On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 07:24:43PM +0400, Elvis Dowson wrote: > Hi, > If I were to use the USRP2 + WBX module to receive FM broadcast > transmissions, what should I do for building a simple wire antenna. > > Can I just take a piece of wire, create a loop and connect one end of the > wire to the SMA connectors inner hole, and the other end, wrapped around the > threaded connector ?
Just poke one end of the wire into the SMA connector; leave the other end dangling. However, the usual warnings go along with this, and you can buy cheap FM antenna with a plug for little money. MB -- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) Dipl.-Ing. Martin Braun Research Associate Kaiserstraße 12 Building 05.01 76131 Karlsruhe Phone: +49 721 608-3790 Fax: +49 721 608-6071 www.cel.kit.edu KIT -- University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association
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