A wet piece of string would probably perform better.

Seriously, if you want any kind of reasonable coverage, you need an
outdoor antenna mounted above all buildings, trees etc and good
quality coax between the transmitter and the antenna.





--- In LPFM_Radio@..., "Steve" <nzyes1@...> wrote:
>
> My transmitter looks like this:
>
> <<TXer>>---(BNC connector)---(rod antenna with 1/4 length of
> wavelength)
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> --- In LPFM_Radio@..., "106.7FM" <106.7FM@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve...
> >
> > Give us an idea of your whole setup...
> >
> > Antenna, cable, transmitter... the whole kit, and maybe we can be
> of some help.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve
> > To: LPFM_Radio@...
> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:49 PM
> > Subject: [LPFM] How far can I reach with 0.5 watt transmitter?
> >
> >
> > I recently bought a 0.5 watt FM transmitter on ebay.
> > But it can only reach about 100-200 metres a slightly better
> coverage
> > than the ipod wireless transmitter.
> > I wonder if this has real 0.5 watt output or I need to put a nice
> > outdoor antenna, cos I tested with indoor antenna included with
> the kit.
> > Anybody knows how to measure transmission output?
> >
>