1W PLL VERONICA + STEREO CODER VS NRG KITS PRO 3 PLL FM BROADCAST are these good price around £75?

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1W PLL VERONICA + STEREO CODER VS NRG KITS PRO 3 PLL FM BROADCAST are these good price around £75?

Post by McDonalds » Thu May 28, 2015 12:53 pm

Hi
I am looking at both these transmitters to replace my Chinese one this the one here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/88MHz-108MHz- ... 1c1bc39f52

Just wondering if these are good price?
And will there be any difference in signal?
as the NRG is just 4 watts but the board looks a lot better so will signal get out more?
The PRO 3 PLL also seems quite popular as it came up but sold out really quick.
Another I have seen is this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FM-Transmitte ... 46368ed596
But it might broadcast over the hole band? :D

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Re: 1W PLL VERONICA + STEREO CODER VS NRG KITS PRO 3 PLL FM BROADCAST are these good price around £75?

Post by SOTS 87 7 » Thu May 28, 2015 7:06 pm

Well, through personal experience I have one of those Veronica PLL9 boards, They are not a patch on the NRG kits one. The stereo coder may as well not be there (unless I got a crap one) either.
Mine tends to be quite unstable at the top and bottom end of the band.
The NRG is the one if you really want to go that way I think, but I'm sure there will be many suggestions on what is the best one to pick. Oh yeh, DON'T touch those Chinese things. :tup

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Post by McDonalds » Fri May 29, 2015 5:40 pm

Wonder if they read this post because its gone up £85 now.

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Re: 1W PLL VERONICA + STEREO CODER VS NRG KITS PRO 3 PLL FM BROADCAST are these good price around £75?

Post by McDonalds » Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:39 pm

Just wondering this could be in my price range
Does this look OK to?
Says 4 watt PLL FM Transmitter/Exciter a****f / Veronica / NRG No-Tune!!
So is it a bit of both?
How would it compare with the pro 3?

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Post by thewisepranker » Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:13 pm

It's bloody huge!

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Post by teckniqs » Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:14 pm

Exactly, we aren't in the 1980s any more!

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Post by thetufparker » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:22 pm

buy the dutch exciter 50 quids.. never used but presumably decent..

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Post by teckniqs » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:24 pm

They are decent. Got a few of them here.

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Post by sinus trouble » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:28 pm

Mc Donalds listeners!! :D
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Post by sinus trouble » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:24 am

lol on a serious note!
its a shite copy of the NRG!! for starters i can see the out of lock power down feature is missing??
if you are gonna go down this route? just build a proper NRG!!
theres many more PIC/synth based exciters out there that are half the size and build time!
Pesonally i wouldnt pay 85 quid? but the choice is yours?
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Post by shorty » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:33 am

You could have a go at building sinus's 1 watt NRG board using a pic, alot less parts to assemble, he's posted the pcb layout and parts list in another post.

As already been said the dutch 1 watter for 49 quid is a good buy, if you want more power you can always add an amp of your choice to boost your power.

The nrg copy one looks to be a cross over from the pro2 to the pro3 before they changed the pll circuit, they are just massive, he's got it up starting at £50, you could ask he'd take 35 make him an offer, i noticed that the dutch one also as an offer button and as already accepted 2 offers you may get one for less than £49.

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Post by MiXiN » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:12 pm

I'd go with what Shorty says in that the NRG one looks like some prototype before the Pro 3 was marketed.

The Dutch one looks the part, but I've always found components a pain in the arse to change on those type of PCB's.

Has anyone tried and tested that Dutch one, and if so what's the score?

I'm sure it'll be pretty sweet if it's RF Head's build and design.

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Post by RF-Head » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:10 am

i can offer you the 1watt driverboard with a prof stereo encoder module for 60 exl shipping
Please PM me for info

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Post by teckniqs » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:32 am

Still waiting for my 15w mate. :D

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Post by Maximus » Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:57 am

The PKBee 15w kits are brilliant. You just have to build them.

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Re: 1W PLL VERONICA + STEREO CODER VS NRG KITS PRO 3 PLL FM BROADCAST are these good price around £75?

Post by james_wilson16 » Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:37 pm

The pic of the so called Veronica rig doesnt look like one made by them in all fairness

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