[Bruce]

"Gareth Magennis" wrote in
:

Sorry, I was a bit preature on that one.



New question: I thought I had a faulty aeriel on an IEM receiver. I
have substituted a piece of wire 34.8cm long, since by my calculation
of V = FL, this is the wavelength of the transmitting frequency of
860.900 MHz.. The receiver still has crap reception. I take it this
should work as a good aeriel?



Cheers,



Gareth.



You're way off. In english measurements, the approximation for a 1/4 wave
antenna is 234/f(MHz) = feet. So for 860.9MHz the length would be 0.27 feet
or 3.26 inches, which is 1.28cm.

Is there a possibility of a new cell site having moved into your area, or
some other radio service in that band - especially digital.