[jepstr67]

I was reading antenna theories on the net. It seems that the ground wire is as important as the antenna wire itself. However in the AMT3000 instructions, they keep saying "if used" for the ground. It also seems that having the antenna wire perpendicular to the ground is the best. I can't tell what configuration is best to use the 3 meters of wire I'm allowed. Better to make an L shape 1.5 meter antenna and 1.5 meter ground? Or splice the ground into an X with a 1.5 meter antenna in the middle? I guess I'll have to experiment when I select a final location for my transmitter. Just with it all in a pile near my AV area in the family room, I get about 80 of feet range.


I get minimal 60 cycle hum. New radios are harder to weed out the hum than old radios. Anything with an external antenna is far superior for getting rid of hum.

Todd