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Old February 11th 05, 12:08 AM
Randall J
 
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Default PART 15 AM antenna help

I operate a Part 15 station for my neighborhood (FM) and have acquired
an AM transmitter. I've seen plans for vertical antennas but would
rather make my own from the few parts I have. I have 8ft of aluminum
tubing and would like to make a loading coil using 3 inch diameter PVC
pipe. Given the frequency I operate on (1610khz), 8 ft of tubing, and a
3.5 inch coil form, how many turns of 22AWG insulated wire would I need
to wrap? (Oh the tubing is in two pieces and I can slide the top piece
up and down).

Is there a program I can download to find this out?

Randall