I suspect that with anything better than the rubber duck you are going to end up getting a pink slip if the range is good enough to cover your house i would stick with it and live with the loss. people can and do get busted for illegal fm transmitters it takes a while ebut being sham you are more likely to get smacked than the average joe so please be careful yes I believe the gcc are a bunch of asshats but they can still screw you in whatever way they want to so watch your back :) On Dec 10, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> 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.