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I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.
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Brody wrote:

I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


Contact Universal Radio.

See item #0199 he http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...s/kokconn.html

....and possibly go from there.


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Old January 25th 08, 04:43 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Eton E1 XM + C.Crane Twin Coil Ferrite

On Jan 24, 7:39*pm, Brody wrote:
I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


get your pal to rca he

http://www.onevisitmedia.com/adapterspal.html
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junius wrote:

On Jan 24, 7:39 pm, Brody wrote:
I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


get your pal to rca he

http://www.onevisitmedia.com/adapterspal.html


Even better!


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junius wrote:

On Jan 24, 7:39 pm, Brody wrote:

I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.



get your pal to rca he

http://www.onevisitmedia.com/adapterspal.html



whoa !! thats great thanks


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dxAce wrote:


junius wrote:


On Jan 24, 7:39 pm, Brody wrote:

I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


get your pal to rca he

http://www.onevisitmedia.com/adapterspal.html



Even better!


yah ! the one on the Universal Radio link didnt say what it converted
PAL to... I was going to have to phone.. thanks for your help anyway
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RHF wrote:

On Jan 25, 2:42 am, Brody wrote:

RHF wrote:

On Jan 25, 12:30 am, Brody wrote:


dxAce wrote:


junius wrote:


On Jan 24, 7:39 pm, Brody wrote:


I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.


I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.


I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??


If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work


(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.


For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


get your pal to rca he


http://www.onevisitmedia.com/adapterspal.html


Even better!


yah ! the one on the Universal Radio link didnt say what it converted
PAL to... I was going to have to phone.. thanks for your help anyway- Hide quoted text -


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Brody,


What About Listening to the Shortwave Radio Broadcasts
on this very fine 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio ?


of course One step at a time though.



- I listen to some talk radio that I can receive from the U.S.

? From the U.S. ?

Where Are You Located : City + State + Country ? ? ?


Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
White Rock to be exact, which is just across the border from Blaine WA

Late night, using the whip on the E1 I was suprised to be able to pick
up AM stations in Reno NV, San Francisco, I even picked up one from
Calgary Alberta.

I am having a problem though from about 1000 kHz to 3000 kHz. Anything I
can receive in that range has another station I can hear at the same
time. Always the same station. I can hear it by itself, very loud and
clear at 1600 kHz so I assume that this is its assigned frequency. It is
Islamic music or chanting, religious I think. It is most annoying. I
seem to be able to pick up quite a few stations in this range but always
they overlaid with the one at 1600 kHz, loud enough make pretty much
everything in this range unlistenable. I havent tried in the daytime yet
to see if the problem is the same.

Hopefully the C.Crane AM antenna I just got will be able to help, I have
to wait till I get the PAL to RCA adapter though







so I researched AM antennas and settled on the C.Crane

I am looking at shortwave antenna now.

thanks






For Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL) you may want to use
an External Shortwave Antenna : To make that 'connection'
to a SWL Antenna with a Coax Cable using a PL-259 Plug.


Universal-Radio sells a SO-239 to KOK Antenna Jack Adapter
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0101.html
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...table/1052.jpg


e1'ing you all ~ RHF
.
Eton E1 Radio Owners and Future E1 Owners
Including 'future' Grundig G1 Radio Owners
Check-Out the Eton E1 Radio Group on YAHOO !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETON-E1-XM-Radio/
Here is your News, Information and Help Center for the
-For- ETON E1 RADIO INFO =http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7
Eton "E1" AM & FM + Shortwave 'World Band' Receiver
-For- ETON E1 RADIO HELP =http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7
with optional XM-Satellite-Radio.
-For- ETON E1 RADIO NEWS =http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7


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In article pdamj.2975$ow.2155@pd7urf1no, Brody wrote:
I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.

I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.

I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??

If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work

(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.

For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


BTW, "PAL" is what they call that connector in North America. I think
they call it a Belling-Lee (or something like that) where they really
use it in the rest of the world.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

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RHF wrote:
On Jan 25, 2:42 am, Brody wrote:

RHF wrote:

On Jan 25, 12:30 am, Brody wrote:


dxAce wrote:


junius wrote:


On Jan 24, 7:39 pm, Brody wrote:


I received the Eton E1 as a gift. After reviewing the pros/cons/quality
issues, I decided to keep it.


I saw the C.Crane Twin Coil reviewed as a great AM antenna for the E1 so
I bought it. Now I have to connect the antenna to the PAL connector of
the E1.


I contacted C.Crane and they told me I needed a PAL to RCA adapter.
These seem to be hard or impossible to fine online. Does anyone in this
group know of a source for them ??


If not, maybe someone here can tell me if this will work.
The C.Crane antenna uses a RCA jack to connect to the radio antenna
connector so... will the following work


(PAL to F adapter) + (F to RCA adapter). These I can find online.


For what it's worth, I know nothing about shortwave radio, The E1 is my
first shortwave radio and I am just beginning to learn about the hobby.


get your pal to rca he


http://www.onevisitmedia.com/adapterspal.html


Even better!


yah ! the one on the Universal Radio link didnt say what it converted
PAL to... I was going to have to phone.. thanks for your help anyway- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -


Brody,


What About Listening to the Shortwave Radio Broadcasts
on this very fine 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio ?


of course One step at a time though.



- I listen to some talk radio that I can receive from the U.S.

? From the U.S. ?

Where Are You Located : City + State + Country ? ? ?


Well.. I posted the following reply last night but it didnt appear on my
news server so I am reposting it...

----------------------

Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
White Rock to be exact, which is just across the border from Blaine WA

Late night, using the whip on the E1 I was suprised to be able to pick
up AM stations in Reno NV, San Francisco, I even picked up one from
Calgary Alberta.

I am having a problem though from about 1000 kHz to 3000 kHz. Anything I
can receive in that range has another station I can hear at the same
time. Always the same station. I can hear it by itself, very loud and
clear at 1600 kHz so I assume that this is its assigned frequency. It is
Islamic music or chanting, religious I think. It is most annoying. I
seem to be able to pick up quite a few stations in this range but always
they overlaid with the one at 1600 kHz, loud enough make pretty much
everything in this range unlistenable. I havent tried in the daytime yet
to see if the problem is the same.

Hopefully the C.Crane AM antenna I just got will be able to help, I have
to wait till I get the PAL to RCA adapter though

-------------------------









so I researched AM antennas and settled on the C.Crane

I am looking at shortwave antenna now.

thanks






For Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL) you may want to use
an External Shortwave Antenna : To make that 'connection'
to a SWL Antenna with a Coax Cable using a PL-259 Plug.


Universal-Radio sells a SO-239 to KOK Antenna Jack Adapter
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0101.html
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...table/1052.jpg


e1'ing you all ~ RHF
.
Eton E1 Radio Owners and Future E1 Owners
Including 'future' Grundig G1 Radio Owners
Check-Out the Eton E1 Radio Group on YAHOO !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETON-E1-XM-Radio/
Here is your News, Information and Help Center for the
-For- ETON E1 RADIO INFO =http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7
Eton "E1" AM & FM + Shortwave 'World Band' Receiver
-For- ETON E1 RADIO HELP =http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7
with optional XM-Satellite-Radio.
-For- ETON E1 RADIO NEWS =http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7


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.
. .
.
. . . O u t !- Hide quoted text -


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On Jan 25, 5:16*pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
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- - You do not need an adaptor with the twin coil ferrite antenna
- - just use the ferrite rod and find the sweet spot on your radio.
- - That antenna does not work with shortwave just am.
- - Go to youtube and search twin coil ferrite antenna.
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M348V1uNxC4

TWIN COIL FERRITE AM ANTENNA DEMO {YouTube.Com}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M348V1uNxC4

- For the X1, you do need the adapter.
- It has no built in ferrite antenna, so no way to couple
- the external into it by induction.

WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY :
{Maybe not a good effective way -but- never the less a way.}

Building an "Over-the-Whip Antenna Coupler" :

1 - Eight Inch long Plastic Tube that Fits over the Whip Antenna.

2 - Forty-Eight to Sixty Turns of Insulated Stranded Hook-Up Wire
evenly space along the Plastic Tube. Secure with Black Plastic
Electrical Tape and secure the Tape with a Black Plastic Wire Tie.

3 - Both Ends the the Hook-Up Wire connected to an RCA Jack.

4 - Slide the Over-the-Whip Antenna Coupler over the Whip Antenna.

5 - Connect the RCA Plug {Output} of the C.Crane AM/MW
Twin Coil Ferrite Rod Antenna to the RCA Jack.

Turn-On the Radio and Antenna and Enjoy Listening )

That Something Extra :
Add and SO-239 to RCA Plug Adapter to your Radio Shack Parts :
Use this Adapter to connect your Outside Wire Shortwave Radio
Listening (SWL) Antenna to the Over-the-Whip Antenna Coupler.
Place the Over-the-Whip Antenna Coupler over any 'portable'
AM/FM Shortwave Radio's Whip Antenna and Enjoy.


it ain't perfect -but- it works ~ RHF {pomkia}
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