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FM antenna
fixit7:
I want to make a FM antenna for my home radio.
I would like to use the materials I have on hand.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jado8izsvmhro00/FM_Antenna_Materials.jpg?dl=0
I also have wood.
Thanks.
Audioguru:
You can make a simple antenna or a good one.
My high quality home stereo and car radio use a piece of wire or a single whip antenna and they pickup the 25 FM stations in my city and many more stations in cities all around me.
My cheap clock radio has its AC cord as its FM antenna and it also picks up the 25 FM stations in my city but none of the others.
1) Is your FM radio high quality or cheap?
2) Why do you want an FM antenna? What do you use now that does not work?
3) Are there far away FM stations that you want to receive?
3) is there a building or mountain blocking the signal?
fixit7:
--- Quote from: Audioguru on May 27, 2019, 01:52:33 pm ---You can make a simple antenna or a good one.
My high quality home stereo and car radio use a piece of wire or a single whip antenna and they pickup the 25 FM stations in my city and many more stations in cities all around me.
My cheap clock radio has its AC cord as its FM antenna and it also picks up the 25 FM stations in my city but none of the others.
1) Is your FM radio high quality or cheap?
2) Why do you want an FM antenna? What do you use now that does not work?
3) Are there far away FM stations that you want to receive?
3) is there a building or mountain blocking the signal?
--- End quote ---
My radio is a Denon AVR-1801. Should be high quality.
It has no antenna. It has a coaxial connection for a FM antenna.
My current antenna is show in my pick.
It consists of a UHF/VHF matching transformer with 2 6 foot lengths of spearker wire connected to the spades.
It picks up radio stations some of the time.
I live in a second story apartment. No mountains near by.
Andy
Muttley Snickers:
Is there an existing television antenna connection or socket in the apartment ?.
pwlps:
--- Quote from: fixit7 on May 27, 2019, 01:35:18 pm ---I also have wood.
--- End quote ---
Wooden antennas are cute.
This one was made by my daughter as a school project.
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