Radioguy wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:12 pm, "James" no wrote:
Who makes a good outdoor, omni-directional fm antenna ?

I prefer to use RG6 as the lead in, and I definitely need an
omni-directional antenna.

Radio Shack used to make a dual element, folded dipole outside fm antenna,
but I don't find it on their website.

Thanks for any tips !!

James

Wouldn't the best omni-directional antenna simply be a whip? All the
others I can think of are going to be steerable.

A whip or a open ring, depending on polarization. Or maybe an Andrew V.

"dave" wrote in message

Radioguy wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:12 pm, "James" no wrote:
Who makes a good outdoor, omni-directional fm antenna ?

I prefer to use RG6 as the lead in, and I definitely
need an omni-directional antenna.

Radio Shack used to make a dual element, folded dipole
outside fm antenna, but I don't find it on their
website. Thanks for any tips !!

James

Wouldn't the best omni-directional antenna simply be a
whip? All the others I can think of are going to be
steerable.

A whip or a open ring, depending on polarization. Or
maybe an Andrew V.

Problem with whips is that they have vertical polarization. FM is always
transmitted with a strong horizontal component, the vertical component is
optional.

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Problem with whips is that they have vertical polarization. FM is always
transmitted with a strong horizontal component, the vertical component is
optional.

Not true. FM is transmitted almost universally as circular polarization.
This has been so for at least a couple decades now.

On Mar 9, 1:42*pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message

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- - Problem with whips is that they have vertical polarization.
- - FM is always transmitted with a strong horizontal
- - component, the vertical component is optional.

- Not true. FM is transmitted almost universally as
- circular polarization. This has been so for at least
- a couple decades now.

IIRC - Initially like TV the Horizontal Polarization scheme
was great for the Visual Line-of-Sight broadcasting from
the TV Station's Tower to Home TV and FM Radio.

But FM Radios problem was the Automobile and getting
a good quality FM Radio signal to the Cars and Trucks
which 99.73% of the time had Vertical Whip Antennas.

Circular Polarization allowed FM Radio to be broadcasted
equally well to both Home and Automobile; plus Circular
Polarization did help to eliminate some Multi-path problems.

sort of kind a right - to my ways of think ~ RHF

I ought to stop holding up and shaking that old white T shirt like that
and making ghostly noises.Doggy thinks it's a real ghost.
cuhulin, the Ghost

On 9 Mar, 16:42, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message

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Problem with whips is that they have vertical polarization. FM is always
transmitted with a strong horizontal component, the vertical component is
optional.

Not true. FM is transmitted almost universally as circular polarization.
This has been so for at least a couple decades now.

Warning
Arny does not like women who know more than him.

I Love all wimmins.
cuhulin

Arny Krueger wrote:


Problem with whips is that they have vertical polarization. FM is always
transmitted with a strong horizontal component, the vertical component is
optional.



Not always. There are FM stations with no horizontal pol at all, due to
spacing considerations with TV channel 6.