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diane

Post subject: FM antenna

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:49 pm

Lieutenant

Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:37 pm
Posts: 2

I am looking for a low profile (under 2" x 0.25") PCB mount FM antenna.
any ideas?

Dexter

Post subject: Re: FM antenna

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:35 am

Captain

Joined: Thu May 04, 2006 7:37 am
Posts: 12

I think physics are going to prevent an effective FM band antenna in those dimensions. Even with cell phone FM radios the antenna is the wire for the ear buds.

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