[comradio-l] New FM transmitter

[Radio Cracker Admin]

Hi Folks,

I help with a local charity radio station and we broadcast each year in 
the 4 weeks prior to Christmas under an Ofcom S-RSL.

We currently use a Radica FM5 and FM50 linear amp to boost the output to 
25W, but during our broadcast last month the FM50 tripped out with high 
VSWR at least once a day. We're confident our aerial and cabling are 
fine so our thinking is that, at over 20 years old, maybe it's time to 
replace the Radica kit.

As a charity station we try to keep operating costs to a minimum so I'm 
asking if anyone can recommend a low-cost FM transmitter of around 30W. 
We have a PC running StereoTool so we don't necessarily need a 
transmitter with in-built compression/limiting or RDS as StereoTool can 
handle it.

I see cheap tranmitters on Ebay from China but I can't see these having 
the CE mark that Ofcom insists on, though I'd welcome any comments on 
these too.

Thanks
Neil.

Neil Jordan
Radio Cracker Ballymena
admin at radiocracker.org.uk