dietermoreno
- Dec 30, 2012
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I thought of a project to learn about antennas and maybe improve FM reception (and later give me free TV).
How to connect an aerial antenna to a telescopic antenna?
This might be a very stupid question; I'm sorry if it is.
I think I can have better FM reception if I build and errect a home made antenna on my balcony, but my LW/MW/SW/FM receiver when I read the manual it says that the telescopic antenna is for FM, it says that when no antenna is connected then only a ferrite loop stick is used for LW/MW/SW, and it says that when an antenna is connected to the coax input it is only for LW/MW/SW.
So would the only way to connect an FM antenna be to some how connect it to the telescopic antenna?
Like would I solder a wire from the feedline center conductor to somewhere on the telescopic antenna?
Well the idea for the antenna is 5 clothes hangers, a 2x4 wood stud, some twine to tie the 2x4 to the balcony so it can rotate, and a feedline.
The idea for the clothes hangers is of the 5 clothes hangers, one of them is oriented vertically and it is soldered to all the other clothes hangers and it is nailed to the 2x4 and it is a conductor with the clothes hanger stripped of its paint at the places it will be soldered to the elements and the feedline, and the other 4 clothes hangers are the elements, which are horizontal, and rotating the 2x4 changes the direction that the 4 elements are perpendicular to.
If this is successful, the next project would be building a high VHF TV antenna of the same exact design just shorter elements for reception of Channel 2 digital which is actually Channel 12 analog in Chicago area, and it could also have one long element for low VHF for reception of Channel 6 analog which is actually an FM broadcast station.
I don't think UHF is really possible to DIY because with UHF every inch of wire can make the difference between a tuned and an untuned circuit so I would have to have a feedline going to each element and by the time I do that I could just buy an antenna for about the same price.
How to connect an aerial antenna to a telescopic antenna?
This might be a very stupid question; I'm sorry if it is.
I think I can have better FM reception if I build and errect a home made antenna on my balcony, but my LW/MW/SW/FM receiver when I read the manual it says that the telescopic antenna is for FM, it says that when no antenna is connected then only a ferrite loop stick is used for LW/MW/SW, and it says that when an antenna is connected to the coax input it is only for LW/MW/SW.
So would the only way to connect an FM antenna be to some how connect it to the telescopic antenna?
Like would I solder a wire from the feedline center conductor to somewhere on the telescopic antenna?
Well the idea for the antenna is 5 clothes hangers, a 2x4 wood stud, some twine to tie the 2x4 to the balcony so it can rotate, and a feedline.
The idea for the clothes hangers is of the 5 clothes hangers, one of them is oriented vertically and it is soldered to all the other clothes hangers and it is nailed to the 2x4 and it is a conductor with the clothes hanger stripped of its paint at the places it will be soldered to the elements and the feedline, and the other 4 clothes hangers are the elements, which are horizontal, and rotating the 2x4 changes the direction that the 4 elements are perpendicular to.
If this is successful, the next project would be building a high VHF TV antenna of the same exact design just shorter elements for reception of Channel 2 digital which is actually Channel 12 analog in Chicago area, and it could also have one long element for low VHF for reception of Channel 6 analog which is actually an FM broadcast station.
I don't think UHF is really possible to DIY because with UHF every inch of wire can make the difference between a tuned and an untuned circuit so I would have to have a feedline going to each element and by the time I do that I could just buy an antenna for about the same price.