Good idea so far as dipole.  I live in Baltimore and can receive Baltimore 
and several Washington DC stations with the better rubber duckie but have to 
be in just the right position.

73:
Bob Martin
KC3FI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: fm antenna test


> You can't trust rubber Duckies! I would make a dipole to use
> instead.  Jim WA6EKS
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ronald E.  Milliman" <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:59:52 -0600
> Subject: Re: fm antenna test
>
> Butch,
>
> You might want to double check to be sure you were sent the
> correct
> antenna.  It sounds like you ended up with a significant mismatch
> and high
> SWR.  I suspect if you are not careful, you will damage the final
> circuit in
> that little transmitter.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
> At 06:54 PM 12/10/2012 -0800, you wrote:
> Concerning fm transmitters.  I tried the antenna, and I'm not
> impressed.
> It is an el bow b n c with a loaded duck on it.  I got a preggy
> hot rf
> burn off of the metal part below the duck.  Also after being on a
> couple
> hours, the coil was warm to the touch, so power lost there.  I'm
> going to
> figure out how to build some kind of outside antenna.
>
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
> Dr.  Ronald E.  Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky
> University
>
> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
> Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee