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Sony 7600GR and longwire antenna
"George Orwell" wrote in message ... I understand that attaching an external antenna will disable the build in AM ferrite antenna. My question, is this is a good thing? Will I pick up more with a 100 foot longware versus a standard ferrite antenna? The whip is disabled, not the ferrite. |
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On 3 jun, 22:22, "bw" wrote:
"George Orwell" wrote in message ... I understand that attaching an external antenna will disable the build in AM ferrite antenna. My question, is this is a good thing? Will I pick up more with a 100 foot longware versus a standard ferrite antenna? The whip is disabled, not the ferrite. Hello, From memory I also thought that the external antenna is for short wave only (so not for the AM broadcast band). The manual, however, says that is does work on "MW" also (page 35GB). I don't have the receiver over here so I cannot verify it. The manual also says it outputs DC, so you need to avoid a short between the ext. antenna input and ground of the receiver. Unless you are in a very remote area, 100ft wire at reasonable height above ground will overload the receiver very likely. You can better use a shorter wire far from interference sources and use coaxial cable between the antenna wire and your receiver. You need to connect your wire to a large metallic structure or ground away from interference sources, otherwise the cable will guide indoor interference to your antenna. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl remove abc first in case of PM |
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Sony 7600GR and longwire antenna
On 3 jun, 23:35, Wimpie wrote:
On 3 jun, 22:22, "bw" wrote: "George Orwell" wrote in message t... I understand that attaching an external antenna will disable the build in AM ferrite antenna. My question, is this is a good thing? Will I pick up more with a 100 foot longware versus a standard ferrite antenna? The whip is disabled, not the ferrite. Hello, From memory I also thought that the external antenna is for short wave only (so not for the AM broadcast band). The manual, however, says that is does work on "MW" also (page 35GB). I don't have the receiver over here so I cannot verify it. The manual also says it outputs DC, so you need to avoid a short between the ext. antenna input and ground of the receiver. Unless you are in a very remote area, 100ft wire at reasonable height above ground will overload the receiver very likely. *You can better use a shorter wire far from interference sources and use coaxial cable between the antenna wire and your receiver. You need to connect your wire to a large metallic structure or ground away from interference sources, otherwise the cable will guide indoor interference to your antenna. Here I made an error: the braid of the coaxial cable at the antenna side (outdoor side) should be grounded (not the wire itself of course). A large metal surface or real ground provision can be used. Best regards, Wim PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl remove abc first in case of PM As RHF mentioned, Safety is important. A wire that runs into your house without any form of protection will be dangerous when hit by lightning, no matter how good your house is protected. Running the wire into your house via correctly installed lightning protection will make the difference between damaged electronic equipment or your house burned-down. You will probably going to experiment to see whether it is worth to make a fixed antenna. In case of lightning, throw the wire out of you house. Also make sure that when the wire breaks, it doesn't come into contact with power lines. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS |
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Sony 7600GR and longwire antenna
Wimpie wrote:
On 3 jun, 23:35, wrote: On 3 jun, 22:22, wrote: "George wrote in message ... I understand that attaching an external antenna will disable the build in AM ferrite antenna. My question, is this is a good thing? Will I pick up more with a 100 foot longware versus a standard ferrite antenna? The whip is disabled, not the ferrite. Hello, From memory I also thought that the external antenna is for short wave only (so not for the AM broadcast band). The manual, however, says that is does work on "MW" also (page 35GB). I don't have the receiver over here so I cannot verify it. The manual also says it outputs DC, so you need to avoid a short between the ext. antenna input and ground of the receiver. Unless you are in a very remote area, 100ft wire at reasonable height above ground will overload the receiver very likely. You can better use a shorter wire far from interference sources and use coaxial cable between the antenna wire and your receiver. You need to connect your wire to a large metallic structure or ground away from interference sources, otherwise the cable will guide indoor interference to your antenna. Here I made an error: the braid of the coaxial cable at the antenna side (outdoor side) should be grounded (not the wire itself of course). A large metal surface or real ground provision can be used. Best regards, Wim PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl remove abc first in case of PM As RHF mentioned, Safety is important. A wire that runs into your house without any form of protection will be dangerous when hit by lightning, no matter how good your house is protected. Running the wire into your house via correctly installed lightning protection will make the difference between damaged electronic equipment or your house burned-down. You will probably going to experiment to see whether it is worth to make a fixed antenna. In case of lightning, throw the wire out of you house. Also make sure that when the wire breaks, it doesn't come into contact with power lines. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS If you use a common 9:1 "MLB" autotransformer, all points of the antenna, including the random wire, are at DC ground. |
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