Topic 35 of 99: Gaia Magnetosphere
Mon, May 8, 2000 (21:18) |
Mike Kana (aa9il)
3 new of 605 responses total.
Topic 35 of 99 [Geo]: Gaia Magnetosphere
Response 602 of 605: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (20:50) * 1 lines
Hey Mike I have a problem and you might have some suggestions for its solution. I live in a large three storey house built in the 1920s. It is just about dead to AM radio and not much better for FM. MY scanners do just fine. There is no doubt that an external antenna would be ideal but the roof is just about impossible to get to. Suggestions for other kinds of antennas? I lived in a brick dormitory my first year of college and to get any radio signals at all I have to sneak a wire dangling from my window and it worked great. They found it and that was the end of that.
Topic 35 of 99 [Geo]: Gaia Magnetosphere
Response 603 of 605: geomancer (cfadm) * Mon, Jul 21, 2008 (20:23) * 1 lines
A long wire. Tie a rock to the end of it and toss it up over the peak of throof. I'll let Mike add to this.
Topic 35 of 99 [Geo]: Gaia Magnetosphere
Response 604 of 605: radio_cosmo (aa9il) * Tue, Jul 22, 2008 (21:41) * 14 lines
Hi all
Wow, I had this thought that I needed to log in so I did and sure nuf
there is a question....
Yes, a long wire will help for AM - for FM you could get by with
a simple dipole or active fm antenna - you can find those at rat shack.
For AM, your radio should have a good ferrite loop antenna but if you have
a long piece of wire, you will get signals BUT you will get noise too.
A loop antenna will have better immunity to noise and some degree of
direction - do a search for LWCA - long wave club of America and search
for MW and LF loops - you will find some good examples there.
73 de Mike
rci
Topic 35 of 99 [Geo]: Gaia Magnetosphere
Response 605 of 605: geomancer (cfadm) * Sat, Aug 16, 2008 (19:40) * 5 lines
Good answer. I've been putting off for years getting the GE Superradio.
is that still the state of the art in radio reception?
I look at it longingly every time I go to Frys.
Geo conference 
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