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June 3rd 09, 03:45 PM
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radio antenna designed to pick up a specific station
TefJlives wrote:
Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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#2
June 3rd 09, 05:01 PM
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radio antenna designed to pick up a specific station
On Jun 3, 10:45*am, wrote:
TefJlives wrote: Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the antenna sticking out the top of it. |
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June 3rd 09, 05:30 PM
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radio antenna designed to pick up a specific station
TefJlives wrote:
On Jun 3, 10:45Â*am, wrote: TefJlives wrote: Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the antenna sticking out the top of it. Just about any antenna will be better than that if you mount up in the air. The trick will be connecting it to the radio if there isn't an existing connector for an external antenna. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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#4
June 3rd 09, 08:32 PM
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radio antenna designed to pick up a specific station
On Jun 3, 12:30*pm, wrote:
TefJlives wrote: On Jun 3, 10:45*am, wrote: TefJlives wrote: Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the antenna sticking out the top of it. Just about any antenna will be better than that if you mount up in the air. The trick will be connecting it to the radio if there isn't an existing connector for an external antenna. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. How can you connect a better antenna to a radio like this? I don't mind taking it apart a bit. |
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#5
June 3rd 09, 09:00 PM
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radio antenna designed to pick up a specific station
TefJlives wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:30Â*pm, wrote: TefJlives wrote: On Jun 3, 10:45Â*am, wrote: TefJlives wrote: Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the antenna sticking out the top of it. Just about any antenna will be better than that if you mount up in the air. The trick will be connecting it to the radio if there isn't an existing connector for an external antenna. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. How can you connect a better antenna to a radio like this? I don't mind taking it apart a bit. Likely the simplest thing to do is open it up and find the connection to the existing antenna, then add a connector wired to the same place. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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#6
June 4th 09, 04:13 AM
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How can you connect a better antenna to a radio like this? I don't
mind taking it apart a bit. Likely the simplest thing to do is open it up and find the connection to the existing antenna, then add a connector wired to the same place. Use the TV antenna. It won't matter too much if you use twinlead or coax. You can just put a " F" connector or screw terminals into the radio as above. I prefer to use a 300 ohm balun from the 75 ohm coax for isolation though because of the possibility of AC leakage to the TV chassis. |
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#7
June 3rd 09, 09:04 PM
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radio antenna designed to pick up a specific station
"TefJlives" wrote in message ... On Jun 3, 12:30 pm, wrote: TefJlives wrote: On Jun 3, 10:45 am, wrote: TefJlives wrote: Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the antenna sticking out the top of it. Just about any antenna will be better than that if you mount up in the air. The trick will be connecting it to the radio if there isn't an existing connector for an external antenna. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. How can you connect a better antenna to a radio like this? I don't mind taking it apart a bit. Hi Greg If you are willing to construct the Yagii, it would be possible you can couple it to your BoomBox by looping the "twisted pair" from the yagii around the case of the radio. Maybe you could experiment with twisting the twisted pair around the antenna you now pull out for the VHF range. It is possible that you will see some improvement by making a circular loop with the wires in the twisted pair and position the loop near the present (pull out) antenna. Jerry KD6JDJ |
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#8
June 10th 09, 09:20 AM
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On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:04:28 +0000, Jerry wrote:
"TefJlives" wrote in message ... On Jun 3, 12:30 pm, wrote: TefJlives wrote: On Jun 3, 10:45 am, wrote: TefJlives wrote: Hello all, There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed specifically for this station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Greg What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the antenna sticking out the top of it. Just about any antenna will be better than that if you mount up in the air. The trick will be connecting it to the radio if there isn't an existing connector for an external antenna. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. How can you connect a better antenna to a radio like this? I don't mind taking it apart a bit. Hi Greg If you are willing to construct the Yagii, it would be possible you can couple it to your BoomBox by looping the "twisted pair" from the yagii around the case of the radio. Maybe you could experiment with twisting the twisted pair around the antenna you now pull out for the VHF range. It is possible that you will see some improvement by making a circular loop with the wires in the twisted pair and position the loop near the present (pull out) antenna. Jerry KD6JDJ In the late 60s I built a 40-50 foot Yagi in the attic tuned to WFMT. I used twinlead for the driven element and wires or metal tape suspended by string anchored to handy rafters. Over a very narrow frequency range it had enough gain over a regular FM Yagi I could listen in stereo instead of mono. I used the information in Orr's VHF Antenna book to get the element lengths and spacing. I wonder if that thing is still up in that attic - if the apartment building is still there. -- Chuck Forsberg www.omen.com 503-614-0430 Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665 |
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