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!
My frustration is this……
My trailer is located in a seasonal spot next to the Lake of the Ozarks. Great spot. It sits just down a bit in a little valley that seems to block my ability to pick up many radio stations..(Especially the ones that I want).
All I am asking is to be able to pick up the Kansas City Royals (AM) game and the Kansas Chiefs (FM) Games. They are both on strong stations and I should be able to get the signal, but I can’t. I bought the top of the line portable tuner radio some years back and it doesn’t solve the problem. Ironically, I can pick up San Antonio Spurs home games during basketball season from 1000 miles away (some weird atmospheric skip I guess), but I can’t pick up KC games from less than 100 miles away. I do seem to get every high school football game for a long ways off!
So, I guess my question is this….
Can I turn my entire metal Travel trailer and/or my aluminum fishing boat into some kind of super antenna? Wire the whole unit as an antenna? Or perhaps, could I run a piece of antenna wire from my portable radio up into the trees around my campsite to help me get better reception?
I know a little bit about a lot of things…..electricity and antenna’s are not some of them.
The OEM radio in the camper is junk and is no help. It seems like when I plug in the portable radio to the camper it picks up tremendous electrical interference….maybe from the converter or water heater or something else. Running the portable on battery power alone doesn’t provide any improvement.
I’ve tried to rig up an external antenna in the past with no luck.
Any suggestions on how to improve the radio reception in and around my camper (and boat for when I’m on the water in the fall trying to listen to college and NFL games)?
Another big Royals playoff game this weekend and I want to go camping!
Thank you
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!
My frustration is this……
My trailer is located in a seasonal spot next to the Lake of the Ozarks. Great spot. It sits just down a bit in a little valley that seems to block my ability to pick up many radio stations..(Especially the ones that I want).
All I am asking is to be able to pick up the Kansas City Royals (AM) game and the Kansas Chiefs (FM) Games. They are both on strong stations and I should be able to get the signal, but I can’t. I bought the top of the line portable tuner radio some years back and it doesn’t solve the problem. Ironically, I can pick up San Antonio Spurs home games during basketball season from 1000 miles away (some weird atmospheric skip I guess), but I can’t pick up KC games from less than 100 miles away. I do seem to get every high school football game for a long ways off!
So, I guess my question is this….
Can I turn my entire metal Travel trailer and/or my aluminum fishing boat into some kind of super antenna? Wire the whole unit as an antenna? Or perhaps, could I run a piece of antenna wire from my portable radio up into the trees around my campsite to help me get better reception?
I know a little bit about a lot of things…..electricity and antenna’s are not some of them.
The OEM radio in the camper is junk and is no help. It seems like when I plug in the portable radio to the camper it picks up tremendous electrical interference….maybe from the converter or water heater or something else. Running the portable on battery power alone doesn’t provide any improvement.
I’ve tried to rig up an external antenna in the past with no luck.
Any suggestions on how to improve the radio reception in and around my camper (and boat for when I’m on the water in the fall trying to listen to college and NFL games)?
Another big Royals playoff game this weekend and I want to go camping!
Thank you
