On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:04:28 +0000, Jerry wrote:

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Hello all,

There is a particular station in my area, 105.1, that I really
like. Unfortunately, it barely comes in, and sometimes doesn't at
all. I would like to build an antenna which is designed
specifically for this
station and which can somehow plug into my normal radio. I know
nothing about this subject. Could someone please point me in the
right
direction?

Greg

What do you have for an antenna now and what is your "normal radio".

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Jim Pennino

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A piece of junk boombox. Emerson Model PD6607. The antenna is the
antenna sticking out the top of it.

Just about any antenna will be better than that if you mount up in the
air.

The trick will be connecting it to the radio if there isn't an existing
connector for an external antenna.

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Jim Pennino

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How can you connect a better antenna to a radio like this? I don't mind
taking it apart a bit.

Hi Greg

If you are willing to construct the Yagii, it would be possible you
can
couple it to your BoomBox by looping the "twisted pair" from the yagii
around the case of the radio. Maybe you could experiment with twisting
the twisted pair around the antenna you now pull out for the VHF range.
It is possible that you will see some improvement by making a circular
loop with the wires in the twisted pair and position the loop near the
present (pull out) antenna.

Jerry KD6JDJ

In the late 60s I built a 40-50 foot Yagi in the attic tuned to WFMT.
I used twinlead for the driven element and wires or metal tape suspended
by string anchored to handy rafters. Over a very narrow frequency range
it had enough gain over a regular FM Yagi I could listen in stereo instead
of mono. I used the information in Orr's VHF Antenna book to get the
element lengths and spacing.

I wonder if that thing is still up in that attic - if the apartment
building is still there.



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