rock95seven

In another post found here http://www.part15.us/node/3112 about carrier current, i mentioned the flag pole on the front porch. I have used it before as an FM antenna.

In another post found here http://www.part15.us/node/3112 about carrier current, i mentioned the flag pole on the front porch. I have used it before as an FM antenna.

Well for the fun of it i connected it to the Ramsey FM 25B once more, using a piece of RG-6 left over from the old cable runs removed from my home after new lines were installed. It works pretty well, the results aren’t stellar but it is indeed working.

There are several places my signal wont reach using the indoor whip , but the outdoor flag pole antenna fills in most of those dead spots and reduced noise heard usually from reflections caused by all the metal around the park.

I wound 2 turns of the cable in a loop and tied that together with zip ties, a make shift balun.
Now the only question i have is this, what to do with the shield. It was not connected to any ground nor was there a wire attached to it. I just left it bare.

Should i add some wire to the shield as long as the flag pole or leave it alone? Seems to me it would add undesired length to the antenna, but then again it wouldn’t be a dipole without the extra element (wire)?

Any suggestions??