Greetings everyone, I operate a micropower part 15 FM station in my apartment complex, but I have a great deal of interest in AM. I have a talking house transmitter that I bought two years ago and have played around with from time to time.
I live on the bottom floor of a Solid Brick Building, that is extremely well insulated, I dont even have to use much heat when its 20 degrees outside, I have a hard time getting my Signal to penetrate the walls, Especially on the FM side.
With AM, If i use the length of wire that the Talking House came with, I dont get very far at all with an Audible Signal, Many power lines and Interference in the Area. I have attatched wth Wire to a Small ground Rod before and my signal then goes out about a mile and a half in each direction around me during the daylight hours, the signal is fairly readable until you get to the fringes where the noise overwhelms the audio.
My question is this, Is it legal to attach the Transmitter wire to a ground source, as long as the total length of the antenna and ground source dont exceed 3 meters.
The other question is this, At night my signal doesnt leave the parking lot in front of my residence, Is there anyway to improve nightime signal without breaking the rules.
Thanks.