RV / Boat = Improving Radio Reception?
Howdy, I just spent another great / frustrating fall weekend camping and fishing. The weather was perfect, the nights were cool and the campfire was perfect. Camping this time of year is the best! ...
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AM, if you can do this it should help (You can not always do this)
Get a coil of wire, ideally you want about 75 meters (around 250 feet) but even a 100 foot coil will do it.
Ground one end, then bring it up and wrap twice around the radio then up as high as possible and tree to tree till you run out of wire, Hang a weight on the end (With the aid of some nylon or cotton cord) say a quart of water.
FM: Height is MIGHT.. you need an FM antenna and a radio with an antenna in jack, OR you can brind the coax down from the antenna (Mounted as high as possible, and directional pointed in the right direction) and wrap a loop of wire from center to shield around the antenna rod a couple times.
Fact: On a nearby ham band (146 MHZ) I was once talking from downtown Detroit to a repeater in Adrian, MI, to some folks in Toledo Ohio,, another party, a VE-3 (Windsor) tried to join us.. From where I was standing I could see his house we were that close.. But he could not make the trip.
His effectife radiated power was about 160 times my little hand held (One watt into a "Rubber Duck" antenna, I would guess about a quarter watt effetive) but I was making it and he was not.
WHY: I was on the 21st floor of a skyscraper, he was on a 30' pole in his yard.
Get a coil of wire, ideally you want about 75 meters (around 250 feet) but even a 100 foot coil will do it.
Ground one end, then bring it up and wrap twice around the radio then up as high as possible and tree to tree till you run out of wire, Hang a weight on the end (With the aid of some nylon or cotton cord) say a quart of water.
FM: Height is MIGHT.. you need an FM antenna and a radio with an antenna in jack, OR you can brind the coax down from the antenna (Mounted as high as possible, and directional pointed in the right direction) and wrap a loop of wire from center to shield around the antenna rod a couple times.
Fact: On a nearby ham band (146 MHZ) I was once talking from downtown Detroit to a repeater in Adrian, MI, to some folks in Toledo Ohio,, another party, a VE-3 (Windsor) tried to join us.. From where I was standing I could see his house we were that close.. But he could not make the trip.
His effectife radiated power was about 160 times my little hand held (One watt into a "Rubber Duck" antenna, I would guess about a quarter watt effetive) but I was making it and he was not.
WHY: I was on the 21st floor of a skyscraper, he was on a 30' pole in his yard.
