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beaver wrote:
Steve wrote:
I hung the antenna outside, using the provided nylon cords, on my
balcony. It's attached to the external antenna jack of a portable
receiver (Sony ICF-SW77). I had to use an adaptor so that it would fit
the small antenna jack on my Sony, but it's the same adaptor I've used
with other antennas, which seem to work okay.

Steve

I've had the same problem with the Sony sw77 with an antenna that works
with other radios. I solved the problem by wiring the connector with
the tip only. Try an experiment by not inserting connector all the way
into radio or trying moving it in and out in diffent locations of radio
plug to see if it improves things. If it does then you'll have to wire
the connector using tip only and don't wire the sleeve.

Sounds like there's a stereo phone jack in the chain that's got a
mono plug inserted in it. This shorts the "right" channel to ground.
And if left and right are connected together in a stero/mono adapter,
it grounds out everything. Same problem Dxluver had a few months ago.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident