(GO BEARCATS) wrote in message ...
Here is my repost in case it didn't go through, at the bottom I will seperate

I went to the Shack looking for the same thing today (er...yesterday Wed.) and
I got (against my better judgement)a cat#274-387 it says Stereo to Mono Audio
Adapter *accepts 1/8"stereo phone plug/fits phono jack. I plugged the end of
my sloper, th 1/8" adapter into it ( the other end 'slid over' the RCA-not
into-like it should have IMO.

Bottom line: I couldn't hear hardly anything. I unplugged my antenna from it
and heard more from the adapter I just bought slid over the rca then before
with the antenna plugged into it.

Can some nice soul tell me exactly what to get from the Shack, maybe a cat#
would be great. Just looking at the RCA that was installed, it looks like (I've
never had an RCA jack) something physically goes 'into it.' Justice at
RadioLabs said how much better that jack would be, that I'd like to try it out,
but I went back to the tried and true 'sleeve' into the original exter.antenna
jack and everything was fine.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.


Er, if you plug a mono phone plug into a stereo jack, it shorts one
of the contacts (the ring) to ground. (Most stero headphone outputs
need to have resistors in series to prevent this).

Tou're using a mono to stereo adapter, it splits the tip contact on
its plug into a tip and a ring contact in the socket. And then, using
the old plug, you're shorting everything.

Use a stero plug with the ring terminal not connected to anything on
your antenna.


Mark Zenier

Use a stero plug with the ring terminal not connected to anything on
your antenna.

Mark,
You're saying simply a 1/8" stereo plug to use soldering onto the end of my
long wire?

What difference would that make now, in that it's working fine and all?

I'm trying to remember what happened at the shack the day I went up there and
asked them for that, they didn't have it or something-or the guy gave me the
package and I didn't look.

Matter of fact, it had two of em' in the pack and I stapled it closed after I
used the one, this is what's on the end of my long wire now cat#274-288A Two
Conductor 1/8" shielded phone plugs.

That is 'exactly' what it says on the package, so I asked for stereo (the right
one) and nit knowing what it'd look like I trusted the guy I suppose, it's been
a while.

You're saying this is a 'mono' plug? I'll call the shack now and give them the
cat# and ask them or type it in their website, but it doesn't say stereo OR
mono on it. {?]

It has the tip, then just a tad of space then a black circle on it, if that
helps identify it. I'll look at the pic of the one link of the proper one and
compare it to this one I have here.

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RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
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OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
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* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
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(GO BEARCATS) wrote in message ...
Use a stero plug with the ring terminal not connected to anything on
your antenna.

Mark,
You're saying simply a 1/8" stereo plug to use soldering onto the end of my
long wire?

What difference would that make now, in that it's working fine and all?


Huh? I guess I missed something.


I'm trying to remember what happened at the shack the day I went up there and
asked them for that, they didn't have it or something-or the guy gave me the
package and I didn't look.

Matter of fact, it had two of em' in the pack and I stapled it closed after I
used the one, this is what's on the end of my long wire now cat#274-288A Two
Conductor 1/8" shielded phone plugs.

That is 'exactly' what it says on the package, so I asked for stereo (the right
one) and nit knowing what it'd look like I trusted the guy I suppose, it's been
a while.

You're saying this is a 'mono' plug? I'll call the shack now and give them the
cat# and ask them or type it in their website, but it doesn't say stereo OR
mono on it. {?]

Yes, it's a mono plug and if you are still using the 274-387 adapter,
that plug will short out the circuit.

It has the tip, then just a tad of space then a black circle on it, if that
helps identify it. I'll look at the pic of the one link of the proper one and
compare it to this one I have here.

There are two fixes.

1. Replace the 274-387 RCA to 1/8 stero phone with a 274-326 RCA to
1/8 MONO adapter.

Or.
2. Use a 274-284 STEREO plug. It has two insulators/black cicles, with
the metal segment in between called the "ring", (The other two parts are
called the tip and the sleeve (or ground)).

I'd go for fix 1, no soldering required, and you don't have to figure out
which one of the three terminals you solder your antenna to.

Mark Zenier

Use a stero plug with the ring terminal not connected to anything on
your antenna.

I found one on their website, but it doesn't have the *A* on the end of it. It
says "1/8 phone plug - 1/8 diameter shielded plug.

That looks like it and it says "comes in package of two"- like mine did.

~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*