Re: Extend Range

["Rich" <Never@xxxxxxx>]

What would happen if I add a longer wire to the receiver?




"alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "bdolph" <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Many years ago I used to make a dipole to extend the range of these
> > transmitters.  I could get them to transmit across a street to another
> > house.  It must be the correct dimensions and trimmed to the
> > transmitters frequency.   Somebody as linear may have the dimensions to
> > build this.  Let us know if you find them.
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> wavelength in meters = 300 / frequency in MHz
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> A 433 MHz transmitter has a wavelength of .6928406 meters, or 27.270206
> inches. You HAM guys can check my math, but
> theoretically, you could make a quarter-wave antenna of approx. 6.82
inches.
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> js
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