Need a new receiver

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by ncalenda

I put in 75 Mhz, and it returned 37.44 inches. Does that seem long?

Thanks!!

That's probably for a full wave. You can cut the wire in exactly half for a half wave, and shouldn't have any appreciable loss in signal. Antenna length is most important for a transmitter (could actually damage the RF amplifier), but a receiver is less picky.