TIP: Usually I collapse the Whip Antenna and Connect
the Wire using an Alligator Clip to the Swivel Base of
the Whip Antenna, or the Protruding Tip of the Whip Antenna.

Hmmm, never thought about the swivel base. I usually use the far end tip,
seems like though the base would be sturdier and better. I'll give it a try
and see.

Hi, if its a sangean model or similar it would take a 1/8" stereo mini plug
instead of the mono plug. This is because of the way that the internal am
loopstick is wired to the jack. for details go to:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/r...n/909tech.html


"Sanjaya" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I want to connect a length of 22 AWG hookup wire
to my radio's antenna-in jack which takes a 1/8th in. mini-plug.
I can get the wire at Radio Shack, and the plug too,
but am confused about what to buy.
I'm guessing what I want is called a mono 2 conductor.
Solderless?
Not sure though.

"Eddie Thomas" wrote in message news:CG_3c.4217$bP2.38971@attbi_s53...
Hi, if its a sangean model or similar it would take a 1/8" stereo mini plug
instead of the mono plug. This is because of the way that the internal am
loopstick is wired to the jack. for details go to:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/r...n/909tech.html

Thanks Eddie.
It's a Degen DE1102 radio with mono connection to the antenna jack.
I'm going to use the antenna with that and with a Tecsun PL-550 if
and when I get that radio too. I can buy stereo plug also if the
Tecsun requires it, since I'm looking at the solderless mono plug
for the antenna coupled to the Degen.

I was wondering why the ring had to be grounded in a stereo plug when the shell
of a mono plug would do the same thing. From that site is a real answer:

How do I disable the internal MW antenna?

Using a 1/8" stereo connector, ground the ring terminal to the sleeve. Or
else use a 1/8" mono connector. The FAQ author much prefers the former method
as this can be controlled by a SPST switch to disable and reenable the internal
antenna, thus saving the antenna jack inside the radio from wear.

The external antenna jumper that came with my DX-392 has a mono plug. I can't
use the MW loop inside my metal mobilehome. So the plug just stays plugged in.

Bill, K5BY