"Lostgallifreyan" wrote in message
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Michael Black wrote in
news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1407260017460.20123@darkstar. example.org:

Modify the radio so coax can be attached, and feed it from the good
antenna outside (or even just positioned well inside).

Or, buy a radio that already has an external antenna jack.


Now that would be cheating. Actually the one I bought does have one, but
the point was convenience, allowing local tuning as usual but with no
unwanted wires trailing around as I carry a radio between rooms while
working.

If it were practical I imagine we'd all be doing it, I just wondered if
there
might be soem compromise I can use, but likely not one that isn't already
standard practise.

If you will be changing to a different station more often than every hour or
two, stop reading now. I cannot help you.

You can buy a low-power FM broadcaster for considerably less than US$100,
according to a few quick checks I made online just now. If you have any
location in your flat where you get reliable reception of your favorite
station(s), locate a receiver there and connect the audio out -- headphone
jack or speaker terminals -- into the FM broadcaster and choose an unused
frequency on the FM radio spectrum for the FM broadcaster. Then, listen to
that frequency. Your source for audio could be almost any device with an
AUDIO OUT jack: AM radio, FM radio, CD player, computer audio (for streaming
services).

I know it works reliably. Before I retired, my desk in a metal building was
far from the nearest window and AM radio listening was almost impossible,
with squeals and squawks from the computers. I used an FM broadcaster to
send the audio of my favorite station across the room from a location by a
window to an FM radio on my desk. I powered the AM radio and the FM
broadcaster from two wall transformers. It literally worked for years, as I
never turned it off.

Power consumption is insignificant. More details on request.

"Sal"
KD6VKW