How to make a Dipole Antenna for your FM Transmitter

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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