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In the quest to listen to shortwave beyond the home, I tried listening
with my portable in the car with very good results. Radio: Kaito 1101. Very small size. Radio mount: Put between the front seats on console area. I did see at Best Buy that they sell a device that attaches to the side of a car console and has a flat surface to lay a CD player. This would work for a small radio as well, but I have not tried it. Antenna Mount: Window mount with a BNC connector and approx. 5 ft. of coax cable. I bought it at Radio Shack a couple years ago. Antenna: Telescopic whip antenna I bought years ago for use with my scanner (approx. 4 ft. fully extended) Audio hookup: Cassette tape adapter hooked up to the Line Out jack on radio and played through car speakers Car: 1994 Acura Integra Set up Time: approx. 1 minute Engine noise has not been a problem and I have been able to hear the high power stations just like at home, as well as some of the weaker ones. You don't want to be messing around too much entering frequencies while driving, so it's good idea to preset the different bands, and use a radio with scanning capability to either scan up or down from there. Helps to memorize button locations as well. Road noise may be a problem, so it may be helpful to use headphones instead of the cassette tape adapter through car speakers. I am looking around for a better antenna (flexible type) and a trunk mount would be better which would lower the antenna height about 2 feet or so compared at the top of a rolled-up window. Would like to hear any other experiences with mobile listening. One last note. I am really happy with the Kaito 1101 radio, and would recommend it highly. It got a fairly good review in the 1994 Passport. Gerald |
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Gerald Readore wrote:
In the quest to listen to shortwave beyond the home, I tried listening with my portable in the car with very good results. Radio: Kaito 1101. Very small size. Radio mount: Put between the front seats on console area. I did see at Best Buy that they sell a device that attaches to the side of a car console and has a flat surface to lay a CD player. This would work for a small radio as well, but I have not tried it. Antenna Mount: Window mount with a BNC connector and approx. 5 ft. of coax cable. I bought it at Radio Shack a couple years ago. Antenna: Telescopic whip antenna I bought years ago for use with my scanner (approx. 4 ft. fully extended) Audio hookup: Cassette tape adapter hooked up to the Line Out jack on radio and played through car speakers Car: 1994 Acura Integra Set up Time: approx. 1 minute Engine noise has not been a problem and I have been able to hear the high power stations just like at home, as well as some of the weaker ones. You don't want to be messing around too much entering frequencies while driving, so it's good idea to preset the different bands, and use a radio with scanning capability to either scan up or down from there. Helps to memorize button locations as well. Road noise may be a problem, so it may be helpful to use headphones instead of the cassette tape adapter through car speakers. I am looking around for a better antenna (flexible type) and a trunk mount would be better which would lower the antenna height about 2 feet or so compared at the top of a rolled-up window. Would like to hear any other experiences with mobile listening. One last note. I am really happy with the Kaito 1101 radio, and would recommend it highly. It got a fairly good review in the 1994 Passport. Gerald You mean the *2004* Passport? ![]() reviews of all the new supercheapo Chinese portables in there this year. I noticed that most leave a lot to be desired. Also, listening to radio via headphones while driving is illegal, at least in California. |
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Gerald Readore wrote:
In the quest to listen to shortwave beyond the home, I tried listening with my portable in the car with very good results. Radio: Kaito 1101. Very small size. Radio mount: Put between the front seats on console area. I did see at Best Buy that they sell a device that attaches to the side of a car console and has a flat surface to lay a CD player. This would work for a small radio as well, but I have not tried it. Antenna Mount: Window mount with a BNC connector and approx. 5 ft. of coax cable. I bought it at Radio Shack a couple years ago. Antenna: Telescopic whip antenna I bought years ago for use with my scanner (approx. 4 ft. fully extended) Audio hookup: Cassette tape adapter hooked up to the Line Out jack on radio and played through car speakers Car: 1994 Acura Integra Set up Time: approx. 1 minute Engine noise has not been a problem and I have been able to hear the high power stations just like at home, as well as some of the weaker ones. You don't want to be messing around too much entering frequencies while driving, so it's good idea to preset the different bands, and use a radio with scanning capability to either scan up or down from there. Helps to memorize button locations as well. Road noise may be a problem, so it may be helpful to use headphones instead of the cassette tape adapter through car speakers. I am looking around for a better antenna (flexible type) and a trunk mount would be better which would lower the antenna height about 2 feet or so compared at the top of a rolled-up window. Would like to hear any other experiences with mobile listening. One last note. I am really happy with the Kaito 1101 radio, and would recommend it highly. It got a fairly good review in the 1994 Passport. Gerald I've used my Drake-SW8 in the car. I run it on batteries to avoid engine noise from the car's electrical system. I use a magnet mounted whip antenna on the roof. I listen to the audio from the SW8 through the car's stereo system using an FM transmitter/adapter like the one's sold by Radio Shack or C. Crane. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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I did something similar for a while... It's just that the '1 minute'
setup ended up taking too long when I'm trying to get in and out of the car tofrom work.... I didn't want to leave the stuff in the car for security reasons and the window antenna mis-shaped the rubber gasket on my window.... RF Noise also got worse when my alternator was replaced. I now have a new car --- and don't want to ruin the gasket or scratch the car with a magnet mount.... Unfortunately, with a Mazda 6, I can't even use the Sony car SW radio, since it doesn't have a standard faceplate to place the radio in... we're all still waiting... I keep on checking mazda6club.com... So, for now, I have my PocketPC syncing with Internet audio at home and I listen to the newscast in the car about an hour after it originally happnened... IT doesn't help for the way home, though (well, some broadcasters, from WRN, are available via cellphone on the Mobile Broadcast Network (http://www.mymbn.com)) Actually, Interestingly, the Mazda 6 has an undocumented S meter. "Turn your radio on (AM or FM), press and hold the "On-Off-Volume" button and simultaneously press the "Preset 2" button. Presto! Signal strength meter. Turn radio off to leave test mode." http://www.mazda6club.com/forums/read.php?TID=9688 |
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