"Brian" wrote in message thlink.net...
Would you just use the cars existing antenna? Just curious.


Brian

Hey Brian!
I don't kow much about the technicalities of shortwave,but I started
by strapping a TecsunPL 230 to my sunroof with a velcro strap and
having the antenna sticking out.
(That works)
I sold the car with the sunroof and was shortwaveless =-(
(WBCQ is GREAT on the weekends)
also during the week http://www.thepowerhour.com
is pretty good for natural cures and news Clearchannel won't give you.
Then theres Alex Jones http:www.infowars.com
for blood curdling news weekdays follwed by Jack Blood
http:www.jackblood.com
So I missed getting my shows in the car and
....a freind of mine who used to be a British Sportscar nut said most
English cars used to come
with AM/SW
(Jaguars especially)
I got to thinking
I had this wild idea of clipping a wire to the antenna
(by the spare tire you can just clip to the connection with an
alligator clip,you can probably even clip or insert a thin wire by the
radio end but I couldn't get my hand in there) and run a wire and clip
to your radios SW antenna,I hope to get an small plug to replace the
alligator clip soon because the Tecsun has an antenna input.
Anyway...
YES your regular car antenna will work!
I asked a guy at radio shack about what kind of antenna I would need
and he told me I had to buy a special one and was showing me all sorts
a diagrams and how many feet the wire had to be for certian stations
and dipoles and yadda bladah da,he made it sound impossible.
(It was stumping him cuz I'm sure nobody ever asked him before =-)
But it isn't.
I never listen to the experts LOL
And I'm no radio technician but am an experimenter when I wat to get
something accomplished.
Your car antenna works fine for the cost of a double ended aligator
clip thingie,and some wire.
I've also got a personal CD Player with a wireless
FM transmitter on the way and plan on plugging that(Transmitter) into
the SW's headphone jack.
Then the shortwave will be coming in over my big stereo.=-)
I used a cell phone holder bracket thingie swivel base and put velcro
I had laying around on the radio,and the swivel thing and it's even
mounted now for pennies. PS
If you ride a bike by the way you can clip a wire from the antenna of
a shortwave radio to any metal part of the bike and you get as good
reception as can be expected
(just saying)
Too bad BPL is on it's way here...till then you can get it in your
car without a lot of expensive stuff.

peace