On Jul 2, 3:01*pm, "Earl Kiosterud" wrote:
"James" no wrote in message

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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

If you want to save some money, you can make your own omni. *Take two pieces of heavy copper
wire, about 30" each, and extend them in opposite directions. *You could also use small
copper pipe or something like that if you don't want to use wire. *Take two more and do the
same at 90°. *Take about a 20" piece of RG6 or RG59 and connect the two dipoles together.
Your downlead will also be RG6 or RG59, attached across one dipole or the other. *Put a
couple of loops, around 10" in diameter, in the downlead near the antenna. *I have two of
them in my attic, one on a splitter driving two FM radios. *Works great.
--
Earl

A Single (1) Vertical Half-Wave Dipole will do
for a basic FM Omni-Directional Antenna.
http://www.northcountryradio.com/Articles/fmdip.htm
http://www.willus.com/author/antenna.shtml

The basic FM Folded Dipole Antenna made out of
300 Ohm TV Twin Lead that is mounted Vertically
also makes a good Omni-Directional FM Antenna.
http://www.kgnu.org/ht/helpfm.html
http://kalx.berkeley.edu/recept/tanttips.htm
http://www.prairiepublic.org/programs/images/dipole.bmp

Here is an Image of a Ready Made and very low
cost FM Folded Dipole Antenna
http://www.farnsworthelectronics.com...s/antenn14.gif
http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ190233985347

Also a Pair of TV Rabbit Ears Fully Extended and
mounted Vertically will make a fair Omni-Directional
FM Antenna.
http://www.w-l-t.org/Pix/ist2_1238611_rabbit_ears.jpg
-ps- a Pair of TV Rabbit Ears is a VHF Dipole Antenna.
http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ370064295269

FWIW - Most of these simple FM Antennas can be
used Inside the House -or- Outdoors in the Yard.

antennas are f m magic - iane ~ RHF {pomkia}