any copper wire, copper tubing, stainless steel welding wire, metal
electrical conduit, bailing wire, copper pipe, aluminum tubing, a TV mast, a
wire fence, a metal gutter drain/gutter, a window screen, a vehicle (look at
the rubber tires as "insulators", an existing TV antenna, a metal hand rail,
etc....

The above are NOT in order of preference...
I joke a bit here, but you get the gist of it... grin

Warmest regards,
John
"Dave" wrote in message
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| What cheap house hold stuff could I use to build an FM broadcast antenna.
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How long or Big should I cut the wire or pipe to make a decent one? And what
should it look like?

Square, Triangle in orintation?

Something like this but Horizontal?

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Or how should it be designed as "for distance" for a "whole house FM
transmitter" to get it as far as I can?


Dave



"John Smith" wrote in message
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| any copper wire, copper tubing, stainless steel welding wire, metal
| electrical conduit, bailing wire, copper pipe, aluminum tubing, a TV mast,
a
| wire fence, a metal gutter drain/gutter, a window screen, a vehicle (look
at
| the rubber tires as "insulators", an existing TV antenna, a metal hand
rail,
| etc....
|
| The above are NOT in order of preference...
| I joke a bit here, but you get the gist of it... grin
|
| Warmest regards,
| John
| "Dave" wrote in message
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| | What cheap house hold stuff could I use to build an FM broadcast
antenna.
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That is a 1/4 wave antenna you have us looking at, a ground plane with
drooping radials--right?

If you are just going to use it in a house, why not do a folded dipole out
of 300 twin lead--with matching circuit, or j-pole?

But, I am assuming (I know that's bad) it is low power and short distance,
OR, are you going to try to cover your city? State?

Warmest regards,
John
"Dave" wrote in message
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| How long or Big should I cut the wire or pipe to make a decent one? And
what
| should it look like?
|
| Square, Triangle in orintation?
|
| Something like this but Horizontal?
|
| |
| |
| o
| / \
| / \
|
| Or how should it be designed as "for distance" for a "whole house FM
| transmitter" to get it as far as I can?
|
|
| Dave
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| "John Smith" wrote in message
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|| any copper wire, copper tubing, stainless steel welding wire, metal
|| electrical conduit, bailing wire, copper pipe, aluminum tubing, a TV
mast,
| a
|| wire fence, a metal gutter drain/gutter, a window screen, a vehicle (look
| at
|| the rubber tires as "insulators", an existing TV antenna, a metal hand
| rail,
|| etc....
||
|| The above are NOT in order of preference...
|| I joke a bit here, but you get the gist of it... grin
||
|| Warmest regards,
|| John
|| "Dave" wrote in message
|| ...
|| | What cheap house hold stuff could I use to build an FM broadcast
| antenna.
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|| | Dave
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you missed coat hangers!

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
any copper wire, copper tubing, stainless steel welding wire, metal
electrical conduit, bailing wire, copper pipe, aluminum tubing, a TV mast,
a
wire fence, a metal gutter drain/gutter, a window screen, a vehicle (look
at
the rubber tires as "insulators", an existing TV antenna, a metal hand
rail,
etc....

The above are NOT in order of preference...
I joke a bit here, but you get the gist of it... grin

Warmest regards,
John
"Dave" wrote in message
...
| What cheap house hold stuff could I use to build an FM broadcast
antenna.
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| Dave
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LOL!!!! Yep, and I have used 'em too!!!

Warmest regards,
John

"Dave" wrote in message
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| you missed coat hangers!
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| "John Smith" wrote in message
| ...
| any copper wire, copper tubing, stainless steel welding wire, metal
| electrical conduit, bailing wire, copper pipe, aluminum tubing, a TV
mast,
| a
| wire fence, a metal gutter drain/gutter, a window screen, a vehicle
(look
| at
| the rubber tires as "insulators", an existing TV antenna, a metal hand
| rail,
| etc....
|
| The above are NOT in order of preference...
| I joke a bit here, but you get the gist of it... grin
|
| Warmest regards,
| John
| "Dave" wrote in message
| ...
| | What cheap house hold stuff could I use to build an FM broadcast
| antenna.
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| | Dave
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