C. Crane FM Transmitter

I don't know if this really belongs in this blog but it has to do with broadcast so I will throw it in. I got a C. Crane FM transmitter for Christmas. This weekend I got to field test it on a road trip to just south of Chicago, Illinois from just north of Fort Wayne, Indiana. I got some interesting results. First of all, overall, it worked really well. Second, I noticed that when I was going past semi trucks, I would get some interference. My guess is that it was from their satellite radio system but I could very much be wrong. The model I have has full spectrum broadcast sweep so that helped take out the interference. The only big downside was that when we got near enough to Chicago with all their station, it was hard to find a clear channel to listen on. Annoying and as disappointing as that is, it worked for most of the trip flawlessly. Not to disregard the weakness to much but I was not too upset by the way it functions. It is usually in the open areas and not the city centers where I would be using this the most with my mp3 player. In the population centers, I would be wanting to get the local radio more. Not perfect but at least for me, it works with how I want to use it.