are faithfully relaying news and
information to listeners in remote parts around the world. The FM25A is most
definitely not a toy!