Hi Guys: Test on the talking house ver 5.0 using the wire antenna in a brick house.
Test was done on june 3,2015 from 11:00 am to 11:50 am est 86 degrees clear & partly cloudy.
No additional ground was attached to tx in test.
Test setup - Tx unit was 4 feet 4 inches of floor to bottom of tx.
The wire that come with the transmitter is a 18 awg stranded alumium wire at 118 inches or 9 feet 10 inches long.
Test 1 - Was done with original 18 awg stranded wire antenna setup was 2 feet 10 inches was in a vertial position and approx 6 feet 2 inches in a horizontal position.
Range result of test 1 - 1/4 mile range fairly strong, But did hear up to a mile away, But some spots where spotty.
Test 2 - Tx & Antenna placement was the same setup as above.
Used 12 awg solid copper wire antenna in this test.
Range result of test 2 - 1/4 mile was a little stronger, Spotty in spots 1 mile range a little weak.
But did show stronger signal in spots using solid copper wire.
Conclusion - I have found with Talking house / iam radio tx that the antenna should be mounted outdoors in the clear and should be in a full vertical position to give you maxium range.
I havemounted the antenna in a vertical position and did do better in range.
I notice when i mounted antenna in a horizontal position the range was not as good.
This is what i found doing the test at my location.
As doing so many test on different am tx i have found each tx acts so different from each other and you have to be set up and test at you location and make changes for you to get maxium range or your area.
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