FM radio antenna - Connect to cable??

[RubEric]

I just bought a very nice Radio/CD system. It has all I want but has NO antenna
connections. It has an internal antenna for AM which is adequate. It has a
single wire as a FM antenna. There are no connections for am or fm antennas!!!


I am in an area with NO fm reception. I do have cable, however, which carries
a large number of FM stations.

I have contacted the vendor seeking advice and they only suggested returning
the item.

Can you offer any ideas about how to connect this single wire antenna to the
cable? Please reply to the e-mail address.

Thanks.

Eric

 

[John A. Weeks III]

In article <20040407155422.05579.00000793@mb-m25.aol.com>, RubEric
<ruberic@aol.com> wrote:

I just bought a very nice Radio/CD system. It has all I want but has NO
antenna
connections. It has an internal antenna for AM which is adequate. It has a
single wire as a FM antenna. There are no connections for am or fm
antennas!!!


I am in an area with NO fm reception. I do have cable, however, which carries
a large number of FM stations.

I have contacted the vendor seeking advice and they only suggested returning
the item.

Can you offer any ideas about how to connect this single wire antenna to the
cable? Please reply to the e-mail address.

Here are two things to try...

(1) Strip off a little piece of the single wire. Then connect an
alligator clip jumper to this wire, and the other end to the center
wire of the coax. Note that this will leave a live cable TV signal
with an unshielded conductor, which will probably radiate. This
could cause problems if you have neighbors, but if you don't have
anyone close, then don't worry about it.

(2) Try getting a coax to flat cable transformer. Connect the coax end
to your cable. Connect one wire of the flat cable to the single wire
coming out of the radio. Connect the other side to the ground trace
on the circuit board.

-john-

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[John Fields]

On 07 Apr 2004 19:54:22 GMT, ruberic@aol.com (RubEric) wrote:

I just bought a very nice Radio/CD system. It has all I want but has NO antenna
connections. It has an internal antenna for AM which is adequate. It has a
single wire as a FM antenna. There are no connections for am or fm antennas!!!


I am in an area with NO fm reception. I do have cable, however, which carries
a large number of FM stations.

I have contacted the vendor seeking advice and they only suggested returning
the item.

Can you offer any ideas about how to connect this single wire antenna to the
cable? Please reply to the e-mail address.

---
Call the cable company. They probably run into this kind of thing
every day and can supply you with a splitter/filter and even hook it
up for you. Or, more likely, they'll _want_ to hook it up for you so
you won't be screwing around with their stuff.

--
John Fields

 

[Peter Bennett]

On 07 Apr 2004 19:54:22 GMT, ruberic@aol.com (RubEric) wrote:

I just bought a very nice Radio/CD system. It has all I want but has NO antenna
connections. It has an internal antenna for AM which is adequate. It has a
single wire as a FM antenna. There are no connections for am or fm antennas!!!


I am in an area with NO fm reception. I do have cable, however, which carries
a large number of FM stations.

I have contacted the vendor seeking advice and they only suggested returning
the item.

Can you offer any ideas about how to connect this single wire antenna to the
cable? Please reply to the e-mail address.

I've used a coax-to-twinlead adaptor - connect one of the twinlead
terminals to the radio's antenna, and the other terminal to any handy
ground terminal on the radio.



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[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

"John A. Weeks III" <john@johnweeks.com> wrote in message
news:070420041642274860%john@johnweeks.com...

In article <20040407155422.05579.00000793@mb-m25.aol.com>, RubEric
ruberic@aol.com> wrote:

I just bought a very nice Radio/CD system. It has all I want but has
NO
antenna
connections. It has an internal antenna for AM which is adequate.
It has a
single wire as a FM antenna. There are no connections for am or fm
antennas!!!


I am in an area with NO fm reception. I do have cable, however,
which carries
a large number of FM stations.

I have contacted the vendor seeking advice and they only suggested
returning
the item.

Can you offer any ideas about how to connect this single wire
antenna to the
cable? Please reply to the e-mail address.

Here are two things to try...

(1) Strip off a little piece of the single wire. Then connect an
alligator clip jumper to this wire, and the other end to the center
wire of the coax. Note that this will leave a live cable TV signal
with an unshielded conductor, which will probably radiate. This
could cause problems if you have neighbors, but if you don't have
anyone close, then don't worry about it.

That's really bad advice. Don't worry about it until the cable company
truck drives by with the cable leakage sensing equipment in it. Then it
will stop at your location and pick up the leakage, and you'll be in
trouble with the cable company. Not to worry. They'll just cut off
your cable service, among other punitive actions.

(2) Try getting a coax to flat cable transformer. Connect the coax
end
to your cable. Connect one wire of the flat cable to the single wire
coming out of the radio. Connect the other side to the ground trace
on the circuit board.

-john-

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John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 john@johnweeks.com
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