# I'm looking for an AM transmitter. Yeah, AM. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785 "2019-07-09T16:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785/21 "2019-07-13T02:09:30Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > As an old AM radio guy, I really think you’d be better off with a Bluetooth transmitter and a cheap BT speaker. Or one of [these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4ny7KivzA). ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785/22 "2019-07-13T02:49:25Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > As an old AM radio guy, I really think you’d be better off with a Bluetooth transmitter and a cheap BT speaker. Did you miss this post by the OP? > [@Translucent\_Daydream](#): > > The whole fun of the AM deal was that I rebuilt the Sony AM radio to look like it was brand new, and I wanted to be able to use it. Imagine, an AM radio playing Rusted Root or something that decidedly isn’t AM radio material. I was hoping that I could pump a couple watts of AM from the second story of my house and pick it up in the yard and in the garage and what not. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785/23 "2019-07-14T02:04:35Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Did you miss this post by the OP? If the OP can rebuild an AM radio, he can easily build in an auxiliary input and run anything he wants from any source right into the radio, and play it from the speaker. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785/24 "2019-07-14T14:36:52Z")
Going back to the OP’s question, I’d be looking for a used Talking House AM transmitter. The new ones run from $125 to $175 and there are plenty of used ones out there, primarily because they’ve been replaced with FM units. It’s exactly what he needs. Making/building an AM transmitter is actually pretty easy, as it’s a simpler type of circuit (when compared to an FM transmitter). The problem is that there’s not much demand for the parts. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785/25 "2019-07-14T15:05:31Z")
You don’t need any special parts, though. If the OP rebuilds radios, he or she may already have enough spare electronic parts to build a low-power AM transmitter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-an-am-transmitter-yeah-am/836785.md?page=1)