From: MAKE Magazine
British indy kit-makers Sonodrome produce hardware and software for
electronic music. We hit their Posc audio oscillator last Saturday,
but since then Kat and Jim have added a bunch of stuff to their
Makers Market store. Shown above is their latest addition, Mr
Kogawa's Micro FM Transmitter: This is a short range FM radio
transmission kit, it can be tuned to broadcast on any part of the
FM range and is amazingly clean and stable. A connection for an
optional external antenna means that you can ...
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