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− | 1 - 6’ length steel cable. (Romex cable or other stiff copper wire also works) | + | * 1 - 6’ length steel cable. (Romex cable or other stiff copper wire also works) |
− | 1 - 8’ length 1” PVC pipe | + | * 1 - 8’ length 1” PVC pipe |
− | 1 - PVC 1” T- connector | + | * 1 - PVC 1” T- connector |
− | 2 - PVC 1” end caps | + | * 2 - PVC 1” end caps |
− | 1 - PVC 1” 90-degree corner connector | + | * 1 - PVC 1” 90-degree corner connector |
− | 2 - 8” zip ties | + | * 2 - 8” zip ties |
− | 2 - 1” diameter washers (same diameter as PVC pipe. The hole in the washer must be smaller than the locking end of a zip tie yet large enough for the flat zip tie to fit through. | + | * 2 - 1” diameter washers (same diameter as PVC pipe. The hole in the washer must be smaller than the locking end of a zip tie yet large enough for the flat zip tie to fit through. |
− | Television coax extension cable (with connectors) in the length you’ll need from your transmitter to the antenna. | + | * Television coax extension cable (with connectors) in the length you’ll need from your transmitter to the antenna. |
− | Optional: 2-3” of shrink tubing | + | * Optional: 2-3” of shrink tubing |
− | Optional: 2 pipe clamps (to fit around the PVC pipe) | + | * Optional: 2 pipe clamps (to fit around the PVC pipe) |
− | Optional: choke core balun to fit the coax cable | + | * Optional: choke core balun to fit the coax cable |
− | Optional: PVC cement | + | * Optional: PVC cement |
Revision as of 22:49, 16 December 2015
How to Make a Dipole FM Transmitter Antenna
Materials
- 1 - 6’ length steel cable. (Romex cable or other stiff copper wire also works)
- 1 - 8’ length 1” PVC pipe
- 1 - PVC 1” T- connector
- 2 - PVC 1” end caps
- 1 - PVC 1” 90-degree corner connector
- 2 - 8” zip ties
- 2 - 1” diameter washers (same diameter as PVC pipe. The hole in the washer must be smaller than the locking end of a zip tie yet large enough for the flat zip tie to fit through.
- Television coax extension cable (with connectors) in the length you’ll need from your transmitter to the antenna.
- Optional: 2-3” of shrink tubing
- Optional: 2 pipe clamps (to fit around the PVC pipe)
- Optional: choke core balun to fit the coax cable
- Optional: PVC cement