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.