Stucco House in Los Angeles Hills
 

So I live in a stucco house in the los angeles hills. I was in hawaii
for the month of december where a random wire tossed out the window,
with the other end wrapped around my grundig p7000 (yes, i know it
stinks but it's all i have until i buy a better radio), was my main rig
and worked pretty well. Could pick up CRI, RNZI, BBC, ABC, etc.

I get back to LA & use the same setup but my reception is total garbage
except for a few religious nuts in which i have no interest-- brimstone
and damnation mixed with right wing politics types.

Is the antenna the problem as it runs in through the window and then
picks up all the interference from the stucco metal lathe? Or does the
radio just suck? I am willing to do a proper antenna setup-- can
anyone suggest anything?

thanks.

Stucco House in Los Angeles Hills
 

Just like real in estate - location, location, location. You were
probably in a fairly low man-made noise area in Hawaii. SW propagation
has been extremely poor for the last few weeks, however.

Frank


tom k in L.A. wrote:
So I live in a stucco house in the los angeles hills. I was in hawaii
for the month of december where a random wire tossed out the window,
with the other end wrapped around my grundig p7000 (yes, i know it
stinks but it's all i have until i buy a better radio), was my main rig
and worked pretty well. Could pick up CRI, RNZI, BBC, ABC, etc.

I get back to LA & use the same setup but my reception is total garbage
except for a few religious nuts in which i have no interest-- brimstone
and damnation mixed with right wing politics types.

Is the antenna the problem as it runs in through the window and then
picks up all the interference from the stucco metal lathe? Or does the
radio just suck? I am willing to do a proper antenna setup-- can
anyone suggest anything?

thanks.

Stucco House in Los Angeles Hills
 

thanks frank-- i figured all the junk in my house was contributing to
this-- scores of dimmers, computers, radio controlled lighting, etc.
etc. etc. etc.

i was planning on investing in a better radio and antenna but i'm not
sure if this will help the situation?

On Jan 1, 8:26 pm, wrote:
Just like real in estate - location, location, location. You were
probably in a fairly low man-made noise area in Hawaii. SW propagation
has been extremely poor for the last few weeks, however.

Frank

tom k in L.A. wrote:



So I live in a stucco house in the los angeles hills. I was in hawaii
for the month of december where a random wire tossed out the window,
with the other end wrapped around my grundig p7000 (yes, i know it
stinks but it's all i have until i buy a better radio), was my main rig
and worked pretty well. Could pick up CRI, RNZI, BBC, ABC, etc.

I get back to LA & use the same setup but my reception is total garbage
except for a few religious nuts in which i have no interest-- brimstone
and damnation mixed with right wing politics types.

Is the antenna the problem as it runs in through the window and then
picks up all the interference from the stucco metal lathe? Or does the
radio just suck? I am willing to do a proper antenna setup-- can
anyone suggest anything?

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Stucco House in Los Angeles Hills
 

won't the coax just pick up all the noise in the house as it passes
through the wall?


Bart Bailey wrote:
In ups.com
posted on 1 Jan 2007 20:35:25 -0800, tom k in L.A. wrote: Begin

i was planning on investing in a better radio and antenna but i'm not
sure if this will help the situation?

Maybe invest in a longer run of coax
to get the new antenna away from all that domestic QRN?

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Bart